https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/10/striking-uaw-workers-win-key-battery- plant-concession-from-general-motors/
or https://v.gd/j0sNGM "In a report published on Friday, Heatmap found that once battery-cell production is taken into account, EVs may well require more workers [hours] than vehicles with internal combustion engines ...The conventional [ICEV] powertrains took 4 to 11 worker hours, while the EV powertrains took 15 to 24 ... '" It seems that the autoworkers' unions are concerned about job losses building EVs - which might indeed happen. The argument this article makes is that IF you build cells and batteries in the US with union autoworkers, there will be MORE labor hours in the EVs than in the ICEVs. Don't get me wrong; I'm good with autoworkers keeping their jobs. It's just that this runs counter to what I've read about EVs for over 50 years. EVs are massively simpler than ICEVs, with fewer precision moving parts. Does battery production cancel all that out? Are cell and battery manufacturing not automated? David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = When I was born, I was black. When I grow up, I'm black. When I'm ill, I'm black. When I die, I'm black. But you - when you're born, you're pink. When you grow up, you're white. When you're ill, you're green. When you go out in the sun, you go red. When you're cold, you go blue. When you die, you're purple. And you have the nerve to call me colored? -- Malcolm X = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
