๐ง๐ FOCAL Research Indicates That Canada Has a Lot at Stake in Transition to Electric Vehicles ๐๐
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 04:23.PM
The Future of Canada's Automotive Labourforce (FOCAL) initiative has released the results of its analysis on the economic impact of Canada's automotive industry's transition from the production of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to battery electric vehicles (BEVs). FOCAL is managed by the Canadian Skills, Training and Employment Coalition (CSTEC) in partnership with the Automotive Policy Research Centre (APRC) and Prism Economics and Analysis.
To reflect the uncertainty surrounding the transition to BEVs, FOCAL examined the economic and labour market implications of the transition using three sets of automotive and battery supply chain production assumptions.
In the first scenario, FOCALassumed that there would be widespread consumer acceptance of the shift towards BEVs. In this scenario, Canada's automotive manufacturing industry, supported by efforts to secure additional BEV production mandates, sees a significant increase in its assembly capacity to over 1.7 million vehicles by 2040. Concurrently, the recently announced battery cell, module, and material production facilities become operational, and Canada's mining industry is able to produce most of the minerals needed to supply domestic battery production. Using these assumptions, FOCAL found that the job gains in assembly, battery production, and mining were significantly greater than the jobs lost in internal combustion engine and powertrain production. The net gain to the Canadian economy could be over $50 billion and close to 100,000 jobs could be created by the end of this transition.
FOCAL also simulated two other scenarios. One assumes consumers don't accept BEVs as quickly as some analysts hope, and that Canada is producing a mix of ICEVs, BEVs and hybrid electric vehicles in 2040 while maintaining current levels of vehicle production. In this scenario, Canada is producing significantly fewer batteries and has to import the vast majority of battery minerals. There is short term net job loss and less economic contribution from the sector in this scenario, but by 2040, the jobs gained from battery production offset job losses in the manufacturing of ICEV parts, there is little change in sector employment and economic output by 2040.
A third scenario assumes consumers accept BEVs and that vehicle production remains at current levelsโhowever, the industry doesn't get its mining operations and battery material processing up and running as efficiently as in the first scenario. The economic and labour market implications are less impressive here than in scenario one, but there is still net job gain of approximately 25,000 by 2040. All results and assumptions are detailed in the newly released report.
"We wanted stakeholders to understand both the potential upside for the Canadian economy, and that there is a lot of uncertainty," said Ken Delaney, Executive Director of FOCAL. Delaney also added, "Considering the importance of the auto industry to Canada's economy and the number of jobs at stake, it is important that all stakeholders understand the implications of this looming transition."
"The economic and labour market gains resulting from the newly announced battery manufacturing operations are expected to offset, and in some scenarios, exceed the output and job losses in internal combustion engine and powertrain manufacturing," said Bassel Kazzaz, FOCAL's Research Director.
The automotive industry including its supply chain contributes over 75 billion dollars in economic activity to the Canadian economy and provides over 200,000 jobs for Canadians. Along with oil and gas, automobiles and automotive parts are the two largest exports Canada produces.
The Future of Canadian Automotive Labourforce (FOCAL) Initiative, is funded in part by the Government of Canada's (Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program).
SOURCE: Canadian Skills, Training and Employment Coalition
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