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To: bentway who wrote (388684)11/16/2018 2:57:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541967
 
"There are 260 million ICE vehicles"
Roughly; I rounded down.
:>)

263.6 million

The United States is home to the second largest passenger vehicle market of any country in the world, second now to China. Overall, there were an estimated263.6 million registered vehicles in the United States in 2015, most of which were passenger vehicles.

en.wikipedia.org

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OTH, there were 750K EVs at the start of the year, so we should be close to 1M. Also, this does not include semis.

Walmart Orders 30 More Tesla Semi Electric Trucks | CleanTechnica

cleantechnica.com

Sep 7, 2018 - Last year, Walmart ordered 15 Tesla Semi electric trucks
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"Even 26 mil sounds ridiculous"
Sounds like home.

According to California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, at the end of 2015 there were:

24,487,807 registered automobiles34,346,325 registered vehicles (autos plus others)
https://www.quora.com/How-many-cars-are-registered-in-California