What share of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2023 were fully electric?
Answer7.6%
Over 1.18 million EVs were put into service that year, up from a 5.9% share the year before.
Source: Cox Automotive / Kelley Blue Book (2023) coxautoinc.com
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Drive facts & stats
4 sourced facts about driving and cars in the United States, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
About how many motor vehicles were registered in the U.S. in 2022?
Answerabout 282 million
Light-duty vehicles like cars, SUVs and pickups make up roughly 91% of that total.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2022 (2022) fhwa.dot.gov
About how many total miles did Americans drive in 2022?
Answerabout 3.2 trillion miles
That's enough miles to drive to the sun and back roughly 17,000 times in a single year.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2022 (2022) fhwa.dot.gov
Expert level
What was the average transaction price of a new vehicle in the U.S. in December 2023?
Answerabout $48,759
Prices had actually eased slightly from a year earlier as vehicle inventory improved and incentives grew.
Source: Kelley Blue Book / Cox Automotive (2023) coxautoinc.com
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