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Top 10 Plug-In Electric Vehicles Registered in Florida Year-End 2018 (Public)

April 11, 2019 4:08 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Florida Department of Motor Vehicles registration data for year-end 2018 shows that there were 37,776 plug in electric vehicles registered in the state.  This total includes both fully battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electrics. Of that total, 20,246, or 54% were Teslas.  There were 51 different types of plug in vehicles registered in the state. 

Here is the ranking of the top 10 Plug In Vehicles. Please note that Teslas took the top three rankings even over less expense plug in vehicles. 


Plug In Vehicle Rank Number Registered %
Tesla Model S 1         8,943 24%
Tesla Model 3 2         7,329 19%
Tesla Model X 3         3,924 10%
Chevy Volt 4         3,667 10%
Nissan Leaf 5         2,012 5%
Ford Fusion 6         1,654 4%
BMW i3 7         1,368 4%
Ford C-Max 8         1,073 3%
Smart EQ fortwo 9            887 2%
BMW i8 10            668 2%
41 other Plug Ins 11-51         6,251 17%
Grand Total         37,776 100%


Here's the top 10 Florida Counties ranked by number of registered Teslas.


County Rank Registered Teslas %
Dade 1           3,288 16%
Palm Beach 2           2,884 14%
Broward 3           2,796 14%
Orange 4           1,588 8%
Hillsbourgh 5           1,366 7%
Pinellas 6              901 4%
Collier 7              646 3%
Sarasota 8              613 3%
Duval 9              573 3%
Seminole 10              490 2%
Remaining Counties 11-67           5,101 25%
Grand Total           20,246 100%


Here's the top 10 Florida Counties ranked by number of Teslas per population.


County Rank

Population Estimate (as of July 2017) 

Registered Teslas Teslas per 10,000 Population
Palm  Beach 1      1,414,144          2,884      20.4
Collier 2         357,470             646      18.1
Martin 3         153,022             247      16.1
St. Johns 4         229,715             361      15.7
Sarasota 5         407,260             613      15.1
Broward 6      1,873,970          2,796      14.9
Monroe 7           76,889             102      13.3
Orange 8      1,313,880          1,588      12.1
Dade 9      2,743,095          3,288      12.0
Seminole 10         454,757             490      10.8
Remaining Counties 11-67     11,459,940          7,231       6.3
Grand Total     20,484,142        20,246 100%


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