20 statistics that may surprise you about California's electric vehicle (EV) dominance

1. California & Electric Vehicles
- By the Numbers
May 2018
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2. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
4.93%
Of new light vehicles purchased in California in
February 2018 were EVs.
Washington D.C. was second with 3.28%.
The US overall was 1.21%.
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market

3. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
329,626
EVs have been purchased in California
between January 2011 and February 2018.
New York is second with 32,082.
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market

4. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
29%
Of new light vehicles purchased in the
city of Palo Alto in 2017 were EVs.
Saratoga was second at 24%.
Source: ICCT

5. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
4X
California’s population is 12% of the
total US population – and yet residents
of the Golden State purchase 48% of all
EVs sold in the US.
Source: ICCT

6. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
51%
Of advanced technology vehicles (hybrid, fuel cell, PHEV,
BEV) purchased in California in 2017 were PHEVs and
BEVs.
Regular gas hybrids were 47.8% of advanced technology vehicle sales
in 2017 - the first year EVs outsold regular hybrids in California.
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market

7. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
109
California cities had new EV sales market
shares of 5% or more in 2017.
Source: ICCT

8. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
30
California cities had electric vehicle shares
above 10% in 2017, up from 19 such cities in
2016.
9 California cities had electric vehicle market shares of more than 15%, up
from six such cities in 2016.
Source: ICCT

9. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
94%
Of Mercedes Benz EV sales in the US are in
California; but only 3% of their vehicle sales
in California.
Source: ICCT

10. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
56%
Of GM’s US EV sales are in California and
comprise 11% of their vehicle sales in the
state.
Source: ICCT

11. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Nearly 25,000
The number of EVs sold by GM in California in
2017.
Source: ICCT

12. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
19,000
The number of all electric (BEVs) sold by Tesla in
California in 2017, followed by GM with roughly
13,000 BEVs (Chevrolet Bolt) sold.
Source: ICCT

13. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Nearly 12,000
EVs were sold in Los Angeles in 2017.
A 17% increase over 2016.
Source: ICCT

14. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
247
California cities saw at least a 20% increase in
electric vehicle sales in 2017 over 2016.
Source: ICCT

15. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
61%
The Sonoma County city of Santa Rosa had the
highest YOY increase in 2017 EV sales of 61%.
Following Santa Rosa were the East Bay cities of
Berkeley (54%) and Oakland (52%).
Source: ICCT

16. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
11%
Of BMW and General Motors vehicle sales in
California are from EVs (both PHEV and BEV).
Source: ICCT

17. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
94%
Of Mercedes-Benz US EV sales in 2017 were from
California. Honda had the second highest concentration of
EV sales in California at 80%.
Volvo had the lowest California EV concentration at 30%,
while the average across the automakers was 50%.
Source: ICCT

18. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
29%
The rate of YOY growth for California electric
vehicle sales in 2017.
Electric vehicle sales in the other ZEV states grew even faster, by 46%
in 2017, as the availability of new electric vehicle models increased.
Source: ICCT

19. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
74
Of the 517 (14.3%) Tesla Supercharger
locations currently open in the US are in
California.
Source: Supercharge.info

20. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
31%
Of the 44,300 charge points in the US are located in
California (13,600).
25% (1,600) of the 6,200 fast-charge points are located in
California.
Source: ICCT/Alternative Fuels Data Center

21. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
344
Public charge points per million residents across
California at the end 0f 2017.
For the rest of the United States, there were 107
charge points per million people.
Source: ICCT

22. Supporting Tables and Charts
Sources
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23. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: ICCT

24. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: ICCT

25. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: ICCT

26. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market

27. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market

28. EVAdoption.com – California & Electric Vehicles – By the Numbers
Source: Supercharge.info

29. EVAdoption.com – Electric Vehicles Expected to Be Available in the US

30. EVAdoption.com – Electric Vehicles Expected to Be Available in the US

31. EVAdoption.com – Electric Vehicles Expected to Be Available in the US
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market
EV Sales by State: January 2011 – February 2018

32. EVAdoption.com – Electric Vehicles Expected to Be Available in the US
Source: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales Dashboard | HIS Market
EV Sales Market Share by State: 2017

33. Data Sources:
International Council of Clean Transportation (ICCT) – California’s continued electric
vehicle market development –
- https://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/CA-cityEV-Briefing-
20180507.pdf
Supercharge.info
- https://supercharge.info/
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – Advanced Vehicle Technology Sales
Dashboard | HIS Market
- https://autoalliance.org/energy-environment/advanced-technology-vehicle-sales-dashboard/
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