# Extreme E

Taraxagum, the sustainable rubber alternative

Beyond the extreme

Car tyres grow on trees? Kind of! Maybe in future, they will also grow in flowering meadows. Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky finds out how dandelion roots could become an alternative source of natural rubber.

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The Taraxagum development team

Car tyres made from flowers? Sounds like magic? Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky gets the lowdown on dandelion rubber from the Continental researchers making the magic real.

#ExtremeE | Beyond The Extreme | Taraxagum, Part 2

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# Extreme E

Taraxagum, the sustainable rubber alternative

Beyond the extreme

The Taraxagum development team

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