Step-by-step explanation:
Car manufacturing requires a wide variety of natural resources including:
- Iron ore (for steel)
- Aluminum and petroleum (used in plastics production) for
the vehicle body, powertrain components and wheels
- Copper for the alternator and starter
- Platinum and palladium for the catalytic converter
- Rubber for tires
- Petroleum for polyester for cloth seats and headliners
- Polyurethane, produced from various industrial reagents, for seat
foam and headliners
- Animal hides for leather seats
- Lead, nickel or lithium for batteries