On 17 Oct 2023 at 0:27, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > I am not buying these figures on unknown say so. Sounds like BS. Just > whose EVs and whose batteries? Which models?
Here's the original article, with some discussion of methodology. https://heatmap.news/electric-vehicles/evs-trump-uaw-jobs-evidence > Anna Stefanopoulou, a professor of mechanical engineering at the > University of Michigan, has been investigating three manufacturing > sites that used to produce conventional cars and are now producing > EVs: A Tesla factory in California that used to be a jointly-owned > facility between GM and Toyota that produced Pontiacs and Corollas; a > Rivian plant in Illinois that previously produced Mitsubishis; and the > Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, where GM transitioned from producing > Chevy Sonics and Buick Veranos to electric Chevy Bolts ... Each one is > producing fewer vehicles per worker than they were before, meaning > it´s taking more people per vehicle to produce electric cars. The > California site, which has been producing EVs for the longest out of > the three, showed the most dramatic change. At its peak, the GM/Toyota > plant produced 80 vehicles per person per year. The Tesla plant > averages 30. > > Stefanopoulou ... predicts that after a decade or so, as processes > become more streamlined, the commonly-held belief that EV assembly > requires less labor will turn out to be correct. However, she also said > that if she were to consider battery cell production, as Cotterman did, > EV production on the whole could require more people. That's just the central point and there are qualifications. I suggest that you read the entire piece at the above link. The Tesla vs GM/Toyota vehicle productivity hit really surprises me. I thought that Tesla had gone all in for automation. 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Things I once thought were funny are scary now. I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava. -- Tom Lehrer = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
