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Future of the automobile: Visiting with automotive supplier Faurecia

Recently I had the opportunity to visit with automotive supplier Faurecia to discuss some of their latest innovations.

I always enjoy finding out what automotive suppliers are up to because it gives me a unique window into future automotive developments that we will see on the road in two to four years..

In Faurecia's case, it continues to develop interiors, front ends and emissions control devices that are  lighter and less polluting.  Take for example the Sustainable Comfort Seat concept.  The seat itself is lighter, which helps keep overall vehicle weight down, but also has less deep which allows for more interior room or shorter vehicle length.  The seat has done away with foam and uses a gel like substance not unlike that in a running shoe. The gel doesn't have the same VOC issues that  traditional foam does.  The seat has a very cool, iPod-inspired look to it and features nifty integrated lighting.  Adding a touch of class, the seat demonstrated to me featured Faurecia's Ligneos wood grain that uses a natural-fiber-based substrate with a traditional wood veneer.  You might hear the word veneer and be skeptical, but I can tell you from first hand that it is an attractive finish that does not involve denuding rain forests.  Faurecia was coy about which automakers have signed up for the technology demonstrated in this seat, but if a wink is as good as a nudge, then we should see this seat around 2014.  I took several shots of the seat performing its tricks and you can check it out in the slideshow below .

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