Abstract
This article aims to empirically delimit the inflection of the principle on the technical basis for the Brazilian automobile sector, marking the period with the greatest probability of the transition between modern manufacturing and machine system. The research tested the hypothesis that this transition took place late in Brazil, not before the 2000s, analyzing the economic factors related to capital inversions and the change in the workforce in the period between 1996 and 2017. The research confirmed the hypothesis and also delimited the occurrence of the transition between 2000 and 2004.
Keywords:
Technical change; Automobile; Brazil
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Note: systematization of information found in theses and national newspapers that covered the process of introduction of robotics available in the National Library’s Digital Library collection. Source: Elaborated by the authors.
Note: Labor productivity measured by the number of vehicles produced monthly (cars, trucks and buses) divided by the number of laborers employed monthly. Source: Anfavea (
Note: monthly production and sales quantities (national licenses and exports) of auto vehicles. Source: 
Note: organic composition (CC/S) as a ratio between constant capital (CC) and total wages (S), wage productivity m easured by the ratio between the value produced and the mass of wages (VP/S). The rest of the economy comprises the other sectors of the extractive and manufacturing industries. Data deflated to 2017 prices by IGP-DI (FGV). Source: IBGE (2020).
Note: Annual breakdown of investment in Constant Capital (CC) and in wages (S) in the production of vehicles in Brazil. Data deflated to 2017 prices by IGP-DI (FGV). Source: