Best of 2024: #9 News: Data reveals electric vehicles create more jobs than internal combustion engines

University of Michigan study shows automotive assembly jobs increase as much as 10x due to EV production.

Workers work on a pickup truck in a factory — Workers at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, work beneath the body of a fully-electric Ford F-150 Lightning in 2022.
CREDIT: BRENDA AHERN, MICHIGAN ENGINEERING

Posted by Clare Scott, Associate Editor - Manufacturing Group

Published December 23, 2024

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Our ninth most-read news story for 2024 delivered encouraging news about job creation in the electric vehicle industry.

This wasn’t the only indication this year of EV-related job growth – additional reports showed jobs and investments are steadily increasing in the industry.

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