California will soon reach the “forced” part of its forced transition to electric vehicles, shattering Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) façade of California being the state of ultimate “freedom.” That is if the state chooses to continue to push forward with this forced transition despite not being prepared for the consequences.

The California New Car Dealers Association released new data that show that California may have hit peak voluntary electric vehicle usage. According to that data, there was just a 1% increase in the sale of electric vehicles in 2024, one year after a 46% increase. The total number of new cars sold in California stayed flat at 1.75 million, with EVs making up about one-fourth of that.