麻豆约拍

A car made from biodegradable natural materials has passed road safety tests in the Netherlands.

TU Ecomotive, a student team from Eindhoven University of Technology, unveiled LINA earlier this year.

The four-seater's lightweight structure is made from sugar beet and flax which takes 20% of the energy used to produce today's aluminium or carbon-fibre based cars.

The university says the concept car will undergo a few final 鈥渁daptations鈥� before being allowed on public roads later this month.

麻豆约拍 Click's Dan Simmons was the first person outside of the team who has been allowed to take it for a test drive.