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

Author: Nieuwenhuis, Paul.

Imprint:Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press ; Cambridge, U.K. : Woodhead Pub., c2003.

Descriptionxv, 255 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Author:
Nieuwenhuis, Paul.
Series Added Entry
Woodhead Publishing in environmental management
Subject:
Automobiles -- Research.
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects.
Automobiles -- Technological innovations.
Automobile industry and trade.
Alternative fuel vehicles.
Contributor
Wells, P. E. (Peter E.), 1959-