Jobs, jobs, jobs... In the EV Battery Sector

[Lowell]

Automotive-related news has been getting better and better, for Michigan and Metro Detroit over the past year, particularly in the battery industry. Compare these two headlines from today's Free Press.


https://freep-mi.newsmemory.com?publ...c865d3_13483c7


https://freep-mi.newsmemory.com?publ...d51c_13483c7ss

[401don]

The question is whether they come close to the number of job losses when ice vehicles with all their parts are no longer built. Not to mention all the after-market service for repairs, mufflers, oil changes, etc.

[K-slice]

Not to mention this article from a month ago about the development of large empty industrial site in Metro Detroit. Massive unproductive structures being town down to make way for new industrial buildings that will provide jobs and grow the tax base of the respective cities. No doubt that while these facilities don't explicitly bring in these new auto jobs, they'll be important puzzle pieces for suppliers and distributors involved in the supply chain.

It really cant be overstated, I don't think, Ford's development at the MCS either. They are going to be deciding the future of the company there essentially.

Shame we can't attract any European or Japanese automakers to the area. Had VW stayed in Auburn hills through the troubles of 2008 I don't think they would have left the area today. Perhaps even moved to the city proper.

[Lowell]

The question is whether they come close to the number of job losses when ice vehicles with all their parts are no longer built. Not to mention all the after-market service for repairs, mufflers, oil changes, etc.

Be that as it may, it still matters who gets the new plants. That includes Windsor today.

[Jimaz]

The question is whether they come close to the number of job losses when ice vehicles with all their parts are no longer built. Not to mention all the after-market service for repairs, mufflers, oil changes, etc.

You are correct but it appears that industry change is going to happen regardless of any net job loss.

On the other hand, I keep hearing more talk about companies onshoring future manufacturing operations. It's said to be in reaction against global supply chain disruptions due to Covid, port congestion, etc. Moving cargo around the globe is not without its own risks.

• capsized container ships

[Satiricalivory]

The question is whether they come close to the number of job losses when ice vehicles with all their parts are no longer built. Not to mention all the after-market service for repairs, mufflers, oil changes, etc.

There is no foreseeable future at this point where ICE vehicles are not longer built.

[Richard]

Considering that currently EVs represent 6% of sales it’s going to be quite sometime before all the infrastructure and widespread production capacity is in place,providing government incentives do not dry up,we do not have a recession and while it is gearing up the demand is going to push the costs of materials through the roof.

I am thinking at least 10 years before they can even address EVs seriously,while floating billions in losses in the meantime.

10 years from now is a lifetime in the technology field,everything today will be obsolete in that time frame.

There is a company that has battery modules,you pull up to the robot and it automatically swaps out your battery for a fully charged one in less then 30 seconds.

How can they even design a battery plant where the production is geared for the EV battery of today,it will be obsolete in 2 years.

Governments are paying wind turbine companies millions per year to throttle output,it’s hard to figure out what is real or not,all it takes is for an administration change in any given country and it all goes poof.

It’s good to see it will create jobs at a decent pay rate in the intern,but one would hope the region does not continue to put all of its eggs in one basket in the diversity aspect.

[401don]

Be that as it may, it still matters who gets the new plants. That includes Windsor today.

Oh I agree. It's more important than ever the EV jobs stay in the Detroit/Windsor market. I just worry that EV's won't be nearly as parts & labor intensive. These news headlines about new jobs seem to imply they are additional jobs, which of course they won't be in the long run.