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Over 100,000 electric vehicles sold in California this decade
San Jose Mercury News, California charges ahead with electric vehicles:
California has sold more than 100,000 plug-in vehicles in less than four years, a major milestone that cements the Golden State as the global leader of plug-in hybrid and electric cars.
The sales figures, which are tracked by the California Air Resources Board, means that Californians buy approximately 40 percent of all plug-in vehicles sold in the United States. From December 2010 through August 2014 -- a time period that saw the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S first hit the market -- Californians have purchased 102,440 plug-ins.
"It's not just that we have more PEVs (plug-in electric vehicles) than any other state," said Christine Kehoe, executive director of the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. "It's more than any other country. Electric vehicles are popular in Norway, but there they are still in the thousands."
Advocates, automakers and policy experts say California's policy innovation, including state rebates that helped the new market grow, has been as critical as the technology itself.
The sales figures, which are tracked by the California Air Resources Board, means that Californians buy approximately 40 percent of all plug-in vehicles sold in the United States. From December 2010 through August 2014 -- a time period that saw the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S first hit the market -- Californians have purchased 102,440 plug-ins.
"It's not just that we have more PEVs (plug-in electric vehicles) than any other state," said Christine Kehoe, executive director of the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. "It's more than any other country. Electric vehicles are popular in Norway, but there they are still in the thousands."
Advocates, automakers and policy experts say California's policy innovation, including state rebates that helped the new market grow, has been as critical as the technology itself.