Biomaterials company MycoWorks and General Motors (GM) have unveiled a concept car featuring mycelium bio-based materials, developed through a partnership established in 2022.
The concept vehicle, Cadillac’s latest EV Sollei, integrates MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium in an iridescent form within the charging mats on the console and door map pockets.
Cadillac’s design director, Erin Crossley, commented, “The Sollei concept cultivates the vision for limitless expression and artful integration between travel and leisure.”
MycoWorks says its materials aim to provide the durability and tactile qualities of fine animal leather but with a lower environmental impact.
“MycoWorks is grateful to be working with General Motors on co-developing a pioneering new category of mycelium materials with Fine Mycelium,” said CEO Matthew Scullin.
“Our collaboration with Cadillac and General Motors is the first in the automotive industry, demonstrating the enormous potential of Fine Mycelium in sustainable mobility and its implications for the future of clean, responsible automotive design.”
The new EV was unveiled at Cadillac House at Vanderbilt in Warren, Michigan.
