Remove Automobile Industry Remove Automobile Manufacturer Remove Suzuki
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). Click to enlarge. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87 billion from 1999 to 2007.

article thumbnail

Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.

Sodium 36
article thumbnail

HEVs vs EVs: Suzuki’s roadmap suggests HEVs lead in energy efficiency in India until 2030 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This basically supports what Maruti Suzuki India has been saying too: that for now, HEVs trump EVs in overall energy consumption. In a 10-year technology roadmap outlined earlier today, Chief Technology Officer Katushiro Kato has said that EVs become the better choice only when adoption of non-fossil fuel electric energy reaches 75%.

India 52