Title: Long-term automotive prospects (2020 to 2025)

Authors: Alfred Moustacchi, Pierre Amouyel

Addresses: Vice President, Advisor Group Strategy, Renault S.A., Quai du Point du Jour, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France. ' Director Executive in Charge, Renault S.A., Quai du Point du Jour, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France

Abstract: The long-term future of the car depends on many factors. As usual in this sector, considerable uncertainty surrounds the quantitative level of the markets. Economic and social development (discretionary income of households, company expenditures, breakdown between consumption and investment) remains the principal factor in the market, and it would be foolhardy to predict any given profile for the fleets in circulation by such a distant horizon. The car manufacturers, as they have always done, will have to prepare to react to a range of possible scenarios.

Keywords: long-term prospects; oil shortage; pollution control; reduced consumption; replacement fuels; automobile industry; vehicle fleets; automotive manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063434

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.229-235

Published online: 14 Jul 2014 *

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