According to this study, at the request of the union of trade unions and the automobile industry, and carried out by the German Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Engineering, in question will be jobs in the field of production of engines and gearboxes, two particularly simplified components in electric vehicles.
The same institute recalls that around 840,000 jobs in Germany are linked to the car industry. Of these, 210 thousand are related to the manufacture of engines and gearboxes.
The study was prepared with data provided by companies such as Daimler, Volkswagen, BMW, Bosch, ZF and Schaeffler, which assume that building an electric vehicle is about 30% faster than building a vehicle with a combustion engine.
Electrical: fewer components, less labor
For the representative of workers at Volkswagen, Bernd Osterloh, the explanation lies in the fact that electric motors have only one sixth of the components of an internal combustion engine. At the same time, in a battery factory, only a fifth of the workforce that, in principle, has to exist in a traditional factory is needed.
Also according to the study now released, if the scenario, in Germany in 2030, is 25% of cars to be electric, 15% hybrid and 60% with combustion engine (petrol and diesel), this will mean that around 75,000 jobs in the automotive industry will be at risk . However, if electric vehicles are adopted more quickly, this could put more than 100,000 jobs at risk.
Union of IG Metal Trade UnionsBy 2030, one in two jobs in the automobile industry will suffer, directly or indirectly, from the effects of electric mobility. Therefore, politicians and industry must develop strategies capable of dealing with this transformation.
Finally, the study also warns of the danger of German industry ceding technology to rivals such as China, South Korea and Japan. Arguing that, rather than entering into partnership contracts with these countries, German car manufacturers should, yes, sell the your technology.
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