California Q3 2025 reaches record high ZEV sales

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Californians purchased 124,755 zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in Q3 2025 — a record 29.1% share of new car sales.

• Main announcement: Governor Gavin Newsom reported 124,755 ZEVs purchased in Q3 2025 (29.1% of new car sales), bringing cumulative new ZEV purchases to 2,468,158; Q3 2025 surpasses the previous high of 26.9% in Q3 2023. The release attributes the spike in part to last-month federal tax credits eligibility and increased EV model availability (146 ZEV models in Q1).
• Background and program details: The California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted first-in-nation EV charger reliability and reporting standards, approved NEVI projects to build 64 fast chargers along key corridors, and approved three grants totaling more than $10 million to build over 1,000 Level 2 EV charging ports (majority in low-income/disadvantaged multifamily housing). The release also references over 200,000 public EV charging stations statewide, ~800,000 home chargers, and 30,000+ megawatts of new clean energy resources added since 2019.