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THE BLUEPRINT:
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EV registrations on Long Island rose 23% in 2025, topping 87,000 vehicles, according to a new report from Drive Electric Long Island
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Long Island accounts for 27% of New York State’s EVs while representing just 15% of the state’s population
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Tesla remains the top EV brand locally, led by the Model Y and Model 3
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Public EV charging ports increased more than 50% year-over-year, exceeding 1,500 locations across Nassau and Suffolk
Despite the end of federal tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles, Long Island has seen an increase in EV ownership over the last year.
There was a 23 percent rise in EV registrations here in 2025, pushing the number of EVs on the roads of Nassau and Suffolk counties to over 87,000, according to a new report from Drive Electric Long Island.
The organization’s fifth annual “State of Electric Vehicles on Long Island” report revealed that Long Island continues to lead the state in EV adoption. About 27 percent of the state’s EVs are registered on Long Island, despite representing 15 percent of the state’s population, according to the report.
Two-thirds of Long Island’s 87,304 registered EVs at the end of 2025 were full-battery electric vehicles, with Tesla continuing to be the leading brand with 39.7 percent of all EVs on the road here, though that’s down from a 41.4 percent share at year-end 2024. The top two battery electric models on the road on Long Island are the Tesla Model Y (19,102) and the Tesla Model 3 (10,661) and the top two plug-in hybrid models are the Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid (5,135), and the Toyota Prius Prime (3,495), according to the report.
Along with the increase in EVs, there was also a significant increase in the availability of both Type 2 and DC Fast Charge public electric vehicle charging infrastructure on Long Island in 2025. Total public charging ports were up over 50 percent from 2024, rising from about 1,000 public charging ports to more than 1,500 public charging ports at the end of 2025.
Not surprisingly, the Town of Hempstead, Long Island’s most populous municipality, continues to lead Long Island in EV registrations with 18,301 at the end of 2025, a 26 percent rise from 2024. The Town of Oyster Bay has the second most EVs with 13,386 at the end of 2025, up 24 percent from the previous year. The Town of North Hempstead is third with 12,897 EVs at the end of 2025, rising 23 percent from 2024.
Long Island dealers submitted 14,234 New York State rebate requests last year, 7,267 for vehicles registered in Nassau and 6,967 in Suffolk. That represented 33 percent of the total 42,583 rebate requests in the state in 2025, about a third of the market for EVs.
While the end of federal EV tax credits will challenge the growth of EVs on Long Island, the report concludes that other factors, including falling EV prices, the increasing variety of EV models at all price points, an increased number of used EVs, state and PSEG Long Island incentives, and expanding EV infrastructure, all point to continued growth of EVs on the road on Long Island in 2026.
“Long Island is showing that the transition to clean transportation isn’t a distant aspiration — it’s happening in our neighborhoods right now,” Rosemary Mascali, chair of Drive Electric’s Education & Outreach Committee, told LIBN. “Every electric vehicle on our roads means fewer tailpipe emissions, cleaner air for our families, and real progress toward a more sustainable and resilient future for our region.”
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David Winzelberg
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