1. Northwest Economic Research Center
College of Urban and Public Affairs
Oregon Electric Vehicle Industry
February 5, 2013
2. About Northwest Economic
Research Center (NERC)
• Established in 2011
• Hosted at the College of Urban and Public
Affairs (CUPA) in Portland State University
• Director: Dr. Thomas Potiowsky
• Assistant Director: Dr. Jenny H Liu
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3. Project Overview
Task 1: Define the electric vehicle (EV) industry
Task 2: Benchmark and analyze economic
impact of the EV industry in Oregon
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4. Defining EVs
What are EVs?
Electric vehicles (EVs) includes vehicles that
transports people or freight, and uses…
• a continuous supply of electricity, such as streetcars
or light rail
• on-board electric generation with internal
combustion engine (ICE), such as hybrid electric
vehicles (HEVs)
• stored electricity, such as pure battery electric
vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
(PHEVs) or extended range electric vehicles (EREVs)
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5. Defining the Oregon EV Industry
• To define the Oregon EV industry –
Oregon EV Industry Survey
• Panel: 300 industry members
• July 19, 2012 – August 20, 2012
• Completed responses = 73
• 54 unique EV-related firms/organizations
• Survey questions
• Firm identification
• EV activities & capabilities
• Firm employment information
• EV supply chain
• Financial and economic conditions
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7. • Oregon EV Industry Cluster Diagram
Ancillary EV Organizations
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8. Driving Forces of
Oregon’s EV Industry Cluster
Horizontal
structure
Increase
competition
Innovation
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9. Driving Forces of
Oregon’s EV Industry Cluster
• Tacit knowledge
• Encouraging public policies, investment and
education
• Sophisticated local demand
• Reduction in fixed cost and growth of charging
infrastructure
• Implementation of Road User Fees / Gasoline
Taxes
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10. Economic Impact Analysis
Scaled Economic Impact Summary
Impact Summary
Labor Total Value
Impact Type Employment Output
Income Added
Direct Effect 432 $19,508,289 $31,658,895 $80,258,189
Indirect Effect 543 $49,430,251 $77,888,434 $120,318,542
Induced Effect 685 $27,377,427 $49,250,288 $79,452,200
Total Effect 1,660 $96,315,968 $158,797,616 $280,028,930
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11. Economic Impact Analysis
Fiscal Impacts Oregon Personal Income Tax Withholding
Fiscal Impact - Federal Government (12-mo moving sum)
Original With Scaling
Personal Income Tax $4,694,907 $5,042,744
Corporate Income Tax $3,467,029 $3,723,049
Indirect Business Tax $1,559,347 $1,687,902
Social Insurance Tax $11,073,483 $11,891,428
Total Federal Impact $20,794,483 $22,345,123
Fiscal Impact - State and Local Government
Original With Scaling
Personal Income Tax $2,992,541 $3,214,253
Corporate Income Tax $591,676 $635,368
Indirect Business Tax $8,166,030 $8,832,362
Social Insurance Tax $170,263 $182,821
Total State and Local Impact $11,920,510 $12,864,804
Source: Oregon Department of Revenue
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12. Conclusions
• Oregon EV industry
• 400 full-time employees in 100 firms
• 1,600 total employment impact
• $22 million federal tax revenue
• $12 million state-local tax revenue
• High growth despite global recession
• Opportunities
• Clean-tech advantage
• Skilled labor force
• Public policies & incentives
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13. Northwest Economic Research Center
College of Urban and Public Affairs
Thank you!
http://www.pdx.edu/NERC
nerc@pdx.edu
503-725-8167
Editor's Notes
Task 1:A definition of the EV industry in OregonPreliminary database of companies in the EV “cluster” and supply chain with names of key personnel and contact informationSummary of employment, average wages, output/revenue data, product lines, business capabilities, etc. of businesses within the preliminary database
Opportunities are basically the effects of clustering
