Toyota President Akio Toyoda announced that a future consisting only of electric vehicles could cause millions of people to lose their jobs in the automotive industry.
Although many automobile giants in the world aim to switch to fully electric cars soon, there are also companies that have not made much of a move in this regard. Perhaps the most well-known of these is based in Japan. Toyota. The company, one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, always said that it did not make sense to be completely electric. That’s why it only had one electric vehicle called bZ4X.
Now, a statement has come from the company’s senior management on the subject. He has said many times before that it is not right to ban internal combustion vehicles. Toyota President Akio Toyodaelectric vehicles with its effects on society made relevant predictions.
A future consisting solely of electric vehicles will cause millions of people to lose their jobs, according to Toyota president
In his statement, Toyoda stated that a future consisting entirely of electric vehicles could cause serious harm. Especially those working in the internal combustion vehicle industry that millions of people may lose their jobs he underlined.
The Toyota executive’s statements are specific to Japan. However, when we consider that an all-electric future is planned all over the world, it can be said for everywhere. Of course, new business opportunities will arise for the production of electric vehicles, but Toyoda thinks that producing vehicles on a single fuel type will not be enough for this. Its description is as follows:
“Today, there are 5.5 million people working in the automotive industry in Japan. Among them are those who have been working in the field of internal combustion engines for a long time. “If electric vehicles become the only option in the industry, including suppliers, these people’s jobs will disappear.”
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Toyoda still maintains his stance. According to the manager, instead of an all-electric future, clean internal combustion vehicles and hybrid vehicles A balanced future involving Of course, we should not forget that he and the company were criticized a lot at the time for being among the companies that hindered climate change efforts the most.