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      Soybean Car

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      12/15/2025
      Robert Boyer and Henry Ford with the Soybean Car
      Ford’s experiments with making plastic parts for automobiles out of soybeans in the early 1940s.

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      Soybean Car

      Written by
      The Henry Ford Staff
      Published
      12/15/2025
      Keywords
      • soybeans
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