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The book represents the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies. ICSAT2010 is the state-of-the-art conference in the field of new technologies for transportation.

Technologies and infrastructure for sustainable mobility	p. 1
Towards a sustainable vehicle development	p. 3
EADS commitment towards sustainable mobility	p. 9
Build-up strategies for a hydrogen supply and refuelling infrastructure including a comparative outlook on battery-electric vehicles and their infrastructure requirements	p. 17
Approach for the solution of a simplified Reissner theory for automotive application	p. 29
Greener roads by talking traffic lights: knowledge about queue length and upcoming traffic light signal	p. 37
Sustainable antennas - a wideband antenna for vehicular applications	p. 45
Solution for reduced pollution and congestion	p. 51
Emission versus E-mission - ways to a sustainable powertrain	p. 53
Sustainable vehicle design and manufacture	p. 61
Benchmarking and optimisation of automotive seat structures	p. 63
Vision-aided position control method for manufacturing machines	p. 71
Automated fibre placement with in situ ultra-violet (UV) light curing: concept testing	p. 79
Multifunctional vehicle components: key in sustainability and long term viability of auto industry	p. 87
Knowledge management in cross-company research and development projects	p. 93
New vehicle concepts	p. 101
Structural optimization processes for finding robust automotive lightweight concepts	p. 103
Transitioning to the future of hydrogen mobility	p. 109
Green car technologies roadmap - challenges and opportunities	p. 115
A new hybrid material for increased impact tolerance	p. 123
The importance of hydrogen as secondary energy carrier for renewable primary energies	p. 131
Efficiency improvement of internal combustion engines by waste heat recovery with Rankine cycle and an advanced turbocharging principle	p. 141
New structures and materials	p. 151
Cellular titanium a bionic material for automotive and avionic applications	p. 153
Research and development of a new and sustainable composite: natural stone laminate	p. 159
Delamination of composite structures and failure modes of bonded elements	p. 167
Application of supersonic flame spraying for next generation cylinder liner coatings	p. 175
Enhanced shape momory alloy actuators	p. 183
Damage behavior of bonded structures under static and cyclic loading conditions	p. 191
Advanced manufacturing for fiber reinforced metal matrix composites (MMC)	p. 199
Opportunities and limits for composites in cars	p. 207
New power train technologies	p. 215
Formula hydrogen - international dimensions of the hydrogen powered racing car project	p. 217
Analysis of potential increases in energy efficiency for piston combustion machines with unconventional geometry	p. 223
Formula H - design and development of a student-built hydrogen fuelled racing car	p. 233
Formula H - risk assessment and safety strategies in a student hydrogen vehicle project	p. 241
End-of-life vehicle management	p. 249
Increase of recuperation in vehicles with conventional powertrain	p. 251
Hybrid concept for energy redistribution within transportation systems	p. 261
A system dynamics approach to calculating the energy consumed in car component production	p. 271
Vehicle and public safety	p. 279
Vehicle and public safety through driver assistance applications	p. 281
Author Index	p. 289
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