EV registrations soar more than 60% in Arkansas
by January 28, 2025 12:27 pm 453 views
Arkansas surpassed 50,000 electric vehicles registered for the first time in 2024, a state agency spokesman said. Total EV registrations jumped 61.57% to 58,387 in 2024 from 36,137 in 2023.
Scott Hardin, spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, recently provided registration numbers for fully electric and hybrid electric vehicles registered in Arkansas. As of Dec. 31, the state had 9,214 fully electric and 49,173 hybrid electric vehicles registered.
“The state closed the second half of 2024 with strong EV registration totals, easily surpassing 50,000 total registered EVs (fully electric and hybrids) for the first time,” Hardin said. “We should reach 60,000 early this year.”
Total EV registrations rose by 20.2% to 58,387 as of Dec. 31 from 48,547 as of June 30, 2024. Fully electric EV registrations increased by 33.63% from 6,895 as of June 30 and by 126.44% from 4,069 as of Dec. 31, 2023. Over the same periods, hybrid electric registrations rose by 18% from 41,652 and 53.3% from 32,068, respectively.
Hardin said the three counties with the most registered EVs are Pulaski, Benton and Washington. Pulaski leads the state in total EV registrations. Benton is second, and Washington is third. The three counties have 28,659 electric vehicles registered, representing 58% of EV registrations in Arkansas.
Washington and Benton counties have 3,307 fully electric vehicles registered, or 35.8% of all fully EVs registered in Arkansas. The two counties also have 12,168 hybrids registered in Arkansas.
Following are Arkansas EV and hybrid registration numbers in previous years.
• 2023: 4,069 electric, 32,068 hybrid
• 2022: 2,997 electric, 27,441 hybrid
• 2021: 2,094 electric, 22,818 hybrid
• 2020: 1,303 electric, 18,242 hybrid
• 2019: 781 electric, 13,861 hybrid
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the share of electric and hybrid vehicles sales in the United States rose to 21.2% in the third quarter of 2024 from 19.1% in the second quarter. The increase was largely driven by battery electric vehicle sales.