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An Ifo study commissioned by the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) found that “between 29 per cent and 36 per cent of the workers involved are at stake.’’
It said if around 86,000 of those currently employed were to retire by 2025 in the run-up to “electromobility”, a large gap remained.
The German government in 2020 extended its subsidies to purchasers of electric vehicles to 2025 as part of its drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Oliver Falck, the professor leading the study, said retraining should be commenced immediately to soften the effects.
Falck noted that carmakers could also return production processes that had been contracted out to their own plants, although this would hit component suppliers.
Tesla Shock: There Won t Be an Auto Industry Like This in 10 Years
In many ways Tesla is driving many carmakers ahead of itself. Andreas Boes, a sociologist from Germany, examined the effects of the Tesla shock on IG Metall, Germany s largest auto union, and concludes that the results are clear.
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Who is afraid of Tesla? This question almost always resonates when people talk about the future in the German automotive industry. In all interviews with managers and experts from the industry, the US electric car manufacturer is the elephant in the room, says sociologist Andreas Boes, director of the Munich Institute for Social Science Research (ISF). On behalf of IG Metall, he examined the effects of the Tesla shock on German industry - and expects radical changes in the coming years, writes Welt journalist Daniel Zwick.
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The production of cars in the Czech Republic – one of the country’s most important industries – declined by no less than 19.2 percent last year. The biggest drop-off in output ever seen stems from restrictions imposed to curb Covid-19 that returned production to 2014 levels, according to data just released by the Association of the Automotive Industry.
The total number of cars produced in the Czech Republic in 2020 was 1.15 million. Around three-quarters of a million of those vehicles rolled off the production line at Škoda Auto, the biggest player in the market and the country’s leading exporter.
Škoda Auto’s output was 17. 4 lower than in 2019. Representatives said the dip could have been even deeper, were it not for an increase in its share of European Union markets and a rise in sales in Russia and Turkey.