E-mobility: time is running out

E-mobility: time is running out if no more jobs are to be lost

The industrial shift from the combustion engine to e-mobility is far too slow; there are NO longer 8 years left … say Bosch, ZF, Continental … The diesel scandal, which dragged on for 10 years, is now taking cruel revenge. There is still no (significant) battery cell production in Europe, and the technology standard of European electric car makers lags around 10–12 years behind Tesla.

In 2018, Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner had spoken of a ten-year transition phase for the industry to manage the switch to electric mobility financially and in terms of staff. This time frame no longer applies. “It is not only corona that is accelerating the process. We no longer have eight years for the transformation,” says BCG partner Küpper. “That means the long-term measures to retrain one’s own staff must be accelerated.” Otherwise many more redundancies threaten the German car industry in the coming years.

Even that is still a serious misjudgement: “There is not yet any vision for autonomous driving and sharing, in which only every 10th car will still be needed” … says Dr Mario Herger (German).

Tipping point 2: the wave of fully driverless cars is coming

LINK TO THE BLOG – DER LETZTE FÜHRERSCHEINNEULING (German)

VW USA: The ID.4 sold out shortly after its market launch a few days ago. One of the incentives to buy was probably the offer of “free charging for the next 3 years”. It can no longer be overlooked ANYWHERE:

“The economy that is first to manage the switch to renewable energy will be strong in the future – not the one that resists it the longest.”

Dr Ludwig Bölkow

With sunny regards Wolfgang Löser