Abstract:

This briefing summarizes data on the development of the electric vehicle market in California through 2016. It quantifies electric vehicle market growth across California cities and metropolitan areas and provides broader context. The electric vehicle market continues to show steady growth in California. The briefing concludes with four major findings: (1) California is home to several of the world’s electric vehicle capitals. (2) Metropolitan Los Angeles is simultaneously an electric vehicle success and an opportunity for much greater growth. (3) The electric vehicle market needs to broaden beyond the early adopters. (4) Sustained electric vehicle growth is not guaranteed.