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799339
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P Nieuwenhuis
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The Automotive Industry and the Environment.\ P Nieuwenhuis
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Cambridge: Elsevier Science, 2014
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(272 pages)
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1855738600
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: 9781855738607
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Chapter 10. Sustainability.
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| Contents
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Front Cover; The Automotive Industry and the Environment: A Technical, Business and Social Future; Copyright Page; Table fo Contents; Abbreviations and glossary; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Change and complexity --; can business really afford to keep things simple?; 1.3 Identifying the problem; 1.4 Roots of the problem; 1.5 The C02 issue --; agenda for change; 1.6 References; Chapter 2. The structure of the automotive industry; 2.1 The automotive industry: a profile; 2.2 The vehicle manufacturers; 2.3 Material and component suppliers; 2.4 Distribution and retailing. 2.5 Financial performance, structure and the future2.6 The direction of the industry: the case of Ford; 2.7 Conclusions; 2.8 References; Chapter 3. Markets and the demand for cars; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The structure of production and markets; 3.3 Fragmentation; 3.4 Brands and the market for alternative technology vehicles; 3.5 Environment, technology and the creation of new market segments: the example of the THINK @bout London project; 3.6 Conclusions; 3.7 References; Chapter 4. From manufacturers to responsible mobility providers; 4.1 Background. 4.2 The EU ELV directive --; forcing manufacturers to take a whole-life view4.3 Selling the package: a wider view of costs; 4.4 The car industry responds to the new agenda; 4.5 Corporate social and environmental responsibility; 4.6 Conclusions; 4.7 References; Chapter 5. Sector shift, inter-sector dynamics and futures studies; 5.1 Introduction: the question of sector shift; 5.2 Futures and multi-discipline thinking; 5.3 Sustainability and multi-discipline thinking; 5.4 Management science, business strategy and the cult of the guru; 5.5 The automotive industry: an illustration. 5.6 Micro factory retailing: a futures studies vision of the automotive industry5.7 Conclusions; 5.8 References; Chapter 6. Powertrain and fuel; 6.1 How petrol and diesel came to rule the world; 6.2 The gaseous alternative; 6.3 Liquefied petroleum gas vs. compressed natural gas; 6.4 Dimethyl Ether (DME) and biodiesel: diesel's future?; 6.5 Whatever happened to the electric car?; 6.6 The Air Car --; a green car at last?; 6.7 References; Chapter 7. Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy; 7.1 The car industry goes for the hard cell; 7.2 The role of Ballard; 7.3 Fuelling the cell. 7.4 AUTOnomy --; reinventing the chassis to fit the cell7.5 A future for the cell?; 7.6 References; Chapter 8. High volume car production: Budd and Ford; 8.1 Introduction and background; 8.2 History; 8.3 Budd and Ford; 8.4 ZIS: Budd goes East; 8.5 Monocoque construction; 8.6 Buddism fraying at the edges; 8.7 Steel fights back; 8.8 References; Chapter 9. Alternatives to high volume car production; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Alternative approaches to car production; 9.3 Sports cars: niche vs. mainstream vehicle manufacturers; 9.4 Examples of low volume car production; 9.5 Conclusions; 9.6 References.
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The automotive industry currently faces huge challenges. The fundamental technological paradigm it relies on, volume production, has become progressively more unprofitable in the face of increasingly segmented niche markets. At the same time it faces increasing regulatory and social pressures to improve both the sustainability of its products and methods of production. Building on a wealth of research, The automotive industry and the environment addresses those challenges and how they can be met in producing a sustainable and profitable industry for the future. The authors first discuss.
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Alternative fuel vehicles.
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Automobile industry and trade.
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Automobiles -- Environmental aspects.
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P Nieuwenhuis
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P Wells
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