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$28.2 billion in EV battery production subsidies: Governments to break even in 20 years, PBO estimates

Ottawa (Ontario), September 12, 2023

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) today released his analysis of the support for Stellantis-LG Energy Solutions and Volkswagen to estimate the period over which government revenues generated from their EV battery manufacturing plants will be equal to the total amount of production subsidies announced by the governments of Canada and Ontario.

In June, PBO released a report that examined Canada’s support for Volkswagen’s electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant. Since this publication, the federal government and the government of Ontario announced new production subsidies for the Stellantis-LG Electric Solutions (LGES) EV battery manufacturing plant. Based on the federal government’s estimates, this brings federal and provincial production subsidies for Stellantis-LGES and Volkswagen to $28.2 billion by the end of 2032.

The federal government also announced a cost-sharing agreement with the government of Ontario under which the federal government will cover two-thirds of the production subsidies for Stellantis-LGES and Volkswagen ($18.8 billion), while Ontario will now cover one-third ($9.4 billion).

“We estimate that federal and provincial government tax revenues generated from the Stellantis-LGES and Volkswagen EV battery manufacturing plants over the period 2024 to 2043 will be equal to the total amount of production subsidies,” says PBO Yves Giroux. “That is, the break-even timeline for the $28.2 billion in production subsidies announced for Stellantis-LGES and Volkswagen is estimated to be twenty years, significantly longer than the Government’s estimate of a payback within five years for Volkswagen,” says PBO Yves Giroux.

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