{"id":81971,"date":"2025-04-22T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81971"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:15:39","slug":"vermont-rise-ev-adoption-in-just-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81971","title":{"rendered":"Vermont sees an explosive 41% rise in EV adoption in just a year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vermont\u2019s EV adoption has surged by an impressive 41% over the past year, with nearly 18,000 EVs now registered statewide. <\/p>\n

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According to data<\/a> from Drive Electric Vermont<\/a> and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, 17,939 EVs were registered as of January 2025, increasing by 5,185 vehicles. Notably, over 12% of all new cars registered last year in Vermont had a plug. Additionally, used EVs are gaining popularity, accounting for about 15% of new EV registrations.<\/p>\n

To put it in perspective,\u00a0Vermont took six years to register its first 5,000 EVs \u2013 and the last 5,000 were added in just the previous year.<\/p>\n

Rapid growth, expanding infrastructure<\/h2>\n

In just two years, Vermont has doubled its fleet of EVs, underscoring residents\u2019 enthusiasm for electric driving. To support this surge, the state now boasts 459 public EV chargers, including 92 DC fast chargers.<\/p>\n

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The EV mix in Vermont is leaning increasingly toward BEVs, which represent 60% of the state\u2019s EV fleet. The remaining 40% consists of PHEVs, offering flexible fuel options for drivers.<\/p>\n

Top EV models in Vermont<\/h2>\n

Vermont\u2019s favorite EVs in late 2024 included the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Nissan Ariya, Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV, Tesla Model Y, and the Ford F-150 Lightning. These vehicles have appealed to Vermont drivers looking for reliability, performance, and practical features that work well in Vermont\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

Leading the US in reducing emissions<\/h2>\n

This strong adoption of EVs earned Vermont the top ranking<\/a> from the Natural Resources Defense Council for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in transportation in 2023. \u201cIt\u2019s only getting easier for Vermonters to drive electric,\u201d noted Michele Boomhower, Vermont\u2019s Department of Transportation director. She emphasized the growing variety of EV models, including electric trucks and SUVs with essential features like all-wheel drive, crucial for Vermont\u2019s climate and terrain.<\/p>\n

Local dealerships boost EV accessibility<\/h2>\n

Nucar Automall, an auto dealer in St. Albans, is a great example of local support driving this trend. With help from Efficiency Vermont\u2019s EV dealer incentives \u2013 receiving $25,000 through the EV Readiness Incentive program \u2013 it recently installed 15 EV chargers for new buyers and existing drivers to use.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving these chargers on the lot makes it easier for customers to see just how simple charging an EV can be,\u201d said Ryan Ortiz, general manager at Nucar Automall. Ortiz also pointed out the growing affordability of EVs, thanks to more models becoming available and an increase in pre-owned EVs coming off leases.<\/p>\n

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Read more: <\/strong>Vermont becomes the first US state to pass a law requiring Big Oil to pay for climate damage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo: Drive Electric Vermont Vermont\u2019s EV adoption has surged by an impressive 41% over the past year, with nearly 18,000 EVs now registered statewide. According to data from Drive Electric Vermont and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, 17,939 EVs were registered as of January 2025, increasing by 5,185 vehicles. Notably, over 12% of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}