# Nearly 1 out of every 10 cars sold is now electric

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2024-01-01

electric-vehicles, ev-charging-station-rough-in, ev-sales, ice-vehicle, internal-combustion-engine, mobility, new-car-sales, tech, tesla

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I've said this before, but the car I currently have will certainly be the last internal combustion engine vehicle that I own. I truthfully even felt a bit weird buying it 6 years ago, but at the time, there weren't that many options other than a Tesla. And I didn't want a Tesla.

Today, there are lots of EV options, and the numbers are starting to show that. When the final figures come in, it is estimated that the US will have sold [15.5 million new cars last year](https://www.coxautoinc.com/news/cox-automotive-forecast-december-2023-u-s-auto-sales-forecast/#:~:text=2023%3A%20A%20Surprisingly%20Strong%20Sales%20Year&text=Full%2Dyear%202023%20U.S.%20auto%20sales%2C%20based%20on%20vehicle%20counts,forecast%20from%20one%20year%20ago.). And of these, about [1.44 million units are expected to have been electric](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/tesla-chatgpt-most-important-technology/676980/).

This means that we are just under 1 out of every 10 new cars sold in the US. The trend line is also working in the right direction. 1.44 million new EV units is roughly the [_total_ number of EVs sold between 2016 and 2021](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/tesla-chatgpt-most-important-technology/676980/) in the US. 

So things are accelerating. And presumably there are other people like me waiting on the sidelines. I am deliberately roughed in for an EV charging station in [my new parking spot](https://brandondonnelly.com/2023/12/26/the-boxing-day-move/) and, if/when it comes time to purchase a new car, that's exactly what will get installed.

(I added "if" because, depending on how mobility evolves over the next 5-10 years, there's a chance I may no longer want to own a car.)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/nearly-1-out-of-every-10-cars-sold-is-now-electric)*