How Does Increased EV Production Affect U.S. Automotive Employment?

Going forward, U.S. vehicle production will likely include more electric vehicles (EVs) and fewer vehicles with internal combustion-engines (ICEs). This may decrease the aggregate number of workers needed in the automotive supply chain, with decreases in engine and transmission manufacturing greater than increases in battery and electrical equipment manufacturing. Some of the jobs producing components for EVs may have more female workers than the ones producing ICEs, and thus this transition may increase the employment of women in the automotive workforce. This executive briefing examines how likely changes to the automotive supply chain could affect automotive employment, and possibly increase the share of female workers in that supply chain.