Good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. Firstly‚ let’s ask ourselves a few questions. How is my life now? Am I used to the air pollution or the unhealthy food? Only if you feel a little unsatisfied with your life quality‚ you may benefit from my today’s topic: LOHAS. It is very popular in the west. Now‚ one of four Americans has joined it and one third of Europeans have done so. You may still feel confused but don’t worry. Today‚ I will tell you what LOHAS is and its main characters in human’s basic
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Hybrid Cars Are The Future by Chris Anderson‚ Business Review Weekly‚ March 6‚ 2013 With their growing popularity‚ many people have questions about the pros and cons of hybrid cars. It is well known hybrid cars have great gas mileage‚ but less familiar is the ever-improving performance. Not only are hybrid vehicles more efficient‚ producing lower emissions than gas powered automobiles‚ but their performance is continuing to improve thanks to advances in technology. Hybrids were once accused of
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MRK-1101 Case Study Marketing Environment Prius: Leading a wave of Hybrid About Toyota Founded by Kiichiro Toyoda‚ Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that is principally engaged in the production of cars‚ vans‚ trucks‚ buses and robots. Alongside its extensive vertical and horizontal integration‚ Toyota participates in the construction of houses‚ production of textile machinery‚ real estate market‚ financial activities‚ and biotechnology research. Currently‚ its
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The cost benefit analysis of Plug In hybrid electric vehicles includes a comparison between the lifetime of the vehicle and the ownership cost. Here the cost of ownership includes the cost of consumption of energy as well as the retail cost‚ but excludes the differences in cost of maintenance. A high cost of 5 USD per gallon of gasoline is assumed for the near term scenario. The cost of consumption of electricity is assumed to be 0.09 USD per Kilowatt-hour.[29] 7. GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES Since reduction
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Toyota Innovation Lecturer: Dr. Barbara Igel Group members: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hoai Ms. Kieu Phuong Ly 1 Toyota Introduction • • • • Established: 28 August 1937 Entrepreneur: Mr. Kiichiro Toyoda Total unit sold (up to July 2012): 200mil cars Company achievement: Product development motivation Extraordinary capability to manage large & global product development portfolio Launch more new vehicles than competitors Consistently deliver winners Continuous
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powered vehicles. One of the most popular option right now is a hybrid vehicle. The question that comes to mind is‚ are hybrid vehicles worth it? With record high gas prices due to the price of oil‚ most car owners out there have major concerns over their gas usage. Over the past ten years‚ the cost of gasoline has grown 250%! The price of oil has doubled since January of this year. The high prices of oil and gas is the driving factor for most of the people to trade their gas powered vehicles for hybrid
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modifications that are the main objective of the study. Compressed air filled by electricity using a compressor. The electricity requirement for compressing air has to be considered while computing overall efficiency. Nevertheless the compressed air vehicle will contribute to reducing a air pollution and tend to zero pollution level and promoting great environment. Main advantage of this engine is that no hydrocarbon fuel required means no combustion process is take place. HISTORY In fact‚ two centuries
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Case study: Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive Introduction Hybrid Synergy Drive‚ (HSD) is a set of hybrid car technologies developed by Toyota. HSD technology is used in the Prius‚ Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicle (SUV)‚ Camry Hybrid‚ Lexus RX 400h‚ Lexus GS 450h‚ and Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL automobiles. It combines an electric drive and a continuously variable transmission. Toyota describes HSD-equipped vehicles as having E-CVT (Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission). We
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competition to develop and market electric vehicles has increased during the last year and is expected to continue to increase. The electric bicycle industry has four major manufacturers and a large group of small companies. The major manufacturers are Honda‚ Suzuki‚ Sanyo and Yamaha. They mainly sell products to Japan and Europe. The other group of manufacturers is much smaller in size and sales volume. These manufacturers have products they sell into the U.S.‚ European and Asian markets. Porter’s five-forces
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Hybrid Electric Vehicles The Dark Side John Orttenburger Lake Superior State University April 10‚ 2011 Abstract In the past decade‚ hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) have been making a big commotion with the innovative‚ gas saving technologies that accompany them. The illusion that HEVs are 100 percent environmentally friendly in all aspects also follows the HEV wave. Sadly the illusion often wins over unsuspecting customers the instant better gas mileage is offered. This review on the environmental
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