Overhead presentation. Mobility, especially automotive state of the art mobility, does not contradict environmental protection. The article shows that the alleged contradiction is being resolved in reality through the incorporation of intelligent technology. In fact, since a long time BMW Group not only deals with the design, the manufacturing and marketing of modern and high class automobiles, but with their usage and the emerging implications for society. The emissions of limited gases are decreasing, urban traffic noise levels, potentially disturbing citizens today are dominated by the noise caused by the rolling tires. The emission of carbon dioxide can be divided into 39 % from power stations and district heating, 20 % from households and small consumers, 19 % from industry, 12.5 % from cars and motorcycles, 7.5 % from commercial vehicles and buses and 2 % from other transport systems. There is a VDA agreement to reduce overall fleet consumption by 25 % in Germany between 1990 and 2005. Integrated solutions incorporating as well road surface design are therefore necessary. The same holds for traffic in dense agglomerations. Where automotive mobility becomes more difficult due to dense traffic and limited space, industry places its hopes in intelligent traffic management systems to optimize traffic flow. The main aims in car development are reduction of emissions, reduction of consumption, increase of car dynamics, increase of safety as well as increase of convenience. The use of hydrogen and related technologies is under investigation. The generation of hydrogen is possible from unlimited and renewable sources. Short- and mid-term target is the reduction of fuel consumption. Long-term target is the development of competitive and sustainable products such as hydrogen vehicles. The possible 100 % traffic flow of two intersecting roads is reduced to about 45 % by equally prioritized traffic lights. Bridging avoids time losses by traffic separation. The new developments include car navigation systems. These systems can be used to avoid bottlenecks in traffic. The can be done by traffic flow depending traffic lights and area traffic management on motorways.


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    Title :

    Mobility, automotive technology and environment protection - a contradiction in terms?


    Additional title:

    Mobilität, Automobiltechnik und Umweltschutz - ein Widerspruch?


    Contributors:
    Hell, W. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    26 Seiten, Bilder


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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