As of 2021, several major automakers including Tesla, General Motors, and Ford have announced plans to build new EV plants or expand existing ones in the United States as demand for electric vehicles increases. Additionally, smaller companies and startups relatively unknown to the American public are entering the EV market and establishing production facilities in the US.

Currently, there are numerous, diverse subfields within engineering—industrial, civil, chemical, electrical, software, aerospace, and more—which can complicate our grasp of what type of engineering is needed to accomplish certain tasks.

Two of these subfields (manufacturing and industrial) are so closely aligned that it can be difficult to distinguish their purposes. As experts who daily perform these two services, Quintec is happy to provide a basic explanation of each.