Can anyone out there how many all Electric vehicles and/or hybrids there are in the US today? This includes home made retro-fit’s (converting a gas to electric)

I can come up with a mathematical guess. In our area of 250,000 people there are about 45 PEV’s and HEV’s. The national population is 305 million. This equates to about 54,900 EV’s including hybrids.

Taking into account mass transit in more populated areas, I cut this by 50% and came up with a total of about 27,450 and this seems like a large amount.

According to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), there are over 250 million registered vehicles in America.                    1. Cars: 135 million plus                                                                               2. SUV’s and Pick up Trucks:  35 million Plus                             3. Motor cycles, Trucks and Others: 80 million Plus

The newly manufactured vehicles average sticker price is: $29,749.00.

I think the major concern that the average American has today is, how much the monthly hybrid or plug in EV going to cost me? And, how much am I going to save by buying one? Or am I paying to save the environment?    They do know that it takes between $ 30.00 and $ 70.00 each time they fill  their cars. 

The biggest question  today is, If I buy and electric vehicle, am I going to save any money?

In my next article, I will try to answer these questions.