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\textit{F. T. Farrell} and \textit{W. C. Hsiang} [Ann. Math. (2) 113, 199--209 (1981; Zbl 0461.57016)] verified the integral Novikov conjecture for a closed nonpositively curved manifold by using geometric properties of the universal cover of such manifolds. \textit{S. Ferry} and \textit{S. Weinberger} [Invent. Math. 105, No. 2, 401--414 (1991; Zbl 0744.57017)] extended that method by showing that if \(M\) is a closed manifold and there exists a bundle equivalence \(f:TM \to \widetilde{M}\times_\Gamma\widetilde{M}\) (where \(TM\) is the tangent bundle, \(\widetilde{M}\) is the universal cover, \(\Gamma\) is the fundamental group of \(M\), and \(\widetilde{M}\times_\Gamma\widetilde{M}\) is the quotient of \(\widetilde{M}\times\widetilde{M}\) by the diagonal action of \(\Gamma\)) that is distance increasing on fibers \(T_xM\to\widetilde{M}\), up to a constant depending continuously on \(x\), then the integral Novikov conjecture holds for \(M\). Such maps \(f:TM\to \widetilde{M}\times_\Gamma\widetilde{M}\) are the \textit{expansive exponential bundle equivalences} in the title of the paper under review and an explicit and constructive proof is given of the following main result: {If \(M\) is a smooth manifold such that \(\widetilde{M}\) is diffeomorphic to \(\mathbb R^n\), then \(M\times\mathbb R\) admits a complete Riemannian metric with an expansive exponential bundle equivalence \(f:T(M\times\mathbb R) \to (\widetilde{M}\times\mathbb R)\times_\Gamma(\widetilde{M}\times\mathbb R)\).} However, this does not imply the integral Novikov conjecture for \(M\) because \(M\times \mathbb R\) is not closed---further conditions at infinity are required for the Ferry-Weinberger method. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1029.00029].