Our elusive electric mile
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Dallas County is driving the most electric vehicle miles in the state, but Iowa is still lagging behind much of the country in EV adoption.
Driving the news: The fast-growing suburban county drove an estimated 165 electric vehicle miles per 1,000 residents on a typical weekday in the second quarter of 2023, Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report from data shared with Axios.
Reality check: That's well below the leading county in the U.S., Marin County, Calif., which took the crown at 1,942 miles.
Plus, the figure is a fraction of Dallas' total miles driven in all cars, 33,720 per 1,000 residents.
How it works: The data, from mobility analytics platform Replica, is based on anonymized mobile device info, roadside sensors, transit agencies and more.
Zoom in: Dallas County, which contains affluent suburbs like Waukee and portions of West Des Moines, saw the state's biggest increase in population between 2020 and 2022, per census data.
- Its median household income has also risen dramatically to about $109,000 in 2022 from $73,000 in 2012, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
Threat level: Iowa has not seen a widespread culture of electric vehicle adoption, either. Some Tesla drivers have been victims of aggression on the road in the state.