THE INSIDER: Say high to new Dutch green car
Switched-on students in the Netherlands design and built a car made entirely from plants
As General Motors (GM) made its surprise announcement on Thursday it was pulling out of SA, some switched-on students in the Netherlands manufactured a much better surprise for the motoring world. They have designed and built a car made entirely from plants that can be fully recycled at the end of its life (even if the driver crashes it and cannot himself be recycled). It is not yet clear what plants were used in its manufacture, but industrial hemp, a member of the cannabis family that can be used to make clothing among other products, is likely to have played a prominent role. If so, this would take motor manufacturing to a new high at a time when GM, influenced by President Donald Trump perhaps, is leaving SA for the green, green grass of home. Trumpeter Fallon’s downfall Jimmy Fallon, the famously fun fan boy who hosts the US’s iconic The Tonight Show, is finally speaking out about his lightweight "interview" with Donald Trump in 2016, when the US president was still campaigning...
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