According to a study by the Association of Bavarian Business (VBW), Schweinfurt and Bamberg will be hit particularly hard by the change in the auto industry towards the electric car. In Bavaria, 61,000 people worked in the field of gasoline and diesel drives, 38,000 in the future fields of electrification, automation and networking. Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Traunstein, Lindau and Oberallgäu were among the winners. “At the lower end are the cities of Schweinfurt and Bamberg, the districts of Haßberge, Landsberg, Bamberg, Aichach-Friedberg and Amberg-Sulzbach,” says the study published on Friday.
In Ingolstadt, 46.7 percent of employees work in the auto industry, in Dingolfing-Landau 43.7 percent. Nationwide, only Wolfsburg has an even higher rate of 47.3 percent. The large plants of the car manufacturers Audi, BMW and VW are located there. In Schweinfurt it is only 29 percent, in Bamberg 14 percent. Well-known suppliers such as Bosch, ZF, Schaeffler and Brose are based there. But Schweinfurt and Bamberg are particularly hard hit by the transformation with a share of 15.6 and 11.0 percent of employees in the field of traditional powertrains.
According to the study, Ingolstadt (8.5 percent), Landshut, Oberallgäu, Dingolfing-Landau and Regensburg are “regions of opportunity” with a high proportion of jobs in the areas of electrification, automation and networking. A “net view” of employees in threatened and future-proof fields shows: “This relationship is very unfavorable in Upper and Lower Franconia. The Upper Palatinate does the best here.” In Upper Bavaria and Lower Bavaria the balance is balanced.