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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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Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values.

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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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Volkswagen only managed to create significantly positive Sustainable Value in 2001, 2002 and 2007. billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8 GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87 billion from 1999 to 2007.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Never again.

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