FOTW #1146, August 10, 2020: Nearly 70% of Light-Duty Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the United States Were Assembled Domestically

Of all light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on the road in the United States through 2019, 69% were assembled domestically.

Vehicle Technologies Office

August 10, 2020

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Of all light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on the road in the United States through 2019, 69% were assembled domestically. Light-duty PEV sales from 2010 through 2019 were used to estimate the number of on-road PEVs in the U.S. Other countries that assembled more than 1% of light-duty PEVs in use in the U.S. were Japan, Germany, Mexico, and South Korea.

On-Road Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles by Assembly Location in 2019. US-69%, Japan-10%, Germany-8%, Mexico-6%, South Korea-3%, Sweden-1%, Canada-1%, Austria-1%, France-1%; Netherlands, China and Belgium are all <1%

Note: Plug-in electric vehicles include all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Source: Argonne National Laboratory, Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010 – 2019, June 2020.

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