A while back, a bamboo bicycle made waves online as the ultimate eco-friendly ride. Now, residents of Tabontabon, the Philippines, have gone one step further, building a car out of bamboo, an ultra-durable material that grows like grass (because it’s a kind of grass). Even better, the bamboo taxi is powered by biodiesel made from coconut oil – another resource in abundance in the Philippines.
Granted, the car looks pretty fragile: It would be a longshot to pass the most lax of crash test standards, and we can’t imagine it surviving beyond the November of a Canadian winter. But for the good folks of Tabontabon, it’s just right.