At present, Tata Motors is rumored to have made a prototype vehicle that has been using cornstarch and those are tested.Apart from Tata Motors, the manufacturer Ford has also made a breakthrough by using recycled materials. At that Ford plans to use material from recycled jeans as an absorption material and carpet material.
Who said cornstarch can only be used for cooking. Indian auto giant Tata Motors has developed an innovation by making the body of the vehicle using material derived from corn known as low-nutrient foods.
Launched Motorbeam, these technical achievements have been made by the R & D (Research & Development) Centre Tata Motors. Team based in Pune, Lucknow and Jamshedpur use cornstarch to enhance the safety aspects of the vehicle.
Based on the report R & D team, corn starch material that is non-flammable and non-toxic and when used on the part of the elastic body is more able to withstand the pressure when the collision occurred as compared to conventional sheet metal.
"At any given point in time, R & D work to develop some ideas for the future. And this is one of them. We have a structured process of taking an idea through multiple stages to determine their eligibility. Therefore, it is too early for us to be more specific as it is now, "explained the source of Tata Motors.
