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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Vehicle industry"”.
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Chinese motor vehicle industry : technology strategy for the future
Thesis (M.S.)--Sloan School of Management, 1988 and (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 1988.
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Partisan Politics and Green Foreign Direct Investment (Electrical Vehicle Industry in the United States)
… (Bistline et al., 2022). Electric vehicles (EVs) represent an innovative transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the climate change issue. Currently, the widespread acceptance of EVs heavily relies on the implementation of strong EV policies (Sierzchula et …
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An Analysis of the Motor Vehicle Industry as a Factor in the Economic Life of Canada
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"Cooperation for Competition: The Formation and Growth of ""strategic"" Networks in the International Motor Vehicle Industry, 1959-1988"
… linkages existing between motor vehicle manufacturers during the thirty years covered by the study are identified and classified into seven categories. Three clustering or network analysis algorithms (CONCOR, EBLOC, and KPLEX) are applied to various matrices for each year to …
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The political economy of, and modelling the demand for, Australian passenger motor vehicles
As with many other nations, the passenger motor vehicle industry has long been central to the economic health of Australia. In addition, the purchase of a motor vehicle is a commitment of considerable magnitude to most consumers. As a result, the passenger motor vehicle industry has attracted the …
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Microcontroller Design of a Bidirectional Three-Level Pulse Width Modulation AC/DC Converter for Vehicle-to-Grid Application
… chargers provide plug-in electric vehicles (EV) the ability to not only transfer energy from the grid to the vehicle, but also transfer energy from the vehicle to the grid (V2G). The V2G mode allows power utility companies to offset peak power consumption thus allowing household …
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Industrial Upgrading and China’s Electric Vehicle and Wind Turbine Industries
… two renewable high-tech industries, the electric vehicle industry and the wind turbine industry. The thesis firstly explores the relevant literatures in the fields of economics, politics and business, given the multidisciplinary nature of industrial upgrading. For the industrial level and firm …
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Precision coordination and motion control of multiple systems via iterative learning control
… ranging from manufacturing to the autonomous vehicle industry require coordination of multiple systems. Traditional approaches for controlling these systems often neglect the underlying coupling in the application. To stay at the forefront of these fields requires the development of innovative …
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A Proposed Standardized Testing Procedure for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Development of unmanned vehicles will increase as the need to save lives rises. In both military and civilian applications, humans can be taken out of the loop through the implementation of safe and intelligent autonomous vehicles. Although hardware and software development continue to play a large …
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Electric vehicle technology in Kathmandu, Nepal : a closer look at development
Electric vehicle (EV) development in the Kathmandu Valley began in 1993 as a response to the urgency of a severe air pollution situation. The dynamics of government intervention, non-governmental organization advocacy, international donor support, and private sector involvement all shaped EV …
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Increasing Electric Machine Power Density With a New End-winding Cooling System
One of the key challenges for the electric vehicle industry is to develop high-power-density electric motors. Achieving higher power density requires efficient heat removal from inside the motor. For high performance electric motors, water-jacket cooling systems are usually used to remove heat …
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Optimisation of manufacturing systems for plastic moulded products in the automotive industry
… within a supplier in the off-highway and niche vehicle industry and focuses upon categorising product lines depending upon their ranking of volume and value. The methodology presents a logical procedure for categorising parts into five "broad categories" analogous to the classical ABC stock …
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Validated leaf spring suspension models
… demand for new and improved products in the vehicle industry has decreased the time available for the development of new vehicles, but at the same time the demands on quality, reliability and mass that are set for the vehicle are becoming ever more stringent. These requirements have lead to …
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Know Your User: Building a Predictive Model of Consumer Preference for Driverless Cars
… preference for riding in an autonomous vehicle rather than flying on a commercial aircraft. A plethora of research has investigated these two transportation industries independently; however, scarcely any research has considered the impact these two industries will have on each other. …
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Thermoeconomic model and feasibility study of geothermal power cycle with Lithium extraction
… demand for lithium, mainly for the electric vehicle industry, has increased the economic viability of extracting the mineral from geothermal brine. Lithium is a critical mineral for the green technology revolution due to its importance in battery manufacturing. Many countries supporting their …
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Information Management Environment for Engineering Design in Multi-Location Companies: Four Case Studies in China
… the information needs of designers in the vehicle industry, and the different approaches and resources that they currently adopt to fulfil these needs. The findings of this first phase of research are then used to identify further industry-based studies. The second phase of the research …
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The restructuring of the motor vehicle manufacturing in South Africa : a case study of Nissan South Africa
… an exploratory study of the role of the motor vehicle manufacturing sector in South Africa's capitalist industrialization. A few research questions pertaining to global trends in the industry, trends amongst SA manufacturers, and the latter's prospects in a context of their goal to become world …
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Rubber selection in the automotive filtration industry
Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degrees of Master of Technology: Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2020.
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Constraining black carbon emission inventories with observations
… constraints indicate emission factor changes in vehicle, industry and residential sectors. Emission factors for pre-regulation vehicles increase by 80% to 250% compared to the previous inventory, and emission factors for residential heating stoves and boilers increase by 70% to 200% for 1980s and …