What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers

Hazdaz , 10 months 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.

style99 , 10 months ago

EVs have fewer moving parts than gas-powered vehicles, with no engines, transmissions or exhaust systems.

That didn't stop the light bulb industry from baking in planned obsolescence.

zepplenzap , 10 months ago

Counterpoint to lightbulb planned obsolescence: youtu.be/zb7Bs98KmnY?si=h-i2U3Q8YE5tHW7G

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dewittlebook , 10 months ago

This is the response I wanted to see but since people seem to hate watching videos (from creators they don’t know), iirc the tldw; balancing bulbs coming to full power immediately (as opposed to gradual warm up) and brightness with life span. The 100 year light bulb is cool, but not ideal for actually lighting a room

Diplomjodler , 10 months ago

Battery cell manufacturing will be increasingly automated as volumes increase. So this idea didn’t hold water.

greyscale , 10 months ago

What do you mean? They’re arguing that EVs require less labour-hours of human work, you’re agreeing with them by saying that battery manufacture will be more automated.