The Automotive Industry: The Challenges Of The Auto Industry

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Overview:
According to the document released by the US Environmental Protection Agency, there are 251 million registered passengers’ cars currently in use in the country. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) coordinated effort have resulted in the production of reduced greenhouse gas emissions to improved fuel use of all vehicles types. A survey conducted by DuPont and The Society of the Automotive Industry revealed that more than 50 percent of car designers and engineers expressed such environmental factors as fuel efficiency and emission regulations are the biggest challenges of the auto industry.
The Challenges:
Government Regulations: the strict regulatory documents that …show more content…

Based on the Agency’s there are six major factors that contributed to environmental pollution related to automotive industry. These are brake debris and tire particles, painting and coating, vehicle weight, recyclability and polymeric content, batteries and lastly auto shredder residue. Painting and coating alone contributes 62% of environmental impacts during the manufacturing process by emitting such hazardous materials as nickel, copper, hexavalent chromium into the atmosphere. Batteries, on the other hand, contains lead-acid. Although 93 percent of the batteries parts are recyclable, the remaining 7 percent hazardous part accounts for 42,000 tons of lead released to the …show more content…

From innovative perspective 41 percent prioritized enhanced safety while 37 percent responded their wish to have improved comfort and convenience. The survey data, in general view, is another challenge of the automotive industry that gives supporting power to the government’s initiative to take stricter measures to help reduce environmental impact and improve safety concerns. The change in the preference and taste of consumers towards buying cars that contribute to the preservation of the environment where they live and give upper advantages of cost saving through fuel efficiency means that the auto industry is enormously shaken up by the demands of the government and that of the

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