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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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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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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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Electricity prices in comparison. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. Climate Change Europe Policy Power Generation' Euro cents/kWh. Source: Siemens. Click to enlarge.

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

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That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. We had a Celebrity (1987-1994) and it was a piece of crap.

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