Many U.S. automakers plan to significantly scale up production of electric vehicles this decade but doing so will require lithium-ion batteries, and lots of them. As a result, the United States is seeing a boom in new investment in lithium-ion battery factories and growing interest in investment elsewhere in the battery supply chain. This webinar will provide a high level overview of these developments, as well as several important trends that lay behind them.
Speakers: Michael Plante
Michael Plante, Senior Research Economist and Advisor
Michael Plante joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in July 2010. He received his PhD in economics from Indiana University in August 2009. His academic research interests include macroeconomics, oil markets, and the connections between energy prices and the macroeconomy. He has also been the project manager of the Dallas Fed Energy Survey since its inception in 2016.