“Leather bad, vegan good”, is the general chant that has swept out of California ever since Tesla set forth on a pledge of 100 per cent vegan interiors in all its cars, an idea which has trickled down into the portfolios of multiple brands since. The dipsy Western Seaboarders jumped on the pronouncement with glee, followed by countless influencers, denouncing the use of leather from cattle in cars.
Vegan interiors are not necessarily more sustainable than leather
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