Tesla made a mechanic quit his job.
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Posted Jan 5, 2020, 1:30 PM UTC
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Why not retrain and become a mechanic for Tesla? Tesla didn't make him quit his job, the world is evolving so he should keep up. In the same way Typists trained to use Computers, etc...
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He might be right, but seems like a long timeframe to transition already. He could be retired by the time ICE cars are off the road.
Also, EVs need mechanics. If he likes that work, he could just transition to work on EVs.
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Should have retrained and become a Tesla service tech. From all the service issues Tesla is having sound like they need to hire a few thousand service techs.
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People are really attached to "vroom vroom" so I think we're going to continue seeing ICE cars for the foreseeable future unfortunately
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They’ll still be around in some fashion but the industry is starting to creep towards electric vehicles a few companies have said there lineup will be fully electric in the next 10 years
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We’ll certainly need fewer people maintaining those cars. Though I believe the reason will be more use of taxi services over the next 10 years.
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Cars still need maintenance. Maybe he just didn't have as much work as he thought he'd have.
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Misleading title. The mechanic made a choice. He didn’t want to retrain. He didn’t want to deal with the massive changes the dealer networks are going through.
But it’s not like ICE care are going to evaporate.
It’s just a career change, not a conspiracy.
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Ehh not really. I spoke with the mobile repair guy from Tesla about how he likes working on them and he said he has never been more thrilled with his job. He was a Toyota mechanic for ten years before switching to Tesla. Said it was the best thing ever. I guess if your idea of a mechanic is oil change and fuel pumps, then yeah, but this guy loved working on Teslas.
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Damn, this guy thinks far ahead.
I disagree with him though. It's more like 50 years. All of these cars on the roads won't disappear in 10-15 years. Only about 10-15% of them will be replaced with EVs in 10-15 years. Not sure why it matters whether it's centrally administered, they still need real mechanics to do the job locally.
Smart move? That depends. What desk job is he doing? If he took the time to train myself in software development or something, then yes, it's a good idea, but jumping directly from mechanic to a desk job, it doesn't sound like a great desk job (I could be wrong, of course).
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Horses were replaced in 10-15 years. There is precedent. Whether it actually happens or not remains to be seen, but markets tend to move fast when new and efficient innovations are made available.
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Horses vs ICE cars is not the same as ICE cars vs EVs. Horses and ICE cars are vastly different. It was a huge leap into the future.
Besides Tesla can barely make 500,000 cars a year now. How many do you think it can make in 10-15 years? And other automakers? They still can't match the specs and price of a 2012 model S. So the chance of them making a $25k car with 300+ miles in range to cause a mass adoption is tiny in the next 5-10 years.
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He had a great desk job lined up, apparently.
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There will always be a need for a labor force to work on cars, ICE or EV. As low maintenance as they are, things still happen. Tires get punctured, windshields get cracked, bits and bobs stop working.
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Some of these posts........
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Was it against some rules? Not interesting enough?
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Tech disruption is finally hitting the auto sector. These jobs are going to disappear quicker than you realize bc tech adoption happens quicker than ever before.
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Tesla didn’t make him do anything......
In the opening scene of Indiana Jones, a big Boulder starts rolling towards Indy.
Tesla is the boulder in this comparison.