VW workers head to the escape room to alleviate EV shift anxiety: Volkswagen is easing its workers’ job security concerns over the shift to electric vehicles with company-organized escape room games, Bloomberg reports. The Sherlock Holmes-esque games see groups of four go into detective mode as they solve riddles and navigate rooms themed on electricity and battery technology, moving from the 1860s to the present day and future scenarios.

Reskilling as opposed to axing jobs: Ford announced earlier this month that it would cut some 3.8k jobs across Europe partly owing to the transition to EVs, but Volkswagen has other plans. The German automaker plans to reskill some 22k of its employees and acclimate them to EV manufacturing.

What they said: “For many, it’s a totally new thing that the combustion engine won’t be there anymore and we have to train people for a high-voltage environment,” VW’s head of human resources said.

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