Discover our mission. Bringing wood back into automotive manufacturing. Redefining what cars can be made of.
Our Vision
Before a combustion car drives its first kilometre, it has already emitted 5 to 10 tons of CO₂, most of it from producing energy-hungry materials like steel and aluminium. We think that's a bad start. So we are building a road-legal proof of concept around a material with a far better track record: it has powered mobility for centuries, grows back on its own, and absorbs CO₂ while doing so. WOOD.
A Brief History of Wood in Engineering
Wood has a longer engineering track record than almost any other material. For centuries, shipwrights chose it for long-distance sailing, thanks to its structural flexibility and excellent strength-to-weight ratio. In World War II, the de Havilland Mosquito took it to the skies: its lightweight wooden airframe made it so fast that German fighters struggled to catch it, and tough enough to keep flying after taking serious damage. On the road, the 1964 Marcos GT was built on a wooden chassis. And in Formula 2, Pedro Rodríguez walked away uninjured from a severe crash in the Protos Cosworth, a race car with a wooden monocoque. Wood has proven itself at sea, in the air and on the track. Now it's time for the street.
Our Contribution
Wood is light, strong, low in carbon and excellent at absorbing energy. It is also anisotropic and naturally variable, which is an engineer's polite way of saying it doesn't behave the same in every direction or from one tree to the next. We took that as a challenge. Building on the Kyburz "e-Rod" platform, we have designed, safety-tested and built two prototypes: the first combined a metal frame with a laminated wood shell, the second replaced it with a fully redesigned all-wood monocoque with complex curved geometries.
This year, we are taking the biggest step yet: a lightweight, sustainable electric vehicle that meets every safety standard required for full road legality in Switzerland, and is designed from the start for mass production. Because a sustainable car only makes a real difference once it's on the road in large numbers. Join us on this journey and help shape the future of sustainable mobility.