Among the nation’s top five counties for electric-vehicle ownership, all five are in California.
New census data revealed that Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley, led the nation with 24.1% of households — about 163,000 homes — reporting at least one EV.
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Approximately 7.3 million households across the United States reported having an EV, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That amounts to 5.5% of the nation’s 134 million households.
California also led the nation in EV ownership at the state level, with 13.8% of occupied households reporting owning at least one EV. The state led among both homeowners and renters, the census data showed…