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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition.

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2024 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Review - Not A Smart Time To Be Sexy Anyway

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Anyhow, it’s rather interesting that while most of the auto industry has been veering toward crossovers and SUVs for the past two decades, the most popular electric vehicles by far are, functionally, sedans. And maybe sock away something with an engine in a place, far outside the wire, that used to be a farm.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Public opposition to wind turbine projects is growing in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as well. These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either CARB or the auto industry.”

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