Plug-in electric vehicles in Minnesota

As of February 2021^[update], there were about 19,000 electric vehicles in Minnesota, equivalent to about 0.25% of cars in the state.^[1] As of May 2022^[update], about 3% of all new vehicle sales were electric.^[2]

Government policy

In 2021, Republicans in the state legislature proposed a bill that would tax electricity used to charge electric vehicles at public charging stations, in order to offset the lack of gasoline taxes collected from them.^[3]

As of 2020^[update], there were 37 electric vehicles and 116 plug-in hybrid vehicles in the state fleet.^[4]

Charging stations

As of June 2021^[update], there were about 1,200 public charging stations in Minnesota.^[5] As of August 2022^[update], there were 55 public DC charging stations.^[6]

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021, allocates US$68 million for charging stations in Minnesota.^[7]

Economic impact

There have been concerns about negative economic impacts from EV-induced loss of demand for biofuels, which comprise a large portion of agriculture in Minnesota.^[8][9]

By region

Minneapolis–Saint Paul

As of April 2022^[update], 2.7% of all new vehicles registered in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area were electric.^[10]

In February 2022, the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul launched Evie Carshare, the largest public electric vehicle car-sharing program in the United States.^[11]

Rochester

The first electric bus in the fleet of Rochester Public Transit was introduced in July 2022.^[12]