Nieuwenhuis, Paul.

The automotive industry and the environment a technical, business and social future / Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells. - Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge, U.K. : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., c2003. - xv, 255 p. ; 24 cm. - Woodhead Publishing in environmental management .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

hard cover

1855737132

2005279814


Automobiles--Research.
Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
Automobiles--Technological innovations.
Automobile industry and trade.
Alternative fuel vehicles.

TL158 / .N54 2003

629.222072 / NIE