Although the US is barely above 10% electric car ownership, the world has passed 20%. The IEA predicts that it will pass 25% this year, and keep right on going to 100%, or Net Zero Emissions, by 2050. Apart from the diehard Coal Rollers, of course, but they won’t have any gas stations to fill up at.
Edmunds: What Is the Percentage of Electric Cars in the U.S.?
Texas is close to, and sometimes ahead of California in solar, wind, and storage, but halfway back in the pack on EVs. Republicans are widely open to the lure of $$Real Money$$TM and security in energy supplies, but not to being seen driving a Volvo XC-90 and sipping a latte in public.
Three US states and DC are at world levels in EV ownership, but the rest lag anywhere from well behind, as in Oregan, to dismally behind, as in the entire swath from Florida to West Virginia.
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EV market share in all 50 states
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(1) California: 26.8%
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(26) Texas: 6.2%
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(2) Colorado: 25.5%
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(27) Maine: 6.8%
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(3) Washington: 24.6%
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(28) Michigan: 6.5%
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(4) District of Columbia: 20.4%
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(29) New Hampshire: 5.8%
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(5) Oregon: 17%
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(30) New Mexico: 5.6%
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(6) New Jersey: 15.6%
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(31) Ohio: 5.4%
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(7) Hawaii: 14.1%
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(32) Kansas: 5.4%
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(8) Vermont: 13.7%
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(33) Indiana: 5.3%
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(9) Maryland: 13.2%
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(34) Tennessee: 5.2%
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(10) Nevada: 13.1%
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(35) Idaho: 5%
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(11) Massachusetts: 12.3%
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(36) Wisconsin: 4.7%
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(12) Delaware: 11.9%
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(37) Nebraska: 4.7%
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(13) Connecticut: 11.2%
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(38) South Carolina: 4.5%
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(14) Virginia: 10.1%
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(39) Montana: 4.5%
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(15) New York: 9.8%
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(40) Kentucky: 4.2%
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(16) Florida: 9.7%
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(41) Alaska: 4%
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(17) Utah: 9.5%
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(42) Iowa: 3.8%
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(18) Arizona: 9.3%
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(43) Alabama: 3.5%
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(19) Georgia: 8.7%
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(44) Wyoming: 3.2%
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(20) Rhode Island: 8.4%
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(45) Arkansas: 2.7%
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(21) Illinois: 7.5%
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(46) South Dakota: 2.6%
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(22) North Carolina: 7.5%
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(47) Oklahoma: 2.6%
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(23) Missouri: 7.3%
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(48) West Virginia: 2.3%
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(24) Minnesota: 7.2%
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(49) Louisiana: 2.2%
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(25) Pennsylvania: 6.3%
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(50) North Dakota: 1.8%
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(51) Mississippi: 1.4%
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Figures for public car chargers are quite similar, as you can see on Plugshare. The Doofus-in-Chief has ordered fully-functional chargers in Federal buildings ripped out, claiming that that saves money. Never mind. We know about Him/It/MineMineMine, to give him his due pronouns. (I recommend WeThePeople/US.)
Electric Vehicle Database lists 470 current #ElectricCar #EV models available in the US right now with ranges from 690 km down to 135 km. Many have purchase prices comparable to ICE cars, & much lower costs of ownership. It's the beginning of the end for petroleum.
And there is .plenty more where those came from. I am looking forward to when we are rid of the current maladministration, and Chinese cars come flooding in to feast on Detroit’s lunch. They will do just as Japan and Korea have done, because Detroit has steadfastly refused to learn from Adam Smith and others about real competition necessarily reducing profit margins to the minimum sustainable level.
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The new Twingo EV will make its way to the UK market, confirms Renault brand CEO Fabrice Cambolive 👉 electricdrives.tv/renault-twin...
#ElectricDrives | #ElectricVehicles | #EV | #Emobility | #Sustainability | #ElectricCars | #AutomotiveIndustry | #Renault | #CarSales | #UK
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— electricdrives.bsky.social (@electricdrives.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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👀👀👀
"Tesla dropped from the 3rd spot all the way to 8th place in China's April EV market share. BYD continued to lead with a 29.7% market share in April EV sales, followed by the Geely Group (13.1%), Changan (6.7%) and the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (5.7%).”
🔌💡🔌🚗
insideevs.com/news/759580/...
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— Nathaniel William Horadam (@horadam.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Can states and cities lead on climate under Trump?
bit.ly/4mdpU1D
#ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Cities #Weather #Finance #USA #LeadershipMatters
@usmayors.org @climate.noaa.gov @climatechangepost.bsky.social @wedonthavetime.bsky.social @iclei.org @elizkolbert.bsky.social
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— kajembren.bsky.social (@kajembren.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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📺🌍 Sir David Attenborough’s voice has evolved from colonial-era collecting to urgent calls for climate action.
Our new @uk.theconversation.com article explores how his storytelling (and its impact) has changed over 70 years.
🔗 theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪 #Ocean
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— Prof Sam Illingworth (@samillingworth.com) May 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Companies like Walmart are leading the way with electric fleets, having already deployed hundreds of #ElectricVehicles.
Utilities are well positioned to help more fleets electrify. We took a look at how they can better engage with customers.
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— ACEEE (@aceee.org) May 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
See also USPS, FedEx, UPS, school buses, church roofs, police cars, and all the rest. Talk to your drivers, the schools your children or other relatives attend, your church, if any, your city or county council, mayoral and city manager offices, colleges and universities…The time is ripe for citizen engagement to save money, health, even lives in quantity
Whaddaya mean, COULD? We will all have to.
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At Duke Energy’s Marshall Substation in Hot Springs, heavy rains and flooding forced the shutdown of the facility. But Hot Springs was more fortunate than most. In 2023, Duke Energy had installed a microgrid of solar panels and lithium-ion batteries to restore power quickly in case of emergency.
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— hopebuilding (@hopebuilding.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Take a look at our Climate Law and Litigation (CLL) Blog - a pioneering initiative building on our growing expertise in #ClimateChange Law and Litigation. It is a collaborative space for thought leadership and interdisciplinary dialogue.
More here buff.ly/49DoS96
Catch up with the #BIICLblog
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— British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) (@biicl.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thus.
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@exxonmobiloil.bsky.social has been dodging responsibility for the climate crisis for decades. They should pay for the damage they’ve caused already, and the #climate disasters that are still to come. Add your name: It’s time for #ExxonMobil to pay up → act.350.org/signup/may-2...
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— Jme G (@1springhead.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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In a first, Florida vaulted past California last year in terms of new utility-scale solar capacity plugged into its grid. It built 3 gigawatts of large-scale solar in 2024, making it second only to Texas. And in the residential solar sector, Florida continued its longtime leadership streak.
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— hopebuilding (@hopebuilding.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Aw, FL Rs has a sadz…
A tipping point well worth emphasizing.
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“There are more than 700,000 Victorian households with rooftop solar PV are now spilling free electricity in the middle of the day when they could be soaking it up into their own battery, hot water system or electric vehicle using integrated smart technology onestepoffthegrid.com.au/rock-solid-s...
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— Peter Gardner (@peterdgardner.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🔥 As Texans feel the heat this week, #energyefficiency measures, demand response programs, & heat pump adoption can help consumers save money and offset demand to assist the grid during heatwaves.
Check out this recent study from Aurora Energy Research: ow.ly/ebEz50VTby4
#txenergy #energysky
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— SPEER (@eepartnership.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Denial and Obstruction
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🚫 "We cannot cancel #science."
At #ChangeNOW, Sandrine Dixson -Declève sounded the alarm: Science gives us meaning. Knowledge is power.
That's exactly why some leaders and industries want to silence it.
💪 Join #MakeScienceGreatAgain: www.wedonthavetime.org/makescienceg...
#Climate #climatechange
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— We Don't Have Time (@wedonthavetime.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It’s only a “loophole” if Biden did it.
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Here in Alberta we could ABSOLUTELY do the same kind of thing with #Geothermal. Just call up our friends at #EavorTechnologies, they'll tell you. We could #WinTheEnergyTransition but we have to stop hiding from it and WANT it! blog.google/feed/nevada-... #yyc #abpoli #EnergyTransition
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— Calgary Climate Hub (@calgaryclimatehub.ca) May 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#NoNewNukes
Why does Amazon want British ratepayers to subsidize its AI farms? Nuclear power plants are never built on time or under budget, and then they leave waste behind for others to clean up. There oughta be a law that big AI has to fund enough renewables and storage to support its operations in full.
Note: There is more news than I can put into one of these. In a few weeks, though, I will be done with Not the End of the World, and I can go back to doing these twice a week. I hope that turns out to be enough.
