Abstract:

Increasing production and sales figures for electrically powered vehicles affect the medium term value chains of the automotive industry. Within the scope of this work, a methodology will be introduced that allows a forecast and quantification of the effects of electric mobility on vehicle-specific national value added chains. In the course of the study two levels of findings can be achieved. Firstly, the global value added shifts caused by electric mobility can be calculated in principle. Secondly, the subsequent national value added and employee effects can be measured with regard to affected sectors of industry and with regard to the components and subcomponents inducing these effects.  Due to the importance to the automotive industry for national economies or economic areas, the issue of determining the medium-term effects arises as a result. To this end, a method for the determination and quantification of e-mobility-induced changes has been developed, using Austria as an example. The method presented in this paper has been developed in the course of a study assigned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, the Austrian Economic Chambers and Federation of Austrian Industries.