European automotive suppliers and suppliers are sounding the alarm: the industry's electrification policy could destroy up to 500,000 jobs by 2040, according to a study entrusted to PwC Strategy by the European Association of Automotive Suppliers ( Clepa).
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This highlights the risks of an exclusively electric vehicle approach to the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people,
” said Clepa General Secretary Sigrid de Vries.
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The energy transition could also create jobs in the fields of software, manufacturing and assembly of battery elements, the study qualifies.
The loss of jobs would then be contained at 275,000 jobs.
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But this presupposes the creation of a competitive European battery industry against Asian champions, and new activities will not necessarily be located in the same regions, or the same companies,
" notes the Brussels-based association, which brings together 3,000 companies - including Valeo, Bosch, Faurecia, ZF, etc. - including hundreds of SMEs which employ a total of 5 million people.
"A regulatory framework open to all available solutions"
These companies engaged in the electrification of automotive powertrains are calling for "
a regulatory framework open to all available solutions, such as the use of hybrid technologies, green hydrogen and sustainable renewable fuels
".
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In July, the European Commission proposed draft legislation which plans to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU to zero from 2035. This would effectively stop sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles in this country. date - including hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions - in favor of only 100% electric engines.
