South Korea, Nov. 10 -- Hyundai Motor Company-Kia, Alten Korea and BASF collaborated to design an innovative seating solution for the Kia EV3 Study Car 2.0, bringing together expertise in vehicle development, engineering, product design and advanced materials. The concept car seat demonstrates how circular material solutions, design-for-disassembly principles and end-of-life considerations could be incorporated to explore more circular approaches for vehicle interiors. BASF's material solutions, including engineering plastics, polyurethanes (PU) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), have been considered into the seat architecture to support easier dismantling and material separation at the vehicle's end of life. Alten Korea developed the se...