FUTURE TECHNOLOGY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

The prospects for the automotive industry depend upon its continued internationalization and the avoidance of protectionism. Internationalization should include joint ventures between companies to improve cost effectiveness and technology exchange. Companies will need to adapt their internal structures and working practices to keep pace with technical and industrial developments. Within this context new methods of adopting technology and new attitudes to industrial relations will evolve. The vehicles of the future will offer greater fuel efficiency, more usable interior space, and will incorporate sophisticated electronic control systems. They will also be constructed of new, light synthetic materials, and may well be offered with a variety of types of power trains and run on alternative fuels. Manufacturing technology will also undergo a transformation with further developments in robotics, computer control systems and computer-aided design. (Author/TRRL)

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  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  World Trade Center Building, 110 Avenue Louis Casai
  Geneva,   Switzerland 
• Authors:
  • SMITH, R B
• Publication Date: 1984-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 505-512
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Automobile industry; Automobiles; Computer aided design; Cost effectiveness; Design; Development; Innovation; International; Lightweight materials; Manufactures; Robotics; Technology; Technology transfer; Vehicle design; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Future concepts
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 9034: International; 3647: Manufacture; 3855: Technology; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 011
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM