Nearly 25% of households in this Bay Area county use electric vehicles, leading the nation in EV adoption

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.…

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