EV shift puts engine jobs on chopping block in Japan and Germany

Japanese industry faces loss of 84,000 positions in 'collapse of pyramid'

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A Toyota Motor engine plant in West Virginia, U.S. The rise of EVs threatens to eliminate thousands of jobs related to the combustion engine. (Photo courtesy of Toyota)

RYOTARO YAMADA and KOTARO ABE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- For decades, the internal combustion engine has powered cars and household incomes worldwide. Now, the future of jobs making thousands of engine components looks as murky as that of the technology itself.

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