e-Mobility: Will it pull the plug on the metalworking industry?
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A motor for an electrical vehicle is made up of around 16 components with only little need for machining. An internal combustion engine requires 49 parts that all need to be machined – and mostly to the highest standards. These figures alone give an indication of how the metalworking sector will be affected by vehicle manufacturers transitioning to e-mobility.
The Walter whitepaper. A wakeup call for the industry.
But when and how will engines powered by fossil fuels actually be phased out? What should metalworking companies expect and what do they need to do to transition? As a manufacturer of premium quality tools, Walter has addressed these questions in an extensive whitepaper that has now been published – and amounts to a wakeup call for the entire industry.
Studies have predicted that the global number of vehicles will increase in the coming decade, with combustion engines and hybrids likely to remain the main drive concepts for some time to come. As a result, the need for metalworking may even increase over the medium term. The question is: for how long? How much time will the metalworking industry have to adapt to these new market conditions?
The Walter whitepaper shines a light on possible scenarios and solution approaches that metalworking companies will have to prepare for. Purely electrical motors are already expected to command a 22% market share by the year 2030, which will reduce the number of components relevant for the metalworking industry by about a third. When it comes to battery-powered electrical motors, the value-add for metalworking will even go down by an average of 64%.
Perspectives for the metalworking industry
The metalworking sector will have to broaden its horizons and at the same time position itself in other areas too. Today’s metalworking industry will have to tread new and wider paths in future. The shift from internal combustion and diesel engines over to hybrid and electrical drive concepts is set to herald radical changes in manufacturing processes. The Walter whitepaper deals with the specific challenges facing the sector in a decarbonised future and identifies value-adding potential for companies seeking to correspondingly position themselves in the emerging e-mobility markets.
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