A Roadmap for Michigan’s EV Future: An Assessment of the Employment Effects and Just Transition Needs

This report assesses the employment and community impacts of Michigan's automotive industry transitioning from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) between 2024 and 2040, providing policy recommendations for a just transition.

• Proactive policies to increase Michigan's market share in EV assembly and battery production, combined with higher EV adoption, could create tens of thousands of jobs, specifically 56,000 additional auto manufacturing jobs by 2030.
• Michigan car owners could save $40 billion cumulatively by 2040 on gasoline, maintenance, and vehicle purchases due to lower EV ownership costs, which could generate 27,000 additional jobs when those savings are re-spent.
• Utilizing EV and battery tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act could provide Michigan car owners at least $9 billion in cumulative savings by 2032, potentially creating 15,000 additional jobs through re-spending.
• Transitioning to zero emissions transportation is projected to prevent approximately 4,700 health-related deaths, 97,400 asthma attacks, and 466,000 lost workdays by 2050, with benefits particularly noted for low-income communities.
• While Michigan's overall economy is expected to add 880,000 jobs by 2040, the transition will cause job gains in battery manufacturing and charging infrastructure and losses in ICE manufacturing, auto repair, and gasoline stations.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). A Roadmap for Michigan’s EV Future: An Assessment of the Employment Effects and Just Transition Needs. https://www.wri.org/research/michigan-ev-future-assessment-employment-just-transition

Chicago

World Resources Institute. A Roadmap for Michigan’s EV Future: An Assessment of the Employment Effects and Just Transition Needs. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/michigan-ev-future-assessment-employment-just-transition.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendroadmap, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{A Roadmap for Michigan’s EV Future: An Assessment of the Employment Effects and Just Transition Needs}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/michigan-ev-future-assessment-employment-just-transition}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }