Discussion: Future of the car industry and the opportunities in the shift.

[Stefan Mladic]

Hello I am currently 17 and in my weekly cycles of deciding what I want to start doing in order to provide immense value I always come back to mechanical engineering. More specifically cars. I love everything about cars. Everyone is saying that in the near future we are going to shift to electric cars but in my opinion the infrastructure isn't there yet (+the fact that they require more carbon to produce because of lithion-ion batteries).
That is where I see an opportunity to redirect all the lost hopes of the people that were so invested into electric cars , when the bubble of EV's bursts, into some other technology that i will be able to produce and get investment in.
I have some ideas but none of them are really fetched out and I require further education for that. But my problem is this, what if I am wrong and decide to dedicate a lot of money and time into mechanical engineering then be obliterated by EV's (if they fix the problems outlined). I know this is very specific but I want to have a discussion about this and get my opinion challenged because quite frankly I don't know what other field i would like to provide value in.
I would love to see what you guys think about this.

 

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[Groobs]

what if I am wrong and decide to dedicate a lot of money and time into mechanical engineering then be obliterated by EV's (if they fix the problems outlined). I know this is very specific but I want to have a discussion about this and get my opinion challenged because quite frankly I don't know what other field i would like to provide value in.

I've been in the car industry for years, in multiple aspects. From working for the HQ of a luxury automaker in training and supply chain, to running an EV launch team, to selling SaaS to new car dealers.

The car industry itself isn't really a single industry, its 5 industries. You have car manufacturing, franchise operations, parts business, service lane business, and, the new industry, thanks to Tesla, AI software.

If you are serious about the industry and being an entrepreneur in the industry as an engineer, mechanical engineers are going no where at all, if anything, their demand will increase. Electric cars are still machines and need engineers even if they don't have internal combustion engines.

If you are serious about that route, get the education you need as a mechanical engineer, get in the industry, and find the issues to fix, you'll probably find a lot.

 

[Stefan Mladic]

I've been in the car industry for years, in multiple aspects. From working for the HQ of a luxury automaker in training and supply chain, to running an EV launch team, to selling SaaS to new car dealers.

The car industry itself isn't really a single industry, its 5 industries. You have car manufacturing, franchise operations, parts business, service lane business, and, the new industry, thanks to Tesla, AI software.

If you are serious about the industry and being an entrepreneur in the industry as an engineer, mechanical engineers are going no where at all, if anything, their demand will increase. Electric cars are still machines and need engineers even if they don't have internal combustion engines.

If you are serious about that route, get the education you need as a mechanical engineer, get in the industry, and find the issues to fix, you'll probably find a lot.

That is a really interesting insight, thanks for that my friend.