Undergraduate major decision - electrical engineering vs mechanical engineering

1NJParent
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:23:50 +0000

The automotive industry is likely to undergo some fundamental transformation in the next decade or two, as the industry makes its transition to EV. EVs have far fewer mechanical parts than vehicles using internal combustion engines. The most affected are the traditional automotive suppliers. In fact, some of them are already in trouble (particularly in Asia and Europe). New suppliers obviously will rise to replace them, but newer vehicles tend to have more and more electrical components (even for non-EVs). @eyemgh’s suggestion of mechatronics is a good one. That field will see much more growth as more mechanical functions are replaced by electro-mechanical ones in automobiles, in robotics, etc.