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Schmitt has long been making products from kenaf, another legal cousin of hemp.

Agave could be as effective as the other sustainable-based materials Ford uses, including soy foam, castor oil, wheat straw, kenaf fiber, coconut fiber and rice hulls, Mielewski pointed out.

The interior panels are made of a renewable Asian kenaf plant, and it is all assembled in a wind-powered factory in Germany.

Nearly all my passengers viewed the kenaf fiber panels as trunk liner material.

Toyota has also for several years been using kenaf plant fibers for scuff plates and seat cushions in some cars, and uses bamboo charcoal in the manufacturing of its speaker cones.