Electric vehicles’ market share in California dropped again in the second quarter of 2025, largely on the back of declining Tesla sales, according to state data released Thursday.
What happened: Zero-emission vehicles accounted for just under 22 percent of all new car sales in California during the second quarter, a roughly 4 percent decline from the same period last year, according to new California Energy Commissiondata.
The numbers: California drivers purchased 100,671 new battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles between April and June, representing 21.6 percent of light-duty sales and mirroring figures over the first three months of the year.
That market share represents a 4.1 percent decline compared to the same period last year, California’s strongest second quarter to date, where ZEVs accounted for 25.7 percent of new car sales.
