The Future of Transport
Levidian is a British climate tech business on a mission to decarbonise the world’s most carbon-intensive industries.
Our patented decarbonisation technology, LOOP, takes the harmful waste gas methane and converts it into two useful products:
Hydrogen, a clean alternative fuel source, powering the societies of tomorrow; and
Sustainable carbon, in the form of graphene, a super-material additive reshaping and decarbonising the world we live in
This includes the automotive industry, where we’re focused on delivering a new generation of vehicles that are lighter and more environmentally friendly.
The Future of Transport: Navigating Towards Sustainability
As the world hurtles towards an uncertain climate future, the transportation sector stands at a pivotal crossroads. The third largest contributor of global greenhouse gas emissions after the electricity generation and industrial sectors, it’s estimated that emissions from transport could increase by 60% by 2050 without intervention. The need and urgency for the sector to take transformative action is clear.
A New and Integrated Way to Decarbonise Tyre Production
The tyre industry is working to address a multitude of challenges to improve Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings. Key areas of focus include addressing concerns related to tyre wear particles, promoting tyre circularity, and finding ways to decarbonise production.
Addressing the Environmental Impact of Tyres: Levidian’s Graphene Offers a Sustainable Solution
Early-stage research by Levidian has shown promising results in the search for a solution to combating environmental issues associated with tyre wear in electric vehicles using high-quality graphene.
Levidian G3 graphene alignment to 6PPD
Some exciting results coming through on the exploration of our G3 graphene as a potential solution to the ‘6PPD’ problem' in tyres.
6PPD is an antiozonant additive used to slow down rubber degradation. It is coming under increasing regulatory pressure due to the toxic products it leaches into water from tyre wear particulates. The tyre industry is therefore searching for a more environmentally friendly alternative.
Trials were conducted by ACE Laboratories – an ISO /IEC 17025 accredited independent test laboratory – to determine if the use of G3 can reduce the amount of 6PPD required or if it could enable a front-running, alternative anti-ozonant (77PD) to be used in place of 6PPD.
So far, all indications suggest yes, with processing, mechanical, physical and aging properties in the trials are going well, showing a much lower leaching of antiozonant.