Acute shortage of vehicle technicians - more than 6,000 new mechanics are needed

Start the clip to see Adrian Eriksson, automotive student at the high school, rebuild a fossil car into an electric car.

Interest in electric cars is great and there are more and more of them on Swedish roads.

It also requires the right skills among the staff.

Several educational initiatives have been made and upper secondary education with a focus on vehicles has had to change the curriculum in order to meet the needs in a better way.

- We see that we will need 6,800 vehicle technicians in three years' time, says Caj Luoma, head of competence supply at the industry organization Transport företagen.

Gasoline cars become electric cars during the fair

AT the Automässan in Gothenburg, some high school students convert an old gasoline-powered Volkswagen bubble into an electric car.

An initiative within the framework of skills development.

- I think fossil cars will disappear completely, that's why I want to be authorized to be able to work on electric cars because otherwise I won't have a job later, says Adrian Eriksson, a student at an automotive-oriented high school.