How much CO2 is a full car production?

Do you know what materials 🧬 is a car 🚘 made of and how much CO2 💨equivalent it represents?

As a example, let’s consider the Mercedes Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV 🔌) C 350e

Thanks to « Intelligent Lightweighting » with high Aluminium content, Daimler claims -70kg ⚖️ compared to conventional steel-body and said to have globally « saved » 100kg 

The global GreenHouse Gas emissions 💨for producing a single car is about 7.6 tons  equivalent CO2 (GHG roughly equivalent to drive 70,000 km!) from which 45% is body-car 🚗 while electric and electronics ⚡️ is about 6%

Even if OEMs have the responsibility of the final product, suppliers (tiers suppliers but also raw material suppliers) have an ecological impact 🌍 on the chain value

In a car such as the C-class, about 76 components are made using renewable materials 🌱, for examples: natural rubber for vibrating dampers and bearing parts; cotton 👕 for insulating materials; natural fibers for door panelling 🚪

In addition, recycled material ♻️ is used when possible, for example: wheel arch linings and underbody panels in polypropylene from 2nd raw material

Mercedes touts an overall recyclability rate of 85%