Report

September 2003

• The ELV Directive makes global automakers liable for recycling 200 million European vehicles.
• ELV Directive compliance will cost OEMs up to 10 billion by 2010.

• Value-cycle management replaces value-chain management.
• Each car's unified vehicle record will store bill-of-material, CRM, engine performance, and service data.

• OEMs must bring better business analysis to ELV issues.
• US automakers: Don't dismiss recycling as foreign foolishness.

• Figure 1.  The State Of EU End-Of-Life Vehicle Recycling Today
• Figure 2.  From Yesterday's Value Chain To Tomorrow's Value Cycle
• Figure 3.  The Vehicle Value Cycle Emerges From Existing Technologies
• Figure 4.  Data From Each Stage Of The Vehicle's Life Goes Into The UVR

 

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