The Automotive Industry and the Global Environment

One of the great challenges of the past two decades has been to minimize the potential impact of transportation systems on the environment. This book presents an analysis on the potential effects of globalization on the automotive industry and the environment and energy challenges, market economy growth, and population dynamics that may affect it. The authors also present a prospective on 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.