FRANKFURT, Germany/TOKYO -- The electric car represents a breakthrough both in combating climate change and transforming industry through technology. But for Japan and Germany, whose economic success rests on gasoline- and diesel-powered cars, the disappearance of combustion engines comes with painful job cuts.
Automobiles
Age of electric cars to drive painful job cuts for Japan and Germany
EVs requiring half the parts of conventional autos will bring tectonic shift to industry
