there are broad expectations within the auto industry that there will be job losses associated with electrification focused primarily in combustion engine factoriesby nick carey london if the european union wants to push a faster shift to zeroemissions cars then daimler ag is ready but there needs to be an open debate on the impact electrification will have on auto jobs the carmakers top executive said on tuesday its an ambition that we say yes to chief executive ola kallenius said during an interview at a financial times conference on the future of the car but he added we have to have an honest conversation about jobs advt everyone knows it takes more labour hours to assemble and build a combustionbased powertrain compared to an electric powertrain he said the eu last month raised its target for cuts in net greenhouse gas emissions to 55 by 2030 from 1990 levels instead of 40 and europes automakers will find out in july what their contribution on co2 emissions is expected to be there are broad expectations within the auto industry that there will be job losses associated with electrification focused primarily in combustion engine factories germanys car industry faces an employment fiasco unless it gets badly needed investment in new technologies especially batteries the countrys top labour leader said last week the warning from joerg hofmann president of ig metall came after a survey by the ifo institute showed that the transition to electric vehicles evs could cost the industry some 100000 jobs in combustion engine production by 2025 if companies fail to beef up efforts to reskill workers kallenius said the impact on jobs needs to be handled in a socially responsible way he said the german carmaker is in very constructive dialogue with its works council and the industry will create more jobs in areas like software engineering but it the engine jobs impact is not something where we should not acknowledge that its there kallenius said it is there advt reuters published on may 11 2021 at 1014 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electrification impact daimler ag electric vehicles co2 european union combustion engines employment workers homenewsindustrydaimler ceo we need an honest conversation about evs and jobs