There are 47,132 plug-in electric vehicles registered in Maryland as of April 30, 2022. That is a 1,839 increase in the number of registrations over the previous month according to data from MDOT / Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
The April increase in Maryland EV registrations is the most new electric vehicles added in any single month for the state.
60,000 Goal for Maryland Electric Vehicles
Maryland set a goal of having 60,000 Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) on the road by 2020 and 300,000 ZEVs on the road by 2025. These goals are part of the California Clean Cars Program that Maryland adopted in 2007. That program requires vehicle manufacturers to sell a certain number of ZEVs in the state.
Montgomery and Howard Have the Highest Number of EVs
There were about 5 million vehicles registered in Maryland as of June 30, 2021 according to MVA. About 794,713 are registered in Montgomery County. About 10,308 of the vehicles in the County are all-electric and 5,442 are plug-In hybrids for a total of 15,750 electric vehicles. That means nearly 2% of all the vehicles registered in Montgomery County, MD are plug-ins. 5,561 plug-in electric vehicles are registered in Anne Arundel County for 2nd place, barely edging out Howard County which has 5,338.
Baltimore and Prince George’s Counties are next in the rankings with 4,830 and 4,131 EVs respectively.
Somerset County on the eastern shore has only 26 plug-in vehicles registered. Garrett County in far western Maryland has 40 EVs.
Source: MVA Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Registration data obtained from Maryland Open Data Portal.
See also: Maryland EV Percentage by County – August, 2021.
