The ongoing shift from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to electric vehicles (EVs) has raised questions about whether this transition will be economically as well as environmentally sustainable. In particular, one concern is the impact on manufacturing labor. Prior studies...

The United States produces each major manufactured input for lithium-ion battery cells but is not one of the largest producers of any of them. Existing USITC research focused on either raw materials or downstream products in the EV battery supply chain, but lack of capacity in manufactured...