California Becomes A Country In The United States With The Highest EV Adoption

Illustration of electric car battery charging. (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The California Governor's Office confirmed that its country is now leading the electrification in the United States with a much larger proportion of the new fully electric car purchased.

In a tweet on its official Twitter, the California Governor's Office said 17.7 percent of new cars sold throughout the month were electric vehicles. This number is up 126.9 percent compared to 2020.

The number is in almost 18 percent of all new cars sold in California are Vehicles Without Emissions. That's up 126.9 percent from 2020! " wrote the Twitter account.

The numbers are in — nearly 18% of all new cars sold in California are Zero-Emission Vehicles.🔋🚙That's up 126.9% from 2020!California is on its way to ending the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. pic.twitter.com/Jz0i0bsqgy

— Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) October 19, 2022

The state also expects that EV sales will continue to increase, as they intend to ban the sale of pure gas-fueled vehicles after 2035.

According to a graph shown by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), its projection is that half of all cars sold in the state will be plug-in (EV and PHEV) by 2028, reaching nearly 70 percent by 2030.

"Accelerating the number of ZEVs on our highways and highways will result in substantial emission and pollution reductions for all Californians, especially for those living near highways and suffering constant air pollution," said CARB Chair Liane Randolph, quoted via InsideEVs.

California may be a leader in the US in terms of the number of electric vehicles, but the northern European state has unmatched EV adoption statistics, with 80 percent buying new cars for full electric vehicles for months.