Less Than 2% Of US Cars Are EVs

By Douglas McIntyre  •  September 11, 2025
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There are 4.69 million EVs on the roads in the US in the second quarter of this year. That is about 1.71% of the national total. At the current pace of EV sales compared to other engine types, that percentage could shrink.

The data comes from Experian, which also shows that Tesla has a market share of 46.89%. Following that is Chevy at 6.97% and Ford at 5.85%. It is easy to see how Ford and GM have lost tens of billions of dollars trying to break into the EV market

Among EVs, there is one clear sales winner. Tesla’s Model Y has 26.07% of the EV market. The Model 3 is second at 16.02%. The first legacy company EV on the list is the Chevy Equinox at 4.30%.

The West Coast owns the national EV market. In the second quarter, 176,000 EVs were registered in Los Angeles. In New York and San Francisco the figure was 87,000. New York’s population is ten times San Francisco’s

People In LA Buy EVs

iSeeCars forecasts that, when the $7,500 tax credit on EVs expires, the market will collapse. Currently, 8% of all new car sales in the US are EVs. iSeeCars expects that to drop to 4% from 2026 to 2028.

Once upon a time, 50% of all new car sales in 2030 were going to be EVs. That is no longer possible. 

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