Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia

This paper presents an analysis of energy efficiency performance in the automotive industry from evidence of Germany and Colombia in order to show important features in energy use between countries with the different income between 1998 and 2007. We found that the automotive industry improved its en...

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Autor Principal: Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Springer Nature 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26398
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-010-9266-4
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spelling ir-10336-263982021-09-20T03:20:09Z Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia Eficiencia energética en la industria automotriz evidencia de Alemania y Colombia Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés automotive industry energy German Colombian This paper presents an analysis of energy efficiency performance in the automotive industry from evidence of Germany and Colombia in order to show important features in energy use between countries with the different income between 1998 and 2007. We found that the automotive industry improved its energy efficiency in each country. In order to understand the driving forces behind these trends, the concept of the production function is used to obtain the elasticities of substitutions and the relationships between several variables and energy efficiency performance in German and Colombian motor vehicle industries. In both countries, we found that the variables of energy prices and sizes of companies each have a positive influence on the efficiency of the gross production/energy ratio. These results show that, in the motor vehicle industry, energy efficiency performance depends on different factors. Hence, variables such as energy prices, energy taxes, economies of scale and technology changes have played a crucial role in the improvements in productivity and rational energy use. 2011 2020-08-06T16:21:34Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ISSN: 1387-585X EISSN: 1573-2975 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26398 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-010-9266-4 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Nature Environment, Development and Sustainability
institution EdocUR - Universidad del Rosario
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language Inglés (English)
topic automotive industry
energy
German
Colombian
spellingShingle automotive industry
energy
German
Colombian
Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés
Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
description This paper presents an analysis of energy efficiency performance in the automotive industry from evidence of Germany and Colombia in order to show important features in energy use between countries with the different income between 1998 and 2007. We found that the automotive industry improved its energy efficiency in each country. In order to understand the driving forces behind these trends, the concept of the production function is used to obtain the elasticities of substitutions and the relationships between several variables and energy efficiency performance in German and Colombian motor vehicle industries. In both countries, we found that the variables of energy prices and sizes of companies each have a positive influence on the efficiency of the gross production/energy ratio. These results show that, in the motor vehicle industry, energy efficiency performance depends on different factors. Hence, variables such as energy prices, energy taxes, economies of scale and technology changes have played a crucial role in the improvements in productivity and rational energy use.
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author Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés
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title Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
title_short Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
title_full Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
title_fullStr Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from Germany and Colombia
title_sort energy efficiency in the automotive industry evidence from germany and colombia
publisher Springer Nature
publishDate 2011
url https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26398
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