The automotive industry and the environment: a technical, business and social future

Nieuwenhuis, Paul Andre Henri Francois and Wells, Peter Erskine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-7178 2003. The automotive industry and the environment: a technical, business and social future. Woodhead Publishing in Environmental Management Series, Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing.

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Abstract

The automotive industry currently faces huge challenges. The fundamental technological paradigm it relies on, volume production, has become progressively more unprofitable in the face of increasingly segmented niche markets. At the same time it faces increasing regulatory and social pressures to improve both the sustainability of its products and methods of production. Building on a wealth of research, The automotive industry and the environment addresses those challenges and how they can be met in producing a sustainable and profitable industry for the future. The authors first discuss the development of the automotive industry and the problems it currently faces. They then consider the solutions the industry can adopt. The book reviews trends in more environmentally-friendly technologies such as the use of more sustainable fuel sources and new types of modular design with built-in recyclability. However, these technologies can only be fully exploited if methods of manufacture change. The book also describes models of decentralised production, particularly the micro factory retailing (MFR) model, which provide an alternative to volume production and promise to be both more sustainable and more profitable. The automotive industry and the environment provides both a cogent diagnosis of the environmental and other problems facing the industry and a blueprint for a better future. It will be widely welcomed by the industry, policy makers and all those concerned with sustainable transport.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics) Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Systems At Cardiff (CAMSAC)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Publisher:	Woodhead Publishing
ISBN:	9780849320729
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Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 09:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32415

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