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    the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to their website, the EPA was established on December 2, 1970 in order to consolidate several areas of government control concerned with protecting the environment. (n.d.) One of the major topics the EPA has addressed was the impact of the automobile industry on the environment. In the 1970’s several hearings occurred that called Automobile manufacturers to give an account to the measures they were taking to reduce pollution from the emissions given

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    Cadillac, the most iconic automobile group of America, was founded in 1902 by Henry Ford. The brand came into existence because of the ruins of Henry Ford failed automobile company. When the company assets were being measured for liquidation, Henry M. Leland came up with the idea of manufacturing single-cylinder engine automobiles. The new company Cadillac Automobiles was set up and represented the luxury automobile segment of the America On July 29, 1909, the newly formed General Motors Corporation

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    Division of Basketball Players Children develop bad habits at a young age and continue these bad habits until they are corrected. Sometimes these things aren’t corrected until its almost too late. Habits can be picked up from parents, grandparents, coaches, and peers. I know that the longer I am around someone the more I act like that person. In any sport you will have many coaches and you will learn something you didn’t know with every coach you have. But some things aren’t developed from others

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    Introduction Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) is a world-renowned 1000-bed academic non-profit medical center located in Durham, North Carolina. Each year, DUMC handles 38,000 admissions, performed 17,000 inpatient and 21,000 outpatient surgeries, and had 70,000 emergency room visits (link). DUMC was established 85 years ago and serves as one of three Level I referral centers for the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area. DUMC is widely considered a world-class health care system by its participation

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    the Exceptional Value of a 1970s De Tomaso Pantera Do you know the Italian word for panther? That 's right, it 's Pantera. And this is a great place to start. The De Tomaso Pantera that launched in 1971 provided an Americanized version of an Italian styled supercar. You didn 't have to go to Maranello Italy to get one, because Ford made the car available at your local Lincoln Mercury dealer. With a sticker price of around $10,000 in 1971, it 's curious that the automobile wasn 't a complete success

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    North American Automobile Industry Environmental Analysis Global competition in the industry Of the top 10 automobile manufacturers globally, in 2014, America is represented 3 times, by Ford, General Motors and Fiat-Chrysler. The two top selling manufacturers, Toyota and Volkswagen Group are Japanese and German respectively (“Leading automobile manufacturers”, 2015). This indicates that there is significant, global competition and that competition is currently better placed than the American

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    Chevrolet Camaro

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    For over one hundred years General Motors has been a vital function in the automobile industry, beginning with the horseless Buick carriage in 1903. Heavy competition arose when Ford released the Mustang in 1964 as a door for average drivers to experience luxury sports cars at an affordable price. On September 29, 1966 General Motors struck back with its own pony car, the Chevrolet Camaro. This first model offered the two body style options of hardtop coupe and convertible. In 1968, the vent windows

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    Environmental challenges facing American Auto industry Introduction The first gasoline powered automobile was built 1885 in Germany. The first car was engineered by Henry Ford in 1896. He took things a notch higher by establishing an assembly line which enabled him to mass produce the vehicles thus making them affordable to the consumers. The use of automobiles has since increased in the US and other parts of the world. By 1999, the US alone had over 200 million passenger cars and light trucks

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    Who could have anticipated the public fascination with the automobile would expand Americans dreams, horizons and change the world? Let's take a look to General Motors (GM) for inspiration. This company formed the foundation for it's beginnings on September 16, 1908 with William "Billy" Durant, a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in Flint, MI. At its infancy, GM held only the Buick Motor Company. Throughout the years, GM would grow to acquire 20 plus companies including Oldsmobile,

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    Written Assignment 5. Historically, The United State had invented the steam engine and began using automobile long before 1896 when Henry Ford build the first car. Since then, the country has undergone series of dramatic changes affecting the automobile industry politically, economically, technologically, and socio-culturally, including series of global and environmental challenges. These environmental challenges facing the industries can be acknowledged in the following areas: 1) Consumer’s

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