All fifteen automakers, except Tesla, have actively advocated against at least one policy promoting electric vehicles. Ten of the fifteen showed a particularly high intensity of negative engagement and scored a final grade of D or D+ by InfluenceMap’s methodology.
Only three of fifteen companies – Tesla, Mercedes Benz and BMW - are forecast to produce enough electric vehicles by 2030 to meet the International Energy Agency’s updated 1.5°C pathway of 66% electric vehicle (battery electric (BEV), fuel cell (FCEV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs)) sales according to InfluenceMap’s independent analysis of industry-standard data from February 2024. Current industry forecasts analyzed for this report show automaker production will reach only 53% electric vehicles in 2030.
Long story short: only Tesla would meet the 2030 100% EV production target; in not-even-close 2nd and 3rd places respectively, Mercedes-Benz with 71% and BMW with 69%.
American producers? Ford predicted at 54%, Stellantis at 53% and GM at 46%. Is Stellantis even considered “American” or any longer one of the “Big Three”?
Strangely enough, nowhere mentioned in the report are the Chinese manufacturers.