Summary

The purpose of this monthly report is to track U.S. electric vehicle (EV) sales and EV charging station installation trends and growth. Level-1, Level-2, and DC-Fast charging stations are tracked in the report for the U.S. overall, by state, ownership type, charging network, and by facility type.

Source

Analysis and data for this report is done by Zpryme using the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Lab (ANL) EV data set and the U.S. Alternative Fuel Data Center electric vehicle charging station data set. Zpryme monthly tracking for U.S. EV sales started in January of 2021 and monthly tracking for EV charging stations started in June of 2021.

U.S. EV Sales

• For June 2021, EV sales reached 49,621, which represents a -7.7% change from April. On an annual basis, according to data from ANL, this represents a 136% increase compared to June 2020 EV sales (21,017).
• In June, PEVs accounted for 3.8% of all light-duty vehicle (LDV) sales. This figure is up 1.1 percentage points from January of 2021 (2.7%).
• Through June 2021, cumulative EV sales totaled 253,633 and overall EVs sold since 2010 increased by 2.6%, to 1.97 million. Year to date, 2021 total EV sales are up by 122% vs 2020.
• Through June, Tesla models have accounted for over a half (58%) of EV sales in 2021.
• In June, BEVs accounted for 72.2% of all PEVs sold (27.8% for PHEVs).

EV Charging Stations

• In June 2021, a total of 560 charging stations and 1,706 charging outlets were added in the U.S. The large majority (386) of the charging stations added were done by ChargePoint. California, New York, and Massachusetts added the most charging stations in June, with 60, 42 and 39, respectively.
• Through June 2021, the U.S. had 46,664 EV charging stations and 119,500 charging outlets.
• Through June, there were a total of 19,025 DC-fast charging outlets, 97,217 level-2 outlets, and 3,258  level-1 outlets available.
• California (13,899), New York (2,727), and Florida (2,449), Texas (2,181), and Massachusetts (1,848) were the top 5 states with EV charging stations.
• Chargepoint and Tesla were the top two charging networks with 24,891 and 5,510 stations on their respective networks. From May to June, Chargepoint added 386 charging stations and Tesla added 46.
• The large majority of stations were privately owned (81.4%).
• The charging stations were most frequently installed at hotels (17.9%), car dealerships (16.9%), office buildings (6.4%), and federal government (5.6%) facilities and federal government (5.6%) facilities.