When most politicians talk about the electric car they fill their mouths announcing that their policies in support of the electric car are going to create a lot of new jobs.
Not long ago, President Biden (USA) announced that his policies were going to generate a million jobs. And he was very happy to say so.
Because politicians never talk about the other side of the coin, about the jobs that are going to be lost with the new electric cars. Because, we must bear in mind that these cars have fewer components, the electric motors are very simple and robust, and in general much fewer people are needed to assemble them in assembly plants.
I have read that some experts estimate that globally around 30% of the jobs dedicated to manufacturing cars will be lost. And that many of the current workers will have to reconvert to perform other new functions.
At present, most of the car manufacturing companies are announcing cuts in their workforce. Ford recently announced a 3,000 job cut, Daimler and Audi have announced 20,000, and the rest something similar. No car manufacturer announces that it is going to increase its workforce, apart from the new and small brands that are appearing in the market and trying to gain a foothold in it.
There is going to be a great change in the new needs of jobs. Electric cars do not have a fuel engine and there will be plenty of experts in manufacturing such complex elements.
As these cars are simpler and more reliable, it will be needed fewer repair and maintenance workshops, and those that are needed must have greater knowledge of software, since all the operation of the car will be controlled by a central computer.
On the other hand, it will be necessary to make many new plants to make batteries, as well as new mines to extract lithium, cobalt, graphite, etc…. But both the European and North American automotive associations forecast general job losses.
This is not new, it has always happened with technological changes. Since these have always generated increases and decreases in certain jobs. Some new ones appear and others disappear, and people must adapt to the changes and train to be able to face the new challenges that arise.
If things were explained clearly as they are, and the appropriate prior measures were taken to train automotive workers, I am sure that the transition to the electric car would be much more positive and less traumatic.
Time will tell us how it's done, but I'm afraid that as almost always it will be done wrong and late.
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