 By November 2016, with about 250,000 plug-in cars sold in the state since 2010, China was the only country market that exceeds California in terms of cumulative plug-in electric car sales.California's plug-in car market share was 3.5% of new car sales in 2016, while the U.S. take-rate was 0.90%.In 2017, the state's market share reached nearly 5%, while the national share was 1.1%.