your not an idiot but the new electric vehicles will create new roles and jobs but will need alot less people to make as there will be less parts to make the new vehicles . With less parts to assemble automation will take over too

For every major Automotive OEM the law of averages says it creates 3 jobs in the supply chain

For instance Jaguar Land Rover employ around 30,000 in the UK right now but supports 90,000 jobs in the supply chain