General Motors is gearing up to release a vast array of new electric vehicles, with plans to launch 30 new EV models globally by 2025. Now, a new study investigates the best (and worst) U.S. states in which to own an electric vehicle.
Per a recent report from vehicle history website Bumper.com, the best state in which to own a new electric vehicle is Washington, while Alaska is considered the worst.
The Bumper.com ratings are based on ten key metrics, five of which are related to financial incentives, and five of which are related to electric vehicle infrastructure. The financial metrics include the number of rebates and tax incentives available, recharge costs, the average price of gasoline fuel, the mean commute time, and the average cost of an EV as compared to the average cost of a gasoline-powered vehicles.
Meanwhile, the infrastructure metrics include the number of new charging stations built since 2017, the number of charging stations per population, the number of electric vehicle ports per 100 charging stations, the number of electric vehicle ports per 100 EV registrations, and the EV registration rate as a percentage of all passenger vehicle registrations.
Based on these criteria, the top states in which to own an electric vehicle include Washington, Utah, Colorado, Massachusetts, and California. By contrast, the worst U.S. states in which to own an electric vehicle include Alaska, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and South Dakota.
The states with the best financial incentives for electric vehicles include Washington, Illinois, Utah, Colorado, and Oregon. The best states for electric vehicle infrastructure include Vermont, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The Bumper.com report also includes insight into the states with the most electric vehicles registered. Leading is California with 41.7 percent of all EVs in the country, 425,300 electric vehicles total. Florida was second with 5.7 percent of the national total (58,160 vehicles), while Texas was third with 5.1 percent (52,190 vehicles). Notably, electric vehicles continue to be only a small portion of vehicles currently in the U.S., representing an average of just 0.24 percent of all cars on the road in each state last year.
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It’s pretty hard to argue that an EV revolution is around the corner when it’s only taken root in sunny states with mild climates. Cold climates will be a harder sell. I’m not convinced that EVs are mainstream just yet.
The 3 states with the most vehicles, also have the most electric vehicles.
I demand a recount. I think the survey discriminates against electric vehicles that ride on rails. Like NY’s subway; Chicago’s “L” and DC’s Metro
The three states make up ~30% of all vehicle registrations and 52.5% of all EV registrations. It’s not that they prefer EVs. It’s that the other states do not.
No way Norway! Here are the top 10 states in electric car registrations, number registered/% of US registrations
1. California 425,300 / 41.73%
2. Florida 58,160/5.71
3. Texas 52,190/5.12
4. Washington 50,520/4.96
5. New York 32,590/3.20
6. New Jersey 30,420 /2.98
7. Arizona 28,770/2.82
8. Illinois 26,000/2.55
9. Colorado 24,670/2.42
10. Georgia 23,530/2.31
All I’m seeing Electric cars sell well in liberal areas that don’t have access to a good public transportation system.
This is a website about cars Peter not your political junk take your own advice you have last week stick to cars.
Malcom
If you didn’t want to read about: EV sales numbers, % sold in what state, and whose buying. You shouldn’t have clicked on an article titled “These are the best and worst states to own EVs”
My name is not Malcom Peter. Again take your own advice you gave last week and leave your political crap somewhere else this website is about cars
States with the highest electric car sales don’t just have more liberals. They have more intelligent people – with the exception of Florida & Texas.
It’s pretty easy to argue that over-population and fossil fuels and meat consumption will kill off humanity sooner than later.
Massachusetts has one of the highest electric rates in the US but still makes the honor role?
Exactly….. Why you got down-voted just shows general ignorance….Unless I made my own power (which I do in my relatively low cost NYS locale (WNY)), it would drive the operating cost to double of what I would pay now.
Now that they are forecasting higher prices for natural gas (doubled in the States in the past year and Quadrupled in Europe – when they can get it), as well as much higher oil prices – the USA is relatively in good shape. But it makes my decision to install quite low-cost solar panels an even better investment decision for my 3 plug-in cars….
But ‘increasing wokeness’ in a blue state will no doubt hurt reliability where I live and across much of the USA….Therefore, I’ll always have at least one Plug-in Hybrid (Gasoline Powered) for easy emergency use.
Lol wow bill you really stress if people don’t agree with what you say and give you an up vote. It’s the internet bill do you have no friends in real life?
The Victorian (Aust) state government is not helping the EV push one bit.
Not only is their no gov incentive to buy one, the Vic gov now charges a km/year fee added to the yearly registration to make up for lost fuel tax revenue.
We (Aust) are a long way from any EV takeover.
Just over 1 million vehicles a year are sold in Australia.
Car companies are not going to develop special petrol models just for Australia. You’re going electric just like the rest of us. Deal with it.
Spoken like a true lefty.
Don’t waste your time with him. That idiot is a straight up racist bigot. He hates Asians. When he comments just downvote him and move on. He is nothing but a racist bigot troll.
Malcom
Get a life Troll
Right I’m the troll because I call you out for the racist remarks you have made time and time again. Keep getting mad because I’m going to keep calling you out when I see you have made a comment. I told you racist bigots like you have no place on a website like this.
Ever see the gas lines on Mass Like (90) on a weekend? Lots luck recharging then.
Or the NJTP towards Manhattan… pick your powerplant, BTW a full charge should negate that problem
I’ll take that steak medium rare with a side of gasoline.
This is the attitude that is creating rising pushback against EVs. It’s the attitude coming from the president and his administration. It’s basically that everyone is going EV; there is no choice, I hath decreed.
The better approach would be to make the product compelling and present it as a more responsible choice. No one likes being forced into anything, especially those Americans over 30 who were raised in a land with choice and freedom. The more the government and Peter G.-types tell people what they are going to do, the more people are going to say under their breath “hell no” and become defiant. Folks don’t understand basic psychology.
Ci2eye
Your right you do have a choice, but the world is going electric. You can:
A) Deal with it
B) Cry like a baby.
Your Choice.
You believe in a fake god nobody can take anything you say anymore serious.
Jake
You know who doesn’t believe in God?
Communists.
Are you now or have you ever been a communist.
You are a fake liberal real liberals don’t believe in a god. I always know you were an imposter.
Peter G:
Even though I have owned only plug-in vehicles for over the past 10- years, and am working toward 2 fully electrics and only 1 plug-in hybrid, the transition to fully electric vehicles will take far, far longer than aficionados expect.
Besides being a devotee to some extent – I drive the 3 plug-ins since I live in an area where my maintenance and operating costs have been, and will in the future be VERY LOW with them.
But admittedly, I have absolutely no problem with people who like their 100% gasoline-powered cars… which are so much CLEANER than they were decades ago.
And Low, Low maintenance as compared to historically.
People in general will do what is best for them in general…. Electric Cars give reliability and low maintenance… Yet Gasoline-powered cars have not been standing still…
The Gas Engine portion of my Chevy Volt (2019) has the following routine maintenance requirement:
1). Coolant change at 150,000 miles.
2). Fan Belt INSPECTION at 98,500 miles – NO replacement Mandate.
(I expect this fan belt – which just spins a dinky water pump ONLY – to last the life of the car).
3). Even though just a dinky 1500 cc 4 cylinder, it has no timing belt, but a maintenance-free timing chain.
No starter motor,
No bands in the ‘transmission’.
No torque-Converter.
No Alternator or Regulator.
‘Semi-Hermetic’ electric air conditioning compressor with no external leaky shaft seal. Since it is part of the voltec system – also has 8 year/100,000 mile warranty since it is also used for battery cooling.
2 clutches, but they engage/disengage under no load…8 year/100,000 mile warranty on any of this weird voltec stuff.
4). 4 Ignition coils at the 4 spark plugs….. Simple change-out at 98,500 miles and no high voltage spark wires to replace. No Cracked Distributor Cap. No ‘points or caps’ to change every 10,000 miles.
5). 2 year/24,000 mile synthetic oil replacement.
6). Maintenance free 12 volt operated Power Steering and 12 volt power-brake booster, also increasingly used on Gasoline powered vehicles..
Most 100% ICE vehicles have similar minimal maintenance programs….
C) Buying what the he’ll I want with the money I earn free of government edict.
That’s true. Americans insist on killing themselves for the sake of “freedom” in so many ways.
I agree. That is one of the reasons why people are not getting vaccinated. Companies and government have learned the hard way what happens when you try to shove things down people’s throats.
To be honest, I love how our government is “tackling” polluting the environment so half backwards. Have you see how much fuel is wasted in planes? Ships? Commercial vehicles?
If not, look it up. Those should move to a different energy source, and leave our V8 sports cars and trucks alone.
From a Medium article:
“It has been estimated that just one of these container ships, the length of around six football pitches, can produce the same amount of pollution as 50 million cars. The emissions from 15 of these mega-ships match those from all the cars in the world. And if the shipping industry were a country, it would be ranked between Germany and Japan as the sixth-largest contributor to CO2 emissions.”
Exactly. It’s sickening.
Remember THATS okay Although, driving my Camaro SS or a Silverado with a aftermarket exhaust, is not okay.
Our government is such a disaster.
So the Global Economy is actually the cause of Global Warming?
Maybe it would be better to make fly swatters in America rather than in China and have them shipped half-way across the world in a giant polluting container ship. It strikes me that we had things right to start with. America made most of the goods it needed to support its society and France did as well. Italy and Brazil and New Zeeland and everyone; they made their products locally. Whoever decided China should make everything for everybody in the whole world made a mistake.
I live in Georgia. There is a company that makes sheets and pillowcases and towels in Alabama. If that’s true about container ship pollution, I think it’s way for the environment for me to buy from them rather than something similar made in China that spends 20 days at sea cranking out C02 getting to me.
Now you’re thinking with common sense. I don’t have any proof but I would venture a guesstimate that all the politicians who voted for NAFTA back in the Clinton days has been getting kickbacks from Chinese companies for all the business we’ve sent to them. The scary part is if we get into another world war who is going to be making everything we need in this country? China!! Guess who we will be fighting. China!!
Y’all both make excellent points. Although, If we went to war with China, I fear we would lose.
Tell me Bob, what does the North American Free Trade Agreement have to do with China?
I won’t have to deal with it, even though I plan to live to 100 at 78 I’ll be long gone before EVs become the norm. It’s going to take massive restructuring of our grid systems and I don’t see any power companies jumping on the band wagon to start the upgrade. You might see 50% EVs by 2070, not before. EVs are good commuters but are a long way from long distance driving, until the car can be recharged in the same time one is refueled now it’s a loser. Trucks are the same way, the new EV trucks will be great for local errands or even local businesses that don’t travel more than 100 miles per day. But trucks that pull heavy trailers or haul heavy loads can’t use batteries as they are now because the battery dies prematurely and the lack of infrastructure is going to interfere with the load carrying range. There’s a lot of 1 ton trucks running on the highways hauling hotshot freight. None of them are going to EVs. Yes your wanna be truck drivers in their 1/2 T 4WD commuter trucks will be just fine, maybe Ford will pipe in the sound of a V8 through the radio speakers like they do now to cover up the whine of the electric motor. Lol
Bob, I have an EV. Have had it now for about 4 months. Been on some pretty long trips. It is true that when you are traveling it does take some long (30 minutes) stops to recharge. As kind of an OLD guy it is not really that long for me since I need to walk around and stretch every couple of hours anyway. However, what people keep forgetting is that most of the EV charging is in your garage. Never wondering if you have a full tank to get to work is really nice. I would wager that my total time in EV charging stations is less then I use to spend in gas stations primarily because I no longer get local gas. Plug it in at night and it is full in the morning. I will never go back to a gas car.
You didn’t say what area you live in nor how much you paid for your rapid charger in your garage. I think you could buy considerable amount of gas for that option. I know you’re not charging overnight with your 15A extension cord. Where there are many EVs you can be successful, but here in the real world they are few and far between, as you can easily see 5 states out of 50 is not a great number.
I can hear your ancestors now. “Hey buddy, get HORSE!”
Actually I am in Michigan. If you get a charger that DTE (our local utility) approves of it is pretty much free. (50A on 240V, takes about 7 hours) There are also a lot more fast chargers (for long trips) out there than what I thought. A lot of them are even free or relatively cheap. I get the equivalent of about 15 gallons of gas for about $8.00. I also have NEVER had to stand in line for a charger. I do think that will change with a little time as more EVs are on the road but right now it is pretty good. Once Tesla opens up their chargers latter this year (As promised by EM) things should become even more open. I realize there is a resistance to change. Some peoples minds are just wired that way. I admit I had some anxiety with making the switch but I no longer have any.
one of the primary motives in California are carpool stickers.
Wow…I just can’t believe that Illinois made the list for “financial incentives”. This state is broke and the governor just keeps upping taxes on everything. Sales tax, gas tax, utility tax and the list goes on. Wait until good ole JB gets his charge per mile into law. Then we’ll see how it shakes foe EV’s since they don’t pay a gas tax.
I was just at the Cadillac dealership and was talking to the general manager about a Lyriq. He said and I quote “hold off until we see how the vehicle is really going to hold up during our icy, cold winter months. Give them 2 or 3 years to perfect this”.
Then your dealer is an idiot.
How? Lol.
The general manager is speaking facts.
EV technology cannot handle extreme climates.
EV technology has been used in winter climates for at least 4 years now if not more. The Cadillac dealer sounds like an idiot, or he had some ICE models he wanted get off his lot.
Power is always being shut off in California leading to a “no-start” condition for electric vehicles. Therefore, I am somewhat puzzled to see California listed as one of the best states to own an electric vehicle. I truly like electric cars and especially the Chevrolet Bolt. However, i want my car to be reliable too, as in, i can always charge it at home period.