Ford Megasite: High-tech workforce training essential for Mid-South auto manufacturers
Whether GM, Toyota or VW, all aim to stay ahead of competition
At the Volkswagen Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee, students learn about high voltage systems on the vehicle and trainers teach them about how the battery in an electric car differs from a standard internal combustion engine model. Training also includes advanced robotics and the standard language of robotics. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press file)
The technology matters. The capacity matters. But more than anything else, auto manufacturers understand they will only be as good as the training and workers with hands-on new gas-powered and electric vehicles.
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General Motors Toyota Volkswagen Ford Memphis Regional Megasite Ilker Subasi Jeffrey LaMarche David Fernandes Charles Wood David RumbargerDon Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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