03/03/2026 | Article

Sourcing raw materials from rusty car bodies

A climate-friendly cycle: Engaging in the Car2Car funding project, industry and science worked together on new solutions geared to achieving a genuine circular economy in automotive engineering – under the auspices of the BMW Group. Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung was also involved and researched how to return steel to the cycle even more efficiently – thereby reducing CO₂ emissions in the process.