If you see someone drive out of a new car dealership in the Bay Area, there’s about a one-in-four chance they’re in an electric vehicle.
Within the Bay Area, there’s a great deal of variation among counties. In San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties more than 30% of new vehicles were zero emissions. Marin and Alameda were both just under 30%. San Francisco came in at 26% and Contra Costa at 22%. Those six counties round out the top of the list of zero-emissions new car sales by county in California. In Solano, Napa, and Sonoma counties, less than 20% of new cars were zero-emissions.
Electric vehicle penetration in the Bay Area is considerably above the rest of California and the United States. Statewide, just over 16% of new vehicles were zero emissions in the first half of 2022. In Los Angeles and San Diego counties, zero-emissions vehicles accounted for 16% of new car sales. In the Central Valley’s Kern County, home to Bakersfield, 6% of new vehicles were zero-emissions.
'Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is urging Warren RECC and its members to reduce electric usage as much as possible during the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. daily until further notice.' Now, let's add electric car chargings nationwide, 27/7. No problem.🤣