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As of November 2021, there were about 41,000 electric vehicles in Maryland.
As of October 2021, there were about 33,000 electric vehicles in Illinois.
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As of May 2022, there were about 24,500 electric vehicles in Ohio.
As of June 2022, there were 17,460 electric vehicles registered in Michigan.
As of April 2021, there were about 7,000 electric vehicles registered in Indiana.
As of July 2022, there were about 5,000 electric vehicles registered in Alabama.
As of 2020, there were about 1,950 electric vehicles in Louisiana, equivalent to 0.05% of all vehicles in the state.
As of April 2022, there were about 3,700 electric vehicles registered in Kentucky.
As of June 2021, there were 3,410 electric vehicles registered in Oklahoma.
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