One of the most worrisome areas is the automobile maintenance area. This is because they face consumers directly on the front line and play an important role as a professional area.
There are about 4,500 general and small car maintenance industries called automobile factories nationwide, and about 40,000 businesses called car centers. Overall, there are about 45,000 employees, and it is a large-scale specialized area with more than 150,000 employees.
Recently, the durability of internal combustion engines has improved significantly, the free after-sales service period has increased, and various consumer incentives such as engine oil exchanges have increased, reducing the areas that existing maintenance businesses can do. As the maintenance area has already become a red ocean, concerns about extending the industry were increasing. On top of that, the crisis is approaching as the transition to electric vehicles has accelerated recently. The most important area disappeared as the engine room with the most work in the maintenance area disappeared at all and the transmission disappeared.
Batteries and motors that replace this have become modular, making it an area where technicians can enter. Only the lower part of the existing area, including tires and braking systems, suspension devices and steering devices that use the same parts and parts, is applicable. On top of that, there is almost no training for mechanics such as electric vehicles, so maintenance of electric vehicles is currently impossible. For now, it is necessary to prepare and wait until the time when it can last through education such as electric vehicles.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s program to train future car professionals is almost the only situation, but there are more than one or two problems.
Within a few years, there are a number of areas that require training for future cars, such as the parts industry as well as training for professional mechanics. Jobs are easier and more continuous in maintaining jobs than creating new ones in the future era of mobility. It’s the most important thing.
In the near future, the area of automobile maintenance is also expected to decrease significantly. This is because the number of parts, modularization, and mobility foundations have also appeared, and there is a limit to the significant reduction in the maintenance area.
In the end, only large-scale maintenance companies in the form of nationwide franchises will survive. In the future, the current maintenance industry is likely to decrease by at least 70%. Therefore, it is necessary to consider ways to greatly increase the number of items that can revive the maintenance area while increasing diversity such as electric vehicle tuning, used electric vehicle diagnostic evaluation, and electric vehicle parts and supplies.
All other areas are important, but even now, thorough preparation for the maintenance area and efforts to reduce the impact on future cars are required. Even industry transformation and transformation education are needed, and various methods such as mergers and acquisitions should be considered. This is the most important time.