Research and Markets : Read this cogent diagnosis of the Automotive Industry and its Environment concluding with a blueprint for a better future

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22921) has announced the addition of The automotive industry and the environment to their offering

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, this overview 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 new 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.


Contents are entitled as follows:-

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

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

Conclusion and implications




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