Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The KPMG research finds that the external environmental costs of 11 key industry sectors jumped 50% from US$566 to US$846 billion in 8 years (2002 to 2010), averaging a doubling of these costs every 14 years. Source: KPMG.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Volkswagen only managed to create significantly positive Sustainable Value in 2001, 2002 and 2007. Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin.

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile BMW Manufacturer 278

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids. And with broadband, government builds the roads, they build the water and sewer systems, I tend to think our communications network should be one of those utilities as well. Never again.

Volt 41

Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41