By 2030, electric vehicle sales will account for more than half! More than 400 car companies are competing for the market in the United States

Reference News Network reported on December 27 that the US "Forbes" website recently reported that all the methods taken to cope with the challenge of making electric vehicle sales account for 50% of sales in 2030 are reasonable, and their focus is on on-the-job learning, re-learning, skill upgrading and lifelong learning.

The U.S. government has set an ambitious goal — to ensure that 50 percent of the cars sold in the U.S. by 2030 will be electric, hybrid or fuel cell vehicles. The U.S. government also said the goal is key to "preparing the United States for future-proof electric vehicles, outperforming China in the competition, and responding to the climate crisis." It's an ambitious triple goal that automakers like Ford and General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union of America all support.

Currently, nearly 6 percent of cars sold in China are electric, compared with nearly 2 percent in the United States. China's long-term goal is to be slower, with electric vehicle sales expected to reach 40 percent by 2030. However, the International Energy Agency says that proportion in China is more likely to reach 70%. Regardless of the percentage, how can the U.S. share of electric vehicles surpass China's between now and 2030?

The report also said that some large companies in the United States are not waiting for the news of the government's announcement of the target, they are already upgrading their own level. Amazon's plans to get more electric cars on the road are just one example. By 2030, Amazon's Climate Pledge plans to produce 100,000 electric vehicles and be carbon neutral in 10 years. The company's new electric delivery van is already in motion and has a built-in "Alexa" voice system so drivers can use voice commands to ask for help while driving or moving packages in the cargo hold. U.S. electric vehicle maker Rivian, in partnership with Amazon, has customized these electric vehicles that can travel up to 150 miles on a single charge.

Amazon is picking up the pace, but it's just one link in the big picture of electric vehicles. 10 years ago, Nissan first launched a modern mass-produced electric vehicle called "Leaf". In addition, there are more than 400 electric vehicle companies fighting in the United States.

Tesla is the biggest player, with the former accounting for about 70 percent of the U.S. electric vehicle market over the past 3 years. Still, most other manufacturers have plans, and the new car is either in the planning or in the production phase. This is another "space race." Volvo aims to shift half of its sales to electric vehicles and the other half to hybrids by 2025. It is reported that there are more than 200 manufacturing plants in the United States that produce components and technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles.

It sounds like electric cars are getting noticed, but what else do we need to do to achieve our 2030 goal of electrifying cars? Behind the scenes, major changes are expected to take place in the auto manufacturing industry and the development of related technologies and the workforce to support electric vehicles and the infrastructure on which they depend.

The way the nation's largest manufacturing sector, auto manufacturing, operates underwent a seismically technological shift. According to a study by the Association of Auto and Auto Parts Manufacturers, auto and commercial vehicle suppliers directly employed 907,000 U.S. workers in 2019. The figures were released in February this year. If indirect employment is taken into account, the number of people involved in the sector would increase to 4.8 million.

But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data is slightly different. According to a report released by the agency in August this year, the automobile and parts manufacturing industry employs 923,300 people, 1.9803 million people engaged in automobile retail trade and parts trading, and 1.253 million people engaged in automobile distribution. This equates to a total workforce of nearly 4.15 million people. In the year to November, there was strong growth across all parts of the U.S. Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, Indiana and California are the major auto and parts manufacturing states in the United States. It's also worth noting that, according to the International Labor Organization, about one in five workers in the U.S. automotive industry, both direct and indirect, are women.

The north American electric vehicle market is expected to reach $194.2 billion by 2027, although reports suggest that this estimate is conservative relative to other figures.

The demand for electric vehicles is only one aspect of the transformation of the automotive and parts manufacturing industry. The U.S. auto industry is leading the way in the field of industrial robots and acting quickly, but China is also vigorously developing such technologies, and its strength should not be underestimated. The ILO says the structures and systems underpinning the industry are facing rapid technological developments. We are seeing more advanced manufacturing technologies such as digital drive systems, consumer preferences changing, and concerns about sustainability, climate change and regulation coming to the forefront. (Compile/Paint)