At less than 1% of all US cars, an EV revolution is far, far away

You can count on one hand the states that are home to nearly all of the US’ electric vehicles.

Climate change or the “tipping point” notwithstanding, the shift from gasoline seems years away.

The “tipping point” theory is that “once a new thing hits 5% market penetration, the rate of acceptance goes up exponentially before tailing off at the end.”

That tipping point came in the April-June period, when EVs accounted for 5.6% of all new-car sales in the US—twice the number a year ago.

Where...
An Axios report, relying on monthly vehicle registration data from S&P Global Mobility, reveals where most of these cars went.

California—at 39% of all EVs registered nationwide—leads the race in adopting environment-friendly cars. But that figure represents less than 2% of all vehicles in the state.

Florida is a distant second at 6.7% of all registered EVs in the country, followed by Texas (5.4%), Washington (4.4%), New York (3.6%) and Hawaii (1.3%).

Slo-mo evolution
Even as automakers continue to pump in billions of dollars into producing plug-in cars, EVs still account for only about 0.6% of all vehicles—about 287 million—in the US, the Axios report said.

An EV revolution, you ask? It’s happening—in ultra slow-motion.