Florida is #2 State for Electric Car Sales (Probably)

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For no matter causes (which we will conjecture about on the finish), Florida has turn out to be #2 within the nation for EV gross sales. California is #1, in fact, and has about 5× as many EV registrations as Florida, whereas #3 Texas is only a bit behind Florida. The obvious these are the highest three states for EV registrations is that these are the three most populated states within the nation (although, Florida is third and Texas is second in relation to inhabitants). Nonetheless, there’s one notable subject with the info used for the chart under.

If you happen to learn the wonderful print there, these registration information are for cumulative registrations by the tip of 2023. The numbers used listed below are greater than a 12 months old-fashioned. However that’s what now we have.

Additionally notice that the chart itself makes the states look rather more comparable than they really are. With greater than 1,250,000 registrations, California’s bar needs to be about 5× increased than Florida’s, nevertheless it seems nearly twice as excessive. It’s a bizarre alternative for information presentation, however the US DOE was clearly attempting to make a chart the place you could possibly evaluate the opposite states and never have their EV registrations appear to be little specks in comparison with California’s.

The excellent news is EV gross sales have continued robust within the Sunshine State. “In Central Florida, the number of electric vehicle registrations rose more than 15% from November 2023 to November 2024, according to  S&P Global Mobility, an automotive data and analytics company,” The Orlando Sentinel writes. “More than 17,000 electric vehicles, often called EVs, were newly registered in Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties during that period, the company said.” Furthermore, nationwide EV gross sales progress was 9.4% in 2024, whereas it was 15.2% in Central Florida.

Sadly, we don’t get a whole lot of state-specific information on EVs and EV gross sales. I’ll go searching extra for higher alternatives for comparability, however be happy to share within the feedback you probably have any nice sources to share.