The Automotive Industry and the Environment: A Technical, Business and Social Future (Woodhead Publishing in Environmental Management)

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1.1 Background......Page 18
1.2 Change and complexity – can business really afford to keep things simple?......Page 19
1.3 Identifying the problem......Page 21
1.4 Roots of the problem......Page 23
1.5 The CO[sub(2)] issue – agenda for change......Page 30
1.6 References......Page 31
2.1 The automotive industry: a profile......Page 32
2.2 The vehicle manufacturers......Page 33
2.3 Material and component suppliers......Page 39
2.4 Distribution and retailing......Page 42
2.5 Financial performance, structure and the future......Page 45
2.6 The direction of the industry: the case of Ford......Page 46
2.8 References......Page 49
3.1 Introduction......Page 51
3.2 The structure of production and markets......Page 52
3.3 Fragmentation......Page 54
3.4 Brands and the market for alternative technology vehicles......Page 58
3.5 Environment, technology and the creation of new market segments: the example of the TH!NK @bout London project......Page 62
3.7 References......Page 65
4.1 Background......Page 67
4.3 Selling the package: a wider view of costs......Page 68
4.4 The car industry responds to the new agenda......Page 72
4.5 Corporate social and environmental responsibility......Page 75
4.7 References......Page 77
5.1 Introduction: the question of sector shift......Page 79
5.2 Futures and multi-discipline thinking......Page 81
5.3 Sustainability and multi-discipline thinking......Page 83
5.4 Management science, business strategy and the cult of the guru......Page 84
5.5 The automotive industry: an illustration......Page 85
5.6 Micro factory retailing: a futures studies vision of the automotive industry......Page 86
5.8 References......Page 87
6.1 How petrol and diesel came to rule the world......Page 90
6.2 The gaseous alternative......Page 92
6.3 Liquefied petroleum gas vs. compressed natural gas......Page 95
6.4 Dimethyl Ether (DME) and biodiesel: diesel\'s future?......Page 96
6.5 Whatever happened to the electric car?......Page 99
6.6 The Air Car – a green car at last?......Page 101
6.7 References......Page 103
7.1 The car industry goes for the hard cell......Page 104
7.2 The role of Ballard......Page 106
7.3 Fuelling the cell......Page 107
7.4 AUTOnomy – reinventing the chassis to fit the cell......Page 111
7.5 A future for the cell?......Page 114
7.6 References......Page 115
8.1 Introduction and background......Page 117
8.2 History......Page 118
8.3 Budd and Ford......Page 123
8.5 Monocoque construction......Page 124
8.6 Buddism fraying at the edges......Page 127
8.7 Steel fights back......Page 128
8.8 References......Page 131
9.1 Introduction......Page 133
9.2 Alternative approaches to car production......Page 134
9.3 Sports cars: niche vs. mainstream vehicle manufacturers......Page 138
9.4 Examples of low volume car production......Page 141
9.5 Conclusions......Page 144
9.6 References......Page 145
10.1 The sustainability concept......Page 146
10.2 An ethical and spiritual dimension......Page 151
10.3 Nature and the closed-loop economy......Page 154
10.4 References......Page 156
11.1 Making cars sustainable: a blueprint......Page 158
11.2 Product durability and scrappage incentives......Page 160
11.3 New product niches......Page 165
11.4 Closed-loop recycling......Page 169
11.5 References......Page 171
12.2 Alternative approaches to evaluating the environmental burden of cars......Page 173
12.3 Official and unofficial vehicle emissions and fuel economy guides......Page 177
12.4 The Volvo environmental product declaration (EPD)......Page 179
12.5 Vehicle assembly plant rating systems......Page 180
12.6 Car environmental rating systems......Page 181
12.8 References......Page 189
13.1 Introduction......Page 191
13.2 A sustainable world: the context for automobility 2050......Page 193
13.3 Automobility 2050: making cars......Page 196
13.4 Automobility 2050: the car itself......Page 197
13.5 Automobility 2050: cars in use......Page 198
13.6 Conclusions: a vision of the future......Page 199
13.7 References......Page 203
14.1 Introduction......Page 205
14.2 Centralisation, economies of scale and globalisation......Page 206
14.3 The distributed economy: an outline of basic ideas......Page 210
14.4 The significance of scale and production......Page 211
14.6 References......Page 212
15.1 Introduction......Page 214
15.2 Alternative 1: the traditional assembly plant......Page 215
15.3 Alternative 2: the modular assembly plant......Page 217
15.4 Alternative 3: the global production network......Page 218
15.5 Alternative 4: the eco-park......Page 222
15.6 Alternative 5: decentralised manufacturing......Page 223
15.7 Different shapes to the automotive industry......Page 224
15.9 References......Page 228
16 The roadmap......Page 229
16.1 Roadmaps......Page 230
16.2 The sustainable automobility roadmap: basic principles......Page 232
16.3 The Bellagio Principles – a known agenda......Page 237
16.4 The mechanics of change......Page 239
16.5 Strategic niche management (SNM)......Page 241
16.7 References......Page 242
17.1 Introduction......Page 244
17.2 Micro factory retailing: a delineation of the basic idea......Page 245
17.3 Barriers and opportunities for micro factory retailing......Page 249
17.4 Case study: the Air Car......Page 250
17.5 Conclusions......Page 252
17.6 References......Page 253
18.1 Summary......Page 254
18.2 Our future......Page 256
18.3 The UK – a special case?......Page 258
18.4 Conclusions......Page 260
18.5 References......Page 261
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