2000s automobiles

The cases involving the explosion of Ford Pinto's due to a defective fuel system design led to the debate of Ford’s use of their a cost-benefit analysis and its decision not to upgrade the fuel system based on this analysis. Ford failed its consumers by not applying risk management during the initial design of the Ford Pinto. Instead it calculated risk based on a strictly functional view which would result in Ford defending their decision based on their cost-benefit analysis. In comparison…

from carenvironment.net stated, “No other machine in history has had a greater impact on our environment then the car. This is because we create the environment we live in and we have remade our environment for the car. It is this landscape of the automobile which is the real challenge to sustainability. Our quality of life depends largely on the quality of our environment.” Due to the causes of toxic fumes from the gas it was harming humans, animals and the ozone layer. This was another issue…

consisted of 338,875 employees worldwide and, as of February 2016, is the 13th-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota was the largest automobile manufacturer in 2012 (by production) ahead of the Volkswagen Group and General Motors. In July of that year, the company reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle. Toyota is the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year. It did so in 2012 according to OICA, and in 2013 according to…

The Future Automobiles BY: Syed Naveed Kamil Introduction: As hybrid vehicles have become one of the established automobile segment by capturing a sizable share in the global automobile market over the last decade, the quest for fuel saving has pushed the technology to newer fronts. Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) are the contemporary disruption in the conventional car market and causing ripples in the automobile world. Plug-in electric vehicles run on an…

Joseph Mugabi , Principles of business management, Business administration University of the people, Pasadena, CA, USA. Environmental challenges of the American auto industry Introduction The American auto industry is one of the largest auto industries in the world and has been servicing the global auto market for a long period of time. According to Wikipedia, The American auto industry began in 1890 and due to the large size of both the local and foreign market, the industry became the largest…

Have you ever dreamed of speeding down a racecourse or highway at an extremely high speed, risking life and limb for that exhilarating feeling? Well, hot rods made this dream come true for many people. A hot rod is generally defined as an old American car modified with a heftier engine and increased aerodynamics to achieve a high linear speed. No one really knows the origin of the term “hot rod”, but it could be linked to the late 1930s in Southern California. 1930s On the dry lakebeds of…

With unprecedented increasing the density of automobile vehicles all over the globe, automobile exhaust related air pollution have become a major health hazard. Inhalation of fuel vapor along with dust may lead to significant impairment of lung and other body functions. Traffic police personnel, due to their continuous and prolonged exposure are likely to be the worst affected group in this regard. Duration of exposure, aging, concurrent smoking may influence the pulmonary function in these…

This study is to investigate counterfactual thinking and if a taxi driver is to blame in an automobile accident. We hypothesized that the taxi driver in the changeable condition was more negligence, and responsible than the taxi driver in the unchangeable condition. We investigated this by, distributing questionnaires. Out of the 246 participants that completed one of the four questionnaires, 66 was male and 180 was female. There was 222 Caucasians, 5 Hispanics, 3 Native Americans, 12…

Strength S1 Technical support from other country FAW Group was the first Chinese-based company in automobile sector. Therefore, it got help from Soviet Russia in its early years including technical support, tooling and production machinery. FAW initially only made commercial trucks and its first passenger car was produced in 1958. In 2012, it was the second largest automobile manufacturer in China and 2.56millions units were sold in that year. S2 Strong Joint Venture This company started its…

Madness Behind the Wheel While driving on the interstate, two women exchange foul words to each other after one of them abruptly cut the other off to avoid other slow drivers. This is just one instant out of many that display road rage. How many times have you lost your temper behind the wheel? What about rude gestures to the car behind you? Within the last three decades, road rage has become “the” term for aggressive driving within various areas including: the media, policy making, and…