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Victory! BMW Greenlights Vegan Interiors

For Immediate Release:
September 7, 2022

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David Perle 202-483-7382

Munich –

Following meetings with PETA Germany, BMW has announced that it will launch fully vegan car interiors—including seats and formerly leathery tricky bits like steering wheel and gearshift covers—for BMW and MINI models beginning in 2023, and PETA Germany is sending BMW executives a gift basket of vegan goodies in thanks. Below, please see a statement from PETA Germany founder and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk:

After PETA Germany pointed out that vegan car interiors spare up to eight sensitive cows’ lives per car and slash carbon emissions, BMW hit the gas on this new animal- and eco-friendly option. PETA is celebrating this latest signal that the automotive industry is upshifting to a leather-free future, which everyone can join by driving a vegan car off the lot.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind

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