Reducing the environmental footprint and economic costs of automotive manufacturing through an alternative energy supply

Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 427-434

  Yuan, Chris Y ^a   Dornfeld, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Automotive manufacturing; Cost of ownership; Environmental footprint

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; ANALYSIS RESULTS; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; COST OF OWNERSHIP; DETROIT; ECONOMIC COSTS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY SUPPLIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING STAGES; OWNERSHIP COSTS; POTENTIAL POWER SOURCES; POWER NEEDS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FUEL CELLS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MANUFACTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 70449635982     PISSN: 10473025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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