Automotive Futures

Lead Researchers: Dr Paul Niewenhuis, Dr Peter Wells,
Clovis Zapata, Gavin Harper

One theme within BRASS’s Research Programme Towards Sustainable Mobility concerns the likely future developments of the automotive industry, economically, technologically and structurally. Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis and Dr Peter Wells, are world renowned for their work on the sustainability of the automotive industry and the opportunities for developing a more sustainable automotive industry for the future. For full details of their work in this area, please check the Towards Sustainable Mobility research programme web page.

Outputs

Wells, P. (2008) The future of sustainable mobility, presentation to Department of Sustainable Design, Federal University of Curitiba, Brazil, 24th April.

Nieuwenhuis P (2005) When will the fuel cell become the norm?, Automotive Environment Analyst, 16-17.

Wells, P. and Orsato, R.J. (2005), "Redesigning the Industrial Ecology of the Automobile", Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (3), pp. 15-30.

Wells, P. (2004) Eco-concepts: what is the purpose of ecological concept cars? Automotive Environment Analyst, 109, 23-25.

Wells, P. (2003) Jam tomorrow? The environmental cost of waiting for fuel cell cars, Automotive Environment Analyst, 96, 23-25.

Nieuwenhuis, P. (2003) ‘Factors shaping the future automotive supply chain’, keynote address, DTI Seminar Trends in Hybrid Metallic, Polymer and Composite

Automotive Structures, Cranfield University, 6th February.

Nieuwenhuis, P. & Wells, P. (2002) The Automotive Industry: A Future Guide, BT and Centre for Automotive Industry Research: Cardiff, pp49.