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California is one of the biggest and most exciting electric vehicle markets in the world. It’s still dominated by Tesla, which is the 2nd best selling automaker overall in the market, but several other electric cars are also shining in their respective markets. There’s a little more to highlight before wrapping up the 2023 numbers, though.
First of all, note that fully electric vehicles accounted for 21.4% of California auto sales in 2023 (or 21.6% if you count hydrogen fuel cell cars as full electrics). Plugin hybrids contributed another 3.4%, showing that this is very heavily a BEV market in terms of plugin vehicle sales.
Putting the BEV share in some broader context, BEV market share across the US was just 7.5% in 2023 — and remember that figure is taking California (and its 21.4%…
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