Since the IRA become law, we’ve been tracking how the US #EV supply chain has responded.
My students and I have inventoried publicly announced projects, capital investment, target production and employment levels, and more.
Here is what we’ve learned so far in 8 charts. 1/8
Not surprisingly, the IRA has accelerated investments in the domestic EV supply chain. More than 25 major new projects add up to a potential $32 billion in capital investment and 20,000 new jobs. 2/8
US EV manufacturing is now on track to reach 4.5 million vehicles a year, with more projects in the pipeline. Once preliminary plans announced by Ford, Honda, Volvo, and BMW are finalized, production levels could meet the Biden administration’s goal of 50% EV sales by 2030. 3/8
The boom in domestic battery manufacturing now outpaces plans for EV mfg. Battery mfg capacity is targeting 950 GWh by 2030, including 250 GWh in newly announced capacity since IRA. If each EV has 75 kWh battery pack, that is enough to support 12 million cars per year. 4/8
Mining and materials processing projects are lagging. Manufacturers will have to rely on free-trade partners to meet IRA critical minerals sourcing requirements. 5/8
Post-IRA investments have been concentrated in Republican-led states. Whether measured by capital investment, target employment, or the amount of federal support awarded to date, states led by Republican governors have claimed an outsized share of new EV projects. 6/8
We posted a longer version of this six-month update on CleanTechnica.
Explore the EV supply chain with this dashboard - it is a window into the developing U.S. EV supply chain. Let us know what you think and what we are missing. 8/8
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US EV supply chain.
Surprise: IRA + 27 months and investments jumped.
We are now tracking:
157 new projects
$101 billion in investments
63,718 new jobs announced
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No doubt Trump’s election and the policy challenges ahead will slow or even reverse announcements. But over the past 30 days, we’ve seen:
7 newly announced projects
$1 billion more in planned investments
2,203 more new jobs announced
The biggest of these newly announced projects is Microporous’s $1.3B lithium-ion battery separator plant, which will employ up to 2015 people outside Danville, VA.
That means Virginia finally notched a spot on the Southeast’s Battery Belt.
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain.
Here is our post-I.R.A. tally for the US since 8/16/22:
121 new projects
$94.2B in planned investments
60,597 new jobs
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The biggest announcement was $1.7 billion in federal grants to 11 facilities to support converting at-risk manufacturing facilities to EV production. 2/9
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain.
Here is our post-I.R.A. tally for the US since 8/16/22:
105 new projects
$90.1B in planned investments
57,248 new jobs
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We are tracking $3.4 billion in newly announced investments in the last month.
Toyota announced a $1.4 billion investment in its Princeton, IN factory, for a 3-row EV, using batteries from its factory under construction in Liberty, NC.
With that investment, Japan-based companies are now the biggest investors in the post-IRA US EV supply chain at $23.1 billion, edging out both the U.S. and South Korea based companies.
Orion SA has just started construction on a ~$130 million project in Texas (announced pre-IRA) to manufacture acetylene-based additives which improve lithium-ion battery performance. 3/9
Plans for the US EV supply chain are still expanding.
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking it. Here is our post-I.R.A. tally for the US and some key trends:
91 new projects
$83.4B in planned investments
54,350 new jobs
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Despite the media putting EVs in the slow lane, investments in the EV supply chain continue to expand. The fourth quarter of 2023 was the second biggest quarter for new capital investments since the IRA became law in August 2022. 2/14
In just the past month, we’ve added 11 new projects, $4.7B in planned investments, and 3,743 new jobs to our database.
Toyota expanded its plans for EV manufacturing in Kentucky. Hyundai is speeding up the of start manufacturing EVs in Georgia. 3/14