With many car companies aiming to build only electric vehicles by the year 2030, and many aspiring to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the industry is set to undergo sweeping transformation in the years ahead.
Opportunity and innovation abound, but the challenges are coming from all sides: supply chain nightmares, labor shortages, battery capacity, charging infrastructure, pricing setbacks, vertical (dis)integration, and intensified market share competition. It’s not going to be smooth going, and in this presentation, ILR School experts will explain why from a number of perspectives.
Perhaps the greatest challenges in the coming years will be to make sure that auto workers support the transition and benefit from it. This will mean developing and embracing new technologies but also providing training and job search assistance for workers making internal combustion vehicles and ensuring good wages, working conditions, and workers’ rights in the new world of EV manufacturing.
