background-image: url("images/blue.jpg") background-size: cover class: inverse <br><br><br><br> ## The EV Transition in the U.S. & China **.white[John Paul Helveston]**, George Washington University April 23, 2025 --- background-color: #fff <center> <img src="images/annual-sales.png" width=80%> </center> --- background-color: #fff ## .center[EV sales in US reaching ~10% of sales] <center> <img src="images/ev-sales-us.png" width=70%> </center> .font80[Source: Argonne National Lab, https://www.anl.gov/ev-facts/model-sales] --- class: center background-color: #fff .leftcol70[ <center> <img src="images/ev-price-slope-edit.png" width=100%> </center> .font70[Source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/executive-summary] ] .rightcol30[ ### The EV sector has an affordability problem<br>(except in China) ] --- class: center background-color: #fff ## BEVs Concentrated in High-Price Segments in US <br> .font120[In 2021, BEVs just 1.1% of new and 0.6% of used listings under $45,000] <center> <img src="images/bev_percent_listings_edit.png" width=100%> </center> <br> .font80[Data pulled from >60k dealerships, 2016 to 2021. Source: marketcheck.com] --- class: center background-color: #fff # The BEV Deserts of America <center> <img src="images/burden_map_25k.png" width=100%> </center> --- # Things that don't help affordability: <br> -- ## **Tariffs** (100% tariff on imported Chinese EVs) -- ## Effectively banning the use of Chinese suppliers --- ## **Opportunities** .leftcol[ ## Chinese FDI into U.S. ### **Gotion batteries**: Multi-billion dollar investments in Illinois and Michigan ### Challenge: Uncertainty around Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) status ] -- .rightcol[ ## Technology Licensing Agreements ### **Ford-CATL**: Licensing battery technology in a Michigan plant ### Challenge: CATL was recently added to DOD's list of “Chinese military companies” ] --- class: middle, center, inverse # We need to stop viewing EVs as<br>.green[_environmental_ technology]<br><br>and start viewing them as<br>.yellow[_essential_ technology] --- class: inverse background-image: url("images/blue.jpg") background-size: cover <br> # Thanks! <br> ### slides.jhelvy.com/2025-csis .footer-large[.white[.right[ @jhelvy.bsky.social
<br> @jhelvy
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]]] --- class: center, middle, inverse # Extra Slides --- ## .center[Chinese firms dominate the EV battery _supply chain_] <center> <img src="images/battery-supply-chain.png" width=100%> </center> Cheng, Anthony L., et al. "Electric vehicle battery chemistry affects supply chain disruption vulnerabilities." _Nature Communications_ 15.1 (2024): 2143. --- class: center .leftcol75[ <center> <img src="images/china-sales-may-24.png" width=100%> </center> ] .rightcol25[ ## Chinese firms dominate China's EV market ] .font70[https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/02/47-plugin-vehicle-market-share-in-china-ev-sales-report/]