The world's top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop and produce millions of electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw materials to support that production, according to a Reuters analysis of public data and projections released by those companies.
The EV investment figure, which has not previously been
published, dwarfs previous investment estimates by Reuters and is more than
twice the most recent calculation published just a year ago.
To put the figure in context, Alphabet, the parent company
of Google and Waymo, has a market cap of $1.3 trillion.
Automakers have forecast plans to build 54 million battery
electric vehicles in 2030, representing more than 50% of total vehicle
production, according to the analysis.
To support that unprecedented level of EVs, carmakers and
their battery partners are planning to install 5.8 terawatt-hours of battery
production capacity by 2030, according to data from Benchmark Mineral
Intelligence and the manufacturers.
Leading the charge is Tesla, where Chief Executive Elon Musk
has outlined an audacious plan to build 20 million EVs in 2030, requiring an
estimated 3 terawatt-hours of batteries. Musk in late October said Tesla
already is working on a smaller vehicle platform targeted to cost half as much
as the Model 3 and Model Y.
While Tesla has not fully disclosed its spending plans, such
exponential growth - a 13-fold increase over the estimated 1.5 million vehicles
it hopes to sell this year - will come at a cost of hundreds of billions of
dollars, according to a Reuters analysis of Tesla's financial disclosures and
forecasts for global EV demand, and battery and battery mineral production.
Germany's Volkswagen, while lagging behind Tesla, has
ambitious plans through the end of the decade, targeting well over $100 billion
to build out its global EV portfolio, add new battery "gigafactories"
in Europe and North America and lock up supplies of key raw materials.
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is investing $70 billion to
electrify vehicles and produce more batteries, and expects to sell at least 3.5
million battery electric models (BEVs) in 2030. It plans at least 30 different
BEVs and expects to transition the entire Lexus range to battery electric over
that span.
Ford Motor Co keeps boosting its spending level on new EVs -
now at $50 billion - and at least 240 gigawatt-hours of battery capacity with
its partners as it aims to produce around 3 million BEVs in 2030 - half its
total volume.
Mercedes-Benz has earmarked at least $47 billion for EV
development and production, nearly two-thirds of that to boost its global
battery capacity with partners to more than 200 gigawatt-hours.
BMW, Stellantis and General Motors each plan to spend at
least $35 billion on EVs and batteries, with Stellantis laying out the most
aggressive battery program: A planned 400 gigawatt-hours of capacity with
partners by 2030, including four plants in North America.
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