The Brief
- California has the largest share of households in the U.S. that drive an electric vehicle, new figures showed.
- Nationwide, Bay Area counties were at the top for EV adoption per household.
- In one Bay Area county, almost a quarter of the households own or lease at least one EV.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – California leads the country by a sizable margin when it comes to motorists driving electric cars, and new figures show in one Bay Area county, almost a quarter of its households own or lease at least one EV.
California leads the way
By the numbers:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, almost 14% of all households in the Golden State had at least one electric vehicle in 2025.…