3. Volkswagen Group is a German multinational
automotive manufacturing group headquartered
in Wolfsburg.
It is the world’s second-largest motor vehicle
manufacturer
Number of locations- 61 production
plants
Founded -1937 (Germany)
Revenue- €127 billion (2010)
Product- Automobiles, commercial vehicles,
engines
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6. The Group's parent company Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaf t
(Volkswagen AG).
The Group consists of 342 Group companies, which are involved
in either vehicle production or other related automotive services.
AUDI AG
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Bentley Motors Limited
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
SEAT, S.A.
Škoda automobilová
Scania AB
MAN SE.
7. Group Units Share
Toyota 8,557,351 11.0%
GM 8,476,192 10.9%
Volkswagen AG 7,341,065 9.4%
8. Companies Location
Toyota Japan
Ford Motor Company USA
General Motor Company USA
Renault France
9. Summer smog :- On hot days, direct, intense sunlight
turns atmospheric pollutants – par ticularly carbon
monoxide, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons – into
ground-level ozone, a potential irritant gas for plants,
animals, and humans alike.
Motor vehicles are the single biggest source of atmospheric
pollution, contributing an estimated 14% of the world's carbon
dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning, a proportion than is
steadily rising
The average car emits a cocktail of more than 1,000 pollutants.
Most ozone pollution is caused by motor vehicles, which
account for 72% of nitrogen oxides and 52% of reactive
hydrocarbons
10. An annual output of 48 million means that,
somewhere in the world, one new car appears
every second. In eight hours, 40,000 new cars
will have been built; in a day, 100,000
Iron and Steel Making
Aluminium Production
11. About 80 people per DAY are killed in the USA from
car induced air pollution.
Air pollution kills 50,000 newborn babies in china.
Air pollution is responsible for 400,000 cases of
respiratory illness every year in china.
In the formerly beautiful Hangzhou China, the sky is
grey from car exhaust fumes.
Car pollution has been linked to not only disease like
asthma, bronchitis but also Alzheimer's, diabetes,
premature deaths & heart attacks.
12. Volkswagen has shown that environmental
protection and automotive progress are not
mutually exclusive.
Production and near-production ready
technologies and products are optimised to
help reduce CO2 emissions and pollutants.
13. Volkswagen pools all of its eco-friendly
innovations under an umbrella brand that
signifies efficiency.
BlueMotionTechnologies – a pledge to the
environment. This enables us to help conserve
something we consider very important –
nature.
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15. "Think Blue. Symphony." refers to the unforgettable
slogan "Think small", used by Volkswagen when
making driving by car possible for everyone in the
1960s.
Beetle ‘Think Small
Polo Blue Motion
Golf Blue-e-motion
16. Rising fuel costs, a rapidly sullying
environment and worsening traf fic
conditions. Pointers may indicate a
grim future for our much-loved world of
automobiles, but the think-tank at
Europe's largest automobile maker
Volkswagen has other ideas.
Volkswagen is calling this the VW2028 -
future of the car.
17. Aim of Volkswagen in all its activities to restrict
the environmental impact to a minimum and to
make its own contribution to resolving
environmental problems at regional and global
level.
It is Volkswagen’s aim to offer high quality
automobiles which take equal account of the
expectations of its customers with regard to
environmental compatibility, economy, safety,
quality and comfort.
18. In order to safeguard the long term future of
the company and enhance its competitive
position, Volkswagen is researching into and
developing ecologically efficient products,
processes and concepts for personal mobility.
Volkswagen employees are informed, trained
and motivated in respect of environmental
protection.
at regular intervals company’s environmental
policy and objectives are being observed and
that the Environmental Management System is
working properly.