The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) anticipates significantly larger job cuts in the German automotive sector than previously estimated. "We must unfortunately expect an employment loss of 225,000 jobs by 2035 based on current calculations," VDA President Hildegard Müller told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND, Wednesday editions). This represents "approximately 35,000 more jobs than previously assumed."
The impact will be felt most acutely among supplier companies, "because on the path from combustion engines to electric mobility, many jobs will be lost particularly in the supplier industry," the VDA chairwoman further told RND. Müller identified "a serious and persistent location crisis" in Germany and Europe as the underlying cause of this development.
"And the conditions are deteriorating noticeably," she added. "High taxes and levies, expensive energy, high labor costs, excessive bureaucracy – the list of challenges could be continued."
To preserve significantly more jobs in the German automotive industry, the VDA chief considers a change in EU policy direction necessary. Müller advocated for "flexibility and technology openness on the path to climate neutrality." This approach would "preserve approximately 50,000 jobs at locations in Germany."
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