The surprising part to me is that there are now enough EVs to make a measurable difference, since I kept thinking they are still relatively rare. The linked study has this piece of data:

    From 2019 to 2023, ZEVs increased from 2.0% (559943 of 28237734) to 5.1% (1460818 of 28498496).

So 1 out of 20 cars in California is an EV.

▲ justaboutanyone 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It really feels like more than 1 in 20 driving around the 101/280

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omoikane 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Probably because Santa Clara County has more EV sales compared to its neighbors, according to this map:

https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-e...

	▲	ZeroGravitas 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		And newer cars get driven more than old cars on average so 1/20 cars being EVs will do more than 1/20th of the miles.