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What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers (www.axios.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A big sticking point in contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

EVs are inherently simpler than ICE vehicles. Of course it will eventually take fewer man hours to build one, and that's where some of the eventual cost savings will come in from.

You can't complain about the high cost of cars today and then turn around and want artificially inflated labor hours for EVs. You can't have it both ways.