, there were about 49,000

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s registered in the

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

. , 10.8% of new vehicle registrations in the state were electric.

Government policy

In 2019, Governor

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signed an executive order to increase the state's total number of electric vehicles to 940,000 by 2030. , the state government's goal is for 100% of vehicles in the state to be electric by 2050.

Charging stations

The

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, signed into law in November 2021, allocates to electric vehicle

charging station A charging station, also known as a charge point or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a piece of equipment that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles (including electric cars, electric trucks, electric ...

s in Colorado.

By region

Colorado Springs

, there were about 2,000–2,500 electric vehicles in

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. The second electric vehicle dealership in Colorado, and the first in the state outside of the

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, opened in Colorado Springs in September 2021.

Denver

, there were about 4,000 electric vehicles registered in

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. , there were about 600 public charging ports in the city.

Fort Collins

In March 2021,

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was ranked by

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as the best city in Colorado for electric vehicles, and the fourth-best city in the United States.

Grand Junction

, there were 25 public charging stations in Grand Junction.

Pueblo

, there were 19 public charging stations in

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References

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