environment can largely be traced to the automobile. In a vicious cycle‚ dependence on driving and the availability of parking cause campus facilities to be dispersed beyond reasonable walking distances. As a result‚ the need for more roads and more parking continually escalates. Each parking space and associated access roads pave over about 300 square feet on a campus -- and when institutions run out of room for surface parking‚ they build garages. Automobiles increase health and safety risks. We
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References: McGrath‚ Jane. "How has technology changed the way we conduct business?" 11 June 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 09 June 2014. Wheely interesting automobile history. (2006‚ Oct 13). Current Events‚ 106‚ 2. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/196422498?accountid=458 Reutter‚ M. (2009). Bullet trains for america? The Wilson Quarterly‚ 33(4)‚ 26-33. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197256531
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over the past 100 years. Automobiles changed the ways humans get from place to place more efficiently and have made transportation faster. Christopher Depcik says that “Perhaps no technology has shaped modern society as much as the automobile has. A vast
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concentrated type of fuel that is usually used by big automobiles because they require a lot of power in a little amount of time. Electricity is a method that uses the power of batteries to produce a low horsepower but‚ nevertheless a fast automobile. Electric cars are generally created to be soundless and environmentally friendly. The purpose of this paper is to classify and educate the reader on the different types of fuel available for an automobile to use: gasoline‚ diesel‚ and electricity.
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of corporate weaknesses and threats‚ which continually risk its competitive advantage. Weaknesses Toyota is a massive enterprise‚ and being this large comes with even larger problems. Currently the global automobile market‚ due to the recession‚ is in a state of oversupply; automobiles must be manufactured to meet the demand of the consumers; they must be the models the customer desires. The Toyota Corporation markets the majority of its products to Japan and US markets; exposing itself to fluctuating
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Business Level Strategy BMW BMW’S Primary Business Lines (http://www.marketlineinfo.com/library/iProduct_toc.aspx?R=6A41C0F5-51FC-4B71-AF83-0B9F412CB891) The company generates revenues through three business divisions: automobiles (78.0% of the total revenues during fiscal year 2006)‚ financial services (20.2%)‚ motorcycles (1.8%). BMW focuses on the premium segments of the global passenger car and motorcycle market. The company also provides financial and information technology services
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evolved into four. Automobiles were a huge part in the rise of the United States; but they also meant the death to bikes. “Popular condemnations of America ’s obsession with the automobile and the destructive impacts it has had on US cities‚ the environment‚ and daily living are a staple of postwar urban commentary” (Beauregard 2005). However‚ a new leaf has been turned over and bikes are now a huge factor in pushing the U.S. towards a sustainable future. Unlike automobiles‚ bikes are more than
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includes the automobile‚ entertainment‚ and radios. One of the first major inventions to become a national craze was the automobile. First developed with a combustion engine in 1896 by Henry Ford‚ he later started the Ford Motor Company‚ which mass produced automobiles known as the Model-T. Ford’s Model-Ts became such an overwhelming success that there was over15 million Model-Ts by 1927. By the end of the decade‚ there was almost one car per family in the United States‚ the automobile became an
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Page: 9 1) Sexism extends even into the area of automobile driving‚ it seems. Believing that they are far better drivers than women. Men consider women drivers incompetent‚ inattentive‚ and even dangerous behind the wheel. -It seems that sexism extends even into the area of automobile driving. Believing that they are far better drivers than women‚ men consider women drivers incompetent‚ inattentive‚ and even dangerous behind the wheel. 2) However‚ statistics prove that women are‚ in fact‚ safer
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motors‚ and later destroyed by the same company. I was surprised to see how a company could destroy the technology that is economical‚ futuristic‚ beneficial and pollution free. This documentary movie also deals with history of electric car in the automobile industries. This movie try to showcase the advantages‚ disadvantages of the electric technology‚ and try to figure out who might be the responsible for the demise of the electric car. This movie focuses its story EV1: electric cars developed and
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