New battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations in California rose 1% year-on-year to 293,109 units this year as of the end of September, according to data from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA).
What Happened: As per the data, BEVs accounted for 22.2% of new vehicle registrations in California in the nine months, higher than the national BEV market share of 7.9%.
In fact, California accounted for 32.1% of U.S. BEV registrations as of the end of September this year.
Tesla Tops The Chart: Tesla Inc‘s TSLA new vehicle registrations in the nine months, however, fell 12.6% as compared to the corresponding period last year to 159,619 units.
Tesla, however, continues to be the best-selling EV brand in the state, seconded by Hyundai which had 16,433 registrations in the period.
Rival Player Performance: While General Motors‘ brand Chevrolet witnessed BEV registrations fall nearly 42% in the nine months through the end of September, its sister brand Cadillac saw registrations go up by a whopping 315%.
Michigan-based Ford witnessed a 17% rise in EV registrations and Califonia-based Rivian a modest 35% rise to 9,049 units.
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