Competitiveness

New and expanded development efforts and manufacturing for vehicles, batteries, recharging infrastructure and other electric drive technologies are providing manufacturing jobs today and greater economic security for the future. By expanding support for manufacturing, U.S. competitiveness will increase while growing the advanced technology workforce.

Key facts

"Between 2003 and 2010, jobs in fuel cells grew 10.3% annually, and jobs in electric vehicle technologies grew 6.3%. The average national job growth during this period was 4.2%" (Sizing the Clean Economy)

"Typical wages in the clean economy exceed those in the aggregate U.S. economy by roughly 13 percent" (Sizing the Clean Economy)

"Electric vehicle technologies [...] export roughly $63,000 per job" (Sizing the Clean Economy)

"Approximately 26 percent of all clean economy jobs are involved in manufacturing, compared to just 9 percent of jobs in the economy as a whole" (Sizing the Clean Economy)

"In 2010, U.S. patents awarded for hybrid and electric vehicle technologies reached an all-time high, jumping 60 percent from the year before" (Supplying Ingenuity)

"The U.S. filed more fuel cell patents than any other country [in 2010]" (Fuel Cells in America)

"[There was] $154 billion in private capital invested worldwide in 2010 in renewable energy alone" (Sizing the Clean Economy)

"Manufacturing makes up 59 percent of EV industry jobs and grew 132 percent 2004 to 2010" (Powering Innovation)

"The U.S. market for supply and installation of residential charging points alone is expected to reach almost $1 billion by 2020" (Electric Vehicles: Reducing Foreign Oil Dependence)

"155,000 Americans were employed by suppliers of clean and efficient vehicle components in 2011" (Supplying Ingenuity)

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