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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). Volkswagen only managed to create significantly positive Sustainable Value in 2001, 2002 and 2007. Click to enlarge. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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We should have built more Nuclear power plants and created a nuclear waste recycling program. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids. Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year.

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