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Author Nieuwenhuis, Paul.

Title The automotive industry and the environment : a technical, business and social future / Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells.

Imprint Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press ; Cambridge, U.K. : Woodhead Pub., 2003.

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 Axe Elsevier ScienceDirect Ebook  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xv, 255 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Woodhead Publishing in environmental management
Woodhead Publishing in environmental management.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Summary 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 ground-breaking study which concentrates on the recent research into alternative production methods with an emphasis on life-cycle management, recyclability and manufacture tailored to customer's individual specifications.
Subject 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.
Véhicules ŕ carburant de remplacement.
TRANSPORTATION -- Automotive -- General.
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects.
Automobiles -- Technological innovations.
Automobile industry and trade.
Alternative fuel vehicles.
Automobiles -- Research.
Alternative fuel vehicles
Automobile industry and trade
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects
Automobiles -- Research
Automobiles -- Technological innovations
Added Author Wells, P. E. (Peter E.), 1959-
Other Form: Print version: Nieuwenhuis, Paul. Automotive industry and the environment. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press ; Cambridge, U.K. : Woodhead Pub., 2003 1855737132 0849320720 (OCoLC)53187009
ISBN 1855738600 (electronic bk.)
9781855738607 (electronic bk.)
020349184X (electronic bk.)
9780203491843 (electronic bk.)
1855737132 (Cloth)
0849320720 (U.S.)
Standard No. AU@ 000055605357
CHNEW 001004624
DEBBG BV042315230
DEBSZ 414258509
GBVCP 801099021
NZ1 9017397

 
    
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