Electric vehicles are on the rise in Seattle
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Drivers in and around Seattle have embraced electric vehicles more than those across much of the country, new research shows.
Driving the news: Data compiled by S&P Global Mobility shows that in April, electric vehicles made up 11.2% of new vehicles registered in the Seattle metro area.
- That's far more than in Minneapolis-St. Paul, for instance, where 2.7% of April vehicle registrations were EVs, or in Denver, where 6.2% of vehicles registered that month were electric.
Why it matters: Consumer interest in electric vehicles is at a global tipping point, with more than half of car buyers saying in a recent survey they want their next car to be an EV, Axios' Joann Muller writes.
- Looking at recent vehicle registrations provides a snapshot of national and local trends in the expanding EV market.
What they found: Tesla dominated Seattle's EV market in April, manufacturing three of the top five most registered electric models in the metro area, per S&P Global Mobility.
- All told, about 62% of new EVs registered here in April were Teslas, the analysis found.
The big picture: EVs recently cracked 5% of all newly registered vehicles nationwide.
- That's up from less than 1% in 2017 — but still a ways behind Seattle.
Yes, but: Seattle trails big cities in California when it comes to the share of newly registered vehicles that are EVs (think: San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles).