This new Energy Department chart provides a helpful way of seeing how electric vehicle adoption in California is far ahead of other states.
Map from DOE Vehicle Technologies Office's latest "Fact of the Week"
The big picture: Cumulative electric vehicle sales in the U.S. recently topped 1 million. According to the pro-EV coalition Veloz, over 500,000 of them were in California, which is by far the nation's largest auto market.
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