Title China shifts gears : automakers, oil, pollution, and development / Kelly Sims Gallagher

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations Series Urban and industrial environments Urban and industrial environments. Contents Introduction -- The energy and environmental dimensions of cars in China -- Zoom, zoom, zoom : the auto industry and economic development -- Foreign technology in the development of China's automotive sector -- Beijing Jeep -- Shanghai GM -- Chang'An Ford -- Technology transfer, energy, and the environment -- Technology transfer, innovation, and economic development -- Limits to leapfrogging and how to overcome them : implications for policy, theory, and future research Summary Chinese production of automobiles rose from 42,000 cars per year in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2004; the number of passenger vehicles on the road doubled every two and a half years through the 1990s and continues to grow. In China Shifts Gears, Kelly Sims Gallagher identifies an unprecedented opportunity for China to "shift gears" and avoid the usual problems associated with the automobile industry -- including urban air pollution caused by tailpipe emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and high dependence on oil imports -- while spurring economic development. This transformation will only take place if the Chinese government plays a leadership role in building domestic technological capacity and pushing foreign automakers to transfer cleaner and more energy-efficient technologies to China. If every new car sold in China had the cleanest and most energy-efficient of the automotive technologies already available, urban air pollution could be minimized, emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases would be lower than projected, and the Chinese auto industry would continue to flourish and contribute to China's steady economic development. But so far, Gallagher finds, the opportunity to shift gears has been missed. Gallagher looks in detail at three U.S.-Chinese joint ventures: Beijing Jeep, Shanghai GM, and Chang'An Ford. These case studies are based on original research, including interviews with 90 government officials, industry representatives, and experts in both countries. Drawing from the case studies, Gallagher explores the larger issues of the environmental and economic effects of technology transfer in the automobile industry and the policy implications of "leapfrogging" to more advanced technology Analysis URBANISM/Transportation ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Automobile industry and trade -- China Automobile industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- China Automobile industry and trade -- Energy consumption -- China BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Automobile Industry. Développement économique. Développement industriel. Industrie automobile. Transfert de technologie. Protection de l'environnement. Investissements directs étrangers. Automobile industry and trade Automobile industry and trade -- Energy consumption Automobile industry and trade -- Environmental aspects Kraftfahrzeugindustrie Wirtschaftsentwicklung Umweltverschmutzung Energieverbrauch Auto's. Milieubeleid. Technische vernieuwing. Economische ontwikkeling. Automobilindustrie -- China. Automobil -- Umweltschutz -- China. Umweltschutz -- Automobil -- China. Chine. Etats-Unis d'Amérique. China China China. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780262273381 0262273381 026207270X 9780262072700 1423787196 9781423787198 0262309661 9780262309660 1282097687 9781282097681 9786612097683 661209768X

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