BMW Will Hire 6,000 Experts For Production of Electric Cars

German automaker BMW announced it would create 6,000 new positions next year to maintain the production of electric cars, according to DPA.

BMW currently has approximately 120,000 employees following a job cut process of about 6,000 started last year. Nowadays, the company is looking for thousands of workers in parallel with plants prepared for e-mobility. The manufacturer of luxury vehicles also expects an increase in 2022-related sales.

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“That is why we will increase our workforce by up to 5 percent next year,” said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW. The Munich-based manufacturer will hire experts in several fields, such as battery research, self-driving, software development, IT, database, and cloud systems while electrical maintenance and plant management are two other available positions.

As electric-car rivalry heats up, demand for these cars is increasing, and Elon Musk’s world-renowned Tesla should be taken into account when it comes to electric car sales.

The number of Tesla vehicles delivered worldwide last year has considerably mounted, from roughly 500,000 units in 2020 to over 625,000 units this year, according to Statista. As the brand achieved the fastest-grow, Tesla’s share price skyrocketed by 677 percent in 2020. Electric vehicles produced by BMW grew by 121.4%, hitting 59,688. This figure comprises the first nine months of 2021.

“Our i4 has been sold out for months, as is the iX,” said BMW’s Zipse. “Next year the electric 7 Series will come, it won’t be any different there.” Reports give some clues about the BMW i7 that is planned to be its “most powerful variant.” Electric car enthusiasts are craving to see the details regarding the i7 that are yet to be released. But, given the increasing competition in the market, it requires to have a range of at least 400 miles. For Tesla Model S, Mercedes EQS, and BMW iX, the speeds are 390, 500, and 380 miles, respectively.

Germany’s newly-created government thinks that they could fail to address climate targets in the coming years. “We will probably miss our targets for 2022, and even 2023 will be difficult enough,” said Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck in an interview with Die Zeit.

Climate change is a reality that threatens our future. To curb the bad trend in the air, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop26) was held in Glasgow last month to discuss how to lower emissions and increase resilience.