Cars in Alameda County.

What vehicles are registered in Alameda County? The DMV counted 1,167,710 vehicles across 49 ZIPs. Toyota leads. 8.1% are battery electric.

1,167,710vehicles

49ZIPs
64Named makes
8.1%Battery electric
10.6%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

Each make count is a lower bound, because the DMV pools small groups.

249,474+
160,022+
85,328+
62,750+
58,417+
49,728+
43,319+
41,869+
36,570+
34,504+
See all 20 makes
29,212+
23,606+
22,071+
21,524+
15,278+
14,581+
14,345+
13,404+
12,600+
6,531+

The fuel mix

Gas
890,828
Battery electric
94,406
Gas hybrid
94,053
Diesel and diesel hybrid
32,267
Flex-fuel
31,335
Plug-in hybrid
23,260
Natural gas
818
Hydrogen fuel cell
703
Other fuel
40

Top plug-in models

From the state energy agency. Its count is a year newer than the DMV file and covers light-duty vehicles only.

35,787
25,648
5,278
4,617
3,638

Plug-in types

137,846 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
112,043
Plug-in hybrid
25,230
Hydrogen fuel cell
573

How many new cars sold here are zero-emission?

New light-duty sales by quarter, from the state energy agency. The newest quarters are preliminary.

31.8% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 13,209 of 41,474. A year earlier the share was 38.0%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 37.1% 5,542 of 14,932
2025 Q2 33.5% 5,084 of 15,178
2025 Q3 42.9% 6,954 of 16,205
2025 Q4 33.6% 4,917 of 14,635
2026 Q1preliminary 30.4% 4,033 of 13,267
2026 Q2preliminary 33.7% 4,752 of 14,085
2026 Q3preliminary 31.3% 4,424 of 14,122

Every ZIP in Alameda County

The 25 largest by vehicle count.

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
94544Hayward60,128Toyota5.1%
94538Fremont57,464Toyota17.1%
94587Union City53,396Toyota7.3%
94536Fremont50,179Toyota10.0%
94568Dublin49,578Toyota16.3%
94541Hayward48,659Toyota3.7%
94550Livermore43,256Toyota6.1%
94539Fremont42,706Toyota16.9%
94501Alameda41,427Toyota7.3%
94560Newark39,747Toyota9.7%
94577San Leandro39,477Toyota3.9%
94551Livermore38,331Toyota4.7%
94566Pleasanton36,854Toyota10.9%
94546Castro Valley35,889Toyota5.8%
94545Hayward30,512Toyota4.7%
94601Oakland29,346Toyota2.1%
94605Oakland27,713Toyota5.4%
94611Oakland27,436Toyota12.5%
94588Pleasanton27,333Toyota10.4%
94578San Leandro26,927Toyota3.5%
94555Fremont25,182Toyota13.0%
94603Oakland23,607Toyota1.4%
94580San Lorenzo23,159Toyota3.7%
94621Oakland22,990Toyota1.4%
94606Oakland20,383Toyota3.3%
See all 49 ZIPs
ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
94602Oakland19,064Toyota7.7%
94608Emeryville17,897Toyota6.9%
94610Oakland17,781Toyota8.7%
94579San Leandro17,373Toyota5.1%
94619Oakland16,239Toyota6.4%
94607Oakland13,922Toyota6.0%
94552Castro Valley12,955Toyota10.8%
94609Oakland11,574Toyota6.0%
94706Albany11,456Toyota8.4%
94542Hayward11,179Toyota9.8%
94618Oakland10,989Toyota13.0%
94502Alameda10,624Toyota10.4%
94612Oakland10,579Ford6.5%
94702Berkeley10,288Toyota7.7%
94703Berkeley10,072Toyota6.8%
94707Berkeley9,497Toyota12.8%
94705Berkeley8,837Toyota11.8%
94708Berkeley8,279Toyota14.0%
94710Berkeley5,751Toyota7.2%
94704Berkeley5,608Toyota5.2%
94709Berkeley4,805Toyota6.0%
94586Sunol1,106ToyotaToo few
94720Berkeley88None namedToo few
94613Oakland68None namedToo few

Also overlaps Alameda County, counted in another county: 94505, 94514, 95377, 95391.

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1Oakland 14 ZIPs
251,691
2Fremont 4 ZIPs
175,531
3Hayward 4 ZIPs
150,478
4San Leandro 3 ZIPs
83,777
5Livermore 2 ZIPs
81,587
6Pleasanton 2 ZIPs
64,187
7Berkeley 9 ZIPs
63,225
8Union City 1 ZIP
53,396
9Alameda 2 ZIPs
52,051
10Dublin 1 ZIP
49,578
See all 16 cities

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

194538 Fremont
17.1%
294539 Fremont
16.9%
394568 Dublin
16.3%
494708 Berkeley
14.0%
594618 Oakland
13.0%
694555 Fremont
13.0%
794707 Berkeley
12.8%
894611 Oakland
12.5%
994705 Berkeley
11.8%
1094566 Pleasanton
10.9%
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