The Future Of Cars With Game Changers, Presented By Sap

The Buzz 1: “Historically, the automotive industry has not focused on sustainable practices. Traditional assembly-line manufacturing uses huge amounts of energy, metals, plastics, toxins, and manpower, leaving behind a massive carbon footprint.… most vehicles require fossil fuels to operate, which release harmful emissions.… Attitudes toward sustainability are maturing…big and small players in the automotive industry are increasingly feeling the pressure to rethink the way they operate.” [www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2021/12/01/how-the-automotive-industry-is-driving-toward-a-sustainable-future/?sh=41c08b7f8f1b] The Buzz 2: A November 2021 greenpeace.org report estimated that the 86 million cars sold in just 2018 accounted for 9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. [www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-eastasia-stateless/2021/11/47de8bb4-gpea_auto_environmental_guide_2021.pdf] Sustainability, and delivering on the potential of sustainable mobility, are quickly rising to the top of strategic priority lists across t