We conduct a detailed metropolitan area-level analysis to assess the drivers for the electric vehicle market in the U.S. We catalogue information on 43 unique promotion activities, consumer incentives, and charging infrastructure to analyze their association with electric vehicle adoption across metropolitan areas in 2016. Several California areas, Seattle, and Portland are the leading U.S. markets, with 2% to 10% of new sales are plug-in electric vehicles. We find that electric vehicle uptake is significantly linked with incentives, public and workplace charging, model availability, carpool lane access, and city activities. We highlight exemplary such policies and programs.
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