The number of zero-emission vehicles sold and registered in Maryland is growing. But last year, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles made up just over 1% of light-duty vehicles in Maryland, leaving a long road to the state’s goal of ending sales of new gas-powered passenger cars and light trucks by model year 2035. On Monday, Maryland’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulation took effect, requiring manufacturers to continuously increase the percentage of vehicles they sell that emit no pollutants. The rule requires at least 43% of vehicles each manufacturer sells in the state be zero emissions for model year 2027, with that percentage increasing each model year until 2035.
Statistical Snapshot: Currently, gas-powered vehicles have yet to make up less than 85% of registered light-duty vehicles in the state; The number of electric or hybrid vehicles registered in Maryland has doubled in the last two years and quintupled in the last five; Charging ports are scarcer in Maryland than the suggested target, with one port for every 20 electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.
