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Building on a wealth of research, The Automotive Industry and the Environment addresses current challenges in the automotive industry and how they can be met. The authors discuss the development of the automotive industry and the problems it currently faces and consider possible solutions. The book reviews trends in more environmental-friendly technologies, such as the use of more sustainable fuel sources and new types of modular designs with built-in recyclability. The book also describes new models of decentralized production, particularly the micro factory retailing (MFR) model, that provide an alternative to volume production and promise to be both more sustainable and more profitable.
Contents
Introduction BackgroundChange and Complexity--Can Business Really Afford to Keep Things Simple?Identifying the ProblemRoots of the ProblemThe C02 Issue-Agenda for Change The Structure of the Automotive Industry The Automotive Industry: A ProfileThe Vehicle ManufacturersMaterial and Component SuppliersDistribution and Retailing Financial Performance, Structure and the FutureThe Direction of the Industry: The Case of Ford ConclusionsMarkets and the Demand for Cars IntroductionThe Structure of Production and MarketsFragmentationBrands and the Market for Alternative Technology VehiclesEnvironment, Technology and the Creation of New Market Segments: The Example ofTH!NK @bout London ProjectConclusionsFrom Manufacturers to Responsible Mobility Providers BackgroundThe EU ELV Directive--Forcing Manufacturers to Take a Whole-life ViewSelling the Package: A Wider View of CostsThe Car Industry Responds to the New AgendaCorporate Social and Environmental ResponsibilityConclusionSector Shift, Inter-Sector Dynamics and Futures Introduction: The Question of Sector ShiftFutures and Multi-Discipline ThinkingSustainability and Multi-Discipline ThinkingManagement Science, Business Strategy and the Cult of the GuruThe Automotive Industry: An Illustration of Micro Factory Retailing: A Futures Studies Vision of the Automotive IndustryConclusionsPowertrain and fuel How Petrol and Diesel Came to Rule the WorldThe Gaseous Alternative Liquefied Petroleum Gas vs. Compressed Natural GasDimethylether (DME) and Biodiesel: Diesel's Future?Whatever Happened to the Electric car?The Air Car--A Green Car at Last? Fuel Cells and the Hydrogen Economy The Car Industry Goes for the Hard CellThe Role of BallardFuelling the CellAUTOnomy--Reinventing the Chassis to Fit the Cell A Future for the Cell?High Volume Car Production: Budd and Ford Introduction and BackgroundHistoryBudd and FordZIS: Budd Goes EastMonocoque ConstructionBuddhism Fraying at the EdgesSteel Fights BackAlternatives to High Volume Car Production IntroductionAlternative Approaches to Car ProductionSports Cars: Niche vs Mainstream Vehicle ManufacturersExamples of low volume car productionConclusionsSustainability The Sustainability ConceptAn Ethical and Spiritual Dimension Nature and the Closed-Loop EconomySustainable Mobility Making Cars Sustainable: A BlueprintProduct Durability and Scrappage IncentivesNew Product NichesClosed-Loop RecyclingPractical Steps Towards Sustainability IntroductionAlternative Approaches to Evaluating the Environmental Burden of CarsOfficial and Unofficial Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Economy GuidesThe Volvo Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)Vehicle Assembly Plant Rating SystemsCar Environmental Rating Systems ConclusionAutomobility 2050--The Vision IntroductionA Sustainable World: The Context for automobility 2050Automobility 2050: Making CarsAutomobility 2050: The Car ItselfAutomobility 2050: Cars is UseConclusions: A Vision for the Future The Distributed Economy IntroductionCentralization, Economies of Scale and GlobalizationThe Distributed Economy: An Outline of Basic IdeasThe Significance of Scale and ProductionConclusionThe Shape of the Future IntroductionAlternative 1: The Traditional Assembly PlantAlternative 2: The Modular Assembly PlantAlternative 3: The Global Production NetworkAlternative 4: The Eco-ParkAlternative 5: Decentralized ManufacturingDifferent Shapes to the Automotive IndustryConclusionsThe Roadmap RoadmapsThe Sustainable Automobility Roadmap: Basic PrinciplesThe Bellagio Principles-A Known AgendaThe Mechanics of ChangeStrategic Niche Management (SNM)ConclusionsMicro Factory Retailing IntroductionMicro Factory Retailing: A Delineation of the Basic IdeaBarriers and Opportunities for Micro Factory RetailingCase Study: The Air CarConclusionsConclusion and Implications Summary Our future The UK--A Special Case?Conclusions
