In a Wisconsin Policy Forum report, data from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) show that the number of electric and hybrid vehicles in Wisconsin has more than doubled within the last decade. Combined registrations of electrics and hybrids rose from 44,178 in 2013, the earliest year for which the data are available, to 102,492 in 2021, an increase of 132%. These vehicles are still less than 2% of all vehicle registrations in the state but their popularity is rising at a steep upward trajectory in both urban and rural counties. Dane County has the largest concentration of these vehicles per capita. This growth has implications for the state transportation fund, which relies on an excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and other fuels as its primary revenue source for financing road and infrastructure spending.
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