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21-09-2023, 12:58 PM
James Titcomb
Wed, 20 September 2023 at 7:00 pm SGT
Joe Biden has called himself the “most pro-union president in American history”. He has also staked his political legacy on ushering in a clean energy revolution driven by the shift away from the internal combustion engine and towards electric cars.
Those two goals are now in stark conflict amid a historic strike at America’s biggest carmakers.
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the generational shift to electric cars championed by Biden is a threat to their livelihoods.
The strike now threatens to become a political quandary for Biden
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electric vehicles require 40pc less time to assemble their drivetrains, including batteries, motors and transmission, when compared to making a combustion car with an engine.
Carmaking is also becoming more automated in general
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Each new product line brings a more efficient process, more robots and fewer car-building jobs.
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Plenty of parts in petrol and diesel cars simply are not replicated in electric vehicles, and the jobs making these parts or fitting them to a car, will go.
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The political stakes are high for Biden. America’s carmaking industry is concentrated in a handful of states that are likely to be decisive in determining who wins next year’s election, in particular Michigan, won by Biden in 2020 and by Donald Trump in 2016.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-el...00591.html
Wed, 20 September 2023 at 7:00 pm SGT
Joe Biden has called himself the “most pro-union president in American history”. He has also staked his political legacy on ushering in a clean energy revolution driven by the shift away from the internal combustion engine and towards electric cars.
Those two goals are now in stark conflict amid a historic strike at America’s biggest carmakers.
......
the generational shift to electric cars championed by Biden is a threat to their livelihoods.
The strike now threatens to become a political quandary for Biden
......
electric vehicles require 40pc less time to assemble their drivetrains, including batteries, motors and transmission, when compared to making a combustion car with an engine.
Carmaking is also becoming more automated in general
......
Each new product line brings a more efficient process, more robots and fewer car-building jobs.
......
Plenty of parts in petrol and diesel cars simply are not replicated in electric vehicles, and the jobs making these parts or fitting them to a car, will go.
......
The political stakes are high for Biden. America’s carmaking industry is concentrated in a handful of states that are likely to be decisive in determining who wins next year’s election, in particular Michigan, won by Biden in 2020 and by Donald Trump in 2016.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-el...00591.html
