Cars in Santa Clara County.

What vehicles are registered in Santa Clara County? The DMV counted 1,459,029 vehicles across 58 ZIPs. Toyota leads. 9.6% are battery electric.

1,459,029vehicles

58ZIPs
70Named makes
9.6%Battery electric
9.9%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

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

291,309+
188,877+
108,748+
95,686+
67,721+
66,168+
55,989+
54,817+
49,710+
43,239+
See all 20 makes
41,619+
33,098+
30,856+
25,030+
22,743+
18,810+
17,614+
16,314+
15,242+
11,251+

The fuel mix

Gas
1,101,737
Battery electric
139,344
Gas hybrid
115,224
Flex-fuel
37,103
Diesel and diesel hybrid
32,822
Plug-in hybrid
30,371
Hydrogen fuel cell
1,438
Natural gas
938
Other fuel
52

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.

56,080
42,443
8,451
7,246
4,429

Plug-in types

205,592 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
170,628
Plug-in hybrid
33,653
Hydrogen fuel cell
1,311

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.

36.9% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 22,924 of 62,055. A year earlier the share was 41.0%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 40.3% 8,613 of 21,388
2025 Q2 36.1% 8,000 of 22,148
2025 Q3 46.3% 11,167 of 24,144
2025 Q4 41.3% 9,293 of 22,513
2026 Q1preliminary 34.8% 6,777 of 19,466
2026 Q2preliminary 38.3% 7,928 of 20,704
2026 Q3preliminary 37.6% 8,219 of 21,885

Every ZIP in Santa Clara County

The 25 largest by vehicle count.

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
95035Milpitas60,999Toyota11.1%
95020Gilroy56,899Toyota4.9%
95123San Jose50,749Toyota7.1%
95127San Jose49,715Toyota3.9%
95037Morgan Hill47,093Toyota7.7%
95051Santa Clara45,631Toyota10.8%
95111San Jose44,904Toyota4.4%
95112San Jose43,599Toyota4.5%
95014Cupertino42,989Toyota15.5%
95125San Jose42,023Toyota9.0%
95122San Jose41,466Toyota3.1%
94087Sunnyvale40,166Toyota12.9%
95008Campbell38,719Toyota8.4%
95124San Jose38,552Toyota10.3%
95148San Jose37,564Toyota8.3%
95136San Jose35,849Toyota7.6%
95116San Jose35,128Toyota2.7%
94086Sunnyvale34,795Toyota10.3%
95120San Jose32,051Toyota13.8%
95132San Jose31,697Toyota8.0%
95050Santa Clara30,077Toyota7.2%
95121San Jose29,785Toyota6.9%
95129San Jose28,690Toyota11.7%
95070Saratoga27,911Toyota17.4%
94043Mountain View27,336Toyota22.0%
See all 58 ZIPs
ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
95126San Jose26,927Toyota7.1%
95131San Jose26,630Toyota8.5%
94040Mountain View25,747Toyota13.2%
95128San Jose25,382Toyota7.1%
95118San Jose24,735Toyota8.1%
95133San Jose23,628Toyota7.3%
95032Los Gatos22,900Toyota13.5%
95117San Jose21,329Toyota6.1%
95054Santa Clara20,241Toyota12.0%
94024Los Altos19,598Toyota18.7%
94306Palo Alto19,524Toyota15.4%
95134San Jose19,511Toyota13.5%
94085Sunnyvale19,276Toyota10.8%
94089Sunnyvale17,712Toyota8.6%
94022Los Altos17,308Tesla19.1%
95135San Jose16,410Toyota14.6%
95110San Jose15,602Toyota5.3%
95138San Jose15,337Toyota15.9%
95030Los Gatos11,970Toyota15.2%
94301Palo Alto11,771Toyota17.8%
94041Mountain View11,413Toyota12.3%
95130San Jose10,106Toyota9.7%
95119San Jose9,176Toyota9.5%
95033Los Gatos8,623Toyota10.3%
95046San Martin7,369Ford3.1%
95139San Jose5,388Toyota8.3%
94305Stanford4,231Toyota13.0%
94304Palo Alto2,664Toyota14.3%
95002Alviso1,813Ford5.1%
95113San Jose1,758Tesla14.4%
95140Mount Hamilton358ToyotaToo few
95013Coyote162FordToo few
95053Santa Clara43None namedToo few

Also overlaps Santa Clara County, counted in another county: 94028, 94303, 94550, 95023, 95076.

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1San Jose 28 ZIPs
783,691
2Sunnyvale 4 ZIPs
111,949
3Santa Clara 4 ZIPs
95,992
64,496
5Milpitas 1 ZIP
60,999
6Gilroy 1 ZIP
56,899
47,093
8Los Gatos 3 ZIPs
43,493
9Cupertino 1 ZIP
42,989
10Campbell 1 ZIP
38,719
See all 18 cities

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

194043 Mountain View
22.0%
294022 Los Altos
19.1%
394024 Los Altos
18.7%
494301 Palo Alto
17.8%
595070 Saratoga
17.4%
695138 San Jose
15.9%
795014 Cupertino
15.5%
894306 Palo Alto
15.4%
995030 Los Gatos
15.2%
1095135 San Jose
14.6%
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