VW Cutting Jobs, Electric Vehicles Require Fewer Workers
March 12th, 2019Via: Reuters:
Volkswagen said it will cut jobs as it launches almost 70 new electric models by 2028, accelerating its rollout of zero-emission cars as earnings revealed the operating margin at its core brand had taken a hit.
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“The reality is that building an electric car involves some 30 percent less effort than one powered by an internal combustion engine,” Chief Executive Herbert Diess explained at the company’s annual results press conference in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
“That means we need to make job cuts,” he added.
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2019/02/27/tesla-goes-up-in-smoke-three-times/
https://drivemag.com/news/how-safe-are-tesla-cars-5-facts-and-myths-explained
Myth – Teslas and other electric cars catch fire more often than internal combustion cars
More than 174,000 vehicle fires happen every year in the United States, about one every three minutes. Imagine the outrage if this would happen to electric cars! However, there are more than 300,000 Teslas on the roads, and only 40 fires have happened after 7.5 billion miles traveled – 5 fires for every billion miles – 11 times less than in the case of internal combustion cars.
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https://evannex.com/blogs/news/why-tesla-electric-vehicles-are-safest
Tesla’s electric vehicles not only achieved a 5-star rating in every category of NHTSA’s crash tests but Model 3, Model S and Model X are the top three cars with the lowest probability of injury to occupants that NHTSA has ever tested.