The automotive industry and the environment : a technical, business and social future /

The future of car manufacturing may be very different to the current practice of large scale, large assembly plant construction methods, based on economies of scale and marketing new vehicles with offering ever increasing complexity and value-added options. A sustainable future is envisaged in this...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nieuwenhuis, Paul
Other Authors: Wells, P. E. (Peter E.), 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge, U.K. : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2003.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in environmental management.
Subjects:
Automobiles > Research.
Automobiles > Environmental aspects.
Automobiles > Technological innovations.
Automobile industry and trade.
Alternative fuel vehicles.
Automobiles > Aspect de l'environnement.
Automobiles > Innovations.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce.
V�ehicules �a carburant de remplacement.
TRANSPORTATION > Automotive > General.
Alternative fuel vehicles
Automobile industry and trade
Automobiles > Environmental aspects
Automobiles > Research
Automobiles > Technological innovations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations and glossary
  • Introduction
  • The structure of the automotive industry
  • Markets and the demand for cars
  • From manufacturers to responsible mobility providers
  • Sector shift, inter-sector dynamics and futures studies
  • Powertrain and fuel
  • Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy
  • High volume car production: Budd and Ford
  • Alternatives to high volume car production
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Practical steps towards sustainability
  • Automobility 2050, the vision
  • The distributed economy
  • The shape of the future
  • The roadmap
  • Micro factory retailing
  • Conclusions and implications
  • index.

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