The next big crisis has long been foreseeable
The switch to e-cars is in full swing. But that doesn’t mean that it will run smoothly. Delivery bottlenecks and the chip crisis keep the auto industry small – and the next big challenge is already looming.
E-car production: 2024 will be a decisive year
Corona crisis, chip crisis, climate crisis – the past few years have not been poor in extreme situations from all directions. This has also had an impact on the construction of new electric cars. At the moment it is a lack of chips and general delivery problems that afflict manufacturers. But the The time of crisis is not over yetif you follow Ferdinand Dudenhöffer.
Various experts expect the chip crisis to be over next year. But then there will only be a short break for electric cars: From 2024 “the strong demand for electric cars will become one Shortage of battery cells lead ”, explains the head of the Center Automotive Research (CAR) in Duisburg, known as the car pope (source: dpa via Southgerman newspaper).
Where should all the batteries come from?
New production facilities would already be built, “but here too, as with semiconductors, there is no ‘magic wand’ that lets factories grow out of the ground overnight.” It will take a while before so many electric car batteries can be produced as the industry needs – and according to expert opinion the demand for e-cars will continue to grow.
This is being pushed by all sides: through the goals of the federal government for CO2-Reduction, the resulting rise in fuel prices and the plans of the car manufacturers, which will continue to discontinue the production of combustion engines in the coming years.
In order to achieve the emission reduction targets, two thirds of the cars sold would have to be electrically powered by 2030. According to Hildegard Müller, President of the Association of the Automotive Industry, is Germany is the third largest manufacturer of electric cars in the world, VW’s transformation could make the group the global market leader by 2024.
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However, all of this is subject to the assumption that electric cars are produced in large numbers – which seems at least questionable in the current situation, followed by the battery crisis expected by Dudenhöffer.
