The automotive industry and the global environment : the next 100 years

• Tác giả: William Glaze, Dennis Schuetzle
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0768065749
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 629.2220905 Motor land vehicles, cycles
• Thông tin xuất bản: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, 1999.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 PDF (72 pages) : , illustrations, maps, digital file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 315346
• Chủ đề: 1. Automobile industry and trade; 2. Automobiles--Environmental aspects; 3. Automobiles--Technological innovations

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72).

Tóm tắt

This book presents an analysis on the potential effects of globalization on the automotive industry and the environment. Energy challenges, market economy growth, and population dynamics are considered. The authors also present future scenarios for transportation technologies to meet the ever growing global demand for transportation of goods and services while minimizing energy and environmental impacts and maximizing cost, value and widespread acceptance.