Cars in Inyo County.

What vehicles are registered in Inyo County? The DMV counted 20,708 vehicles across 10 ZIPs. Toyota is the largest named make. 0.9% are battery electric.

20,708vehicles

10ZIPs
37Named makes
0.9%Battery electric
27.8%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

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

4,654+
2,772+
1,590+
1,555+
788+
743+
628+
589+
344+
277+
See all 20 makes
137+
104+
80+
77+
66+
53+
48+
48+
39+
34+

The fuel mix

Gas
16,590
Diesel and diesel hybrid
2,056
Flex-fuel
909
Gas hybrid
842
Battery electric
178
Plug-in hybrid
126
Other fuel
4
Natural gas
3

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.

53
42
40
19

Plug-in types

345 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
205
Plug-in hybrid
140

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.

6.3% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 27 of 432. A year earlier the share was 6.5%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 9.3% 15 of 161
2025 Q2 4.9% 8 of 164
2025 Q3 5.3% 8 of 151
2025 Q4 4.1% 6 of 148
2026 Q1preliminary 2.9% 4 of 137
2026 Q2preliminary 8.8% 12 of 136
2026 Q3preliminary 6.9% 11 of 159

Every ZIP in Inyo County

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
93514Bishop14,959Toyota0.9%
93545Lone Pine2,072Toyota0.9%
93513Big Pine1,831Toyota0.5%
93526Independence980FordToo few
93549Olancha381ToyotaToo few
92328Death Valley207ToyotaToo few
92389Tecopa105ToyotaToo few
93530Keeler70ToyotaToo few
93522Darwin52None namedToo few
92384Shoshone51None namedToo few

Also overlaps Inyo County, counted in another county: 93527.

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1Bishop 1 ZIP
14,959
2Lone Pine 1 ZIP
2,072
3Big Pine 1 ZIP
1,831
980
5Olancha 1 ZIP
381
207
7Tecopa 1 ZIP
105
8Keeler 1 ZIP
70
9Darwin 1 ZIP
52
10Shoshone 1 ZIP
51

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

193514 Bishop
0.9%
293545 Lone Pine
0.9%
393513 Big Pine
0.5%
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