Made in USA: 75% of Plug-in EVs Sold in USA - 2018
More than 250,000 PEVs U.S.-made in 2018.
Electric vehicle charging station and ore cart at Rico, Colorado Town Hall. Cable loop below front of ore cart is not electrical for charging.
United States Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Vehicle Technologies Office
Transportation Analysis Fact of the Week #1086
June 17, 2019
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For every year except 2011, the United States has produced the majority of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold in the United States. In 2018, the United States produced 75%, Japan 9%, and Germany 5%, while the remaining eight countries listed produced a combined 11%. In 2011, 55% of the PEVs sold in the United States were produced in Japan, 43% in the United States, and 2% in France.
U.S. Department of Energy chart.
Note: PEV sales began in December 2010, thus 2011 was the first full year of sales. PEV include both all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Includes sales of light-duty vehicles only.
Source: Argonne National Laboratory, Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010–2018, ANL/ESD-19/2, March 2019.