WHAT’S HAPPENING: THE COUNTER

Watch the page closely and you’ll see the counter going up, showing that the number of efficient electric machines in use increases all the time. The rate of change is based on our 2025 forecast.

107,666,140

Count it like it’s hot...and cold.

Every hour of every day, about five hundred new efficient electric machines* — from heat pumps to electric vehicles to solar panels — are installed or put into use by U.S. households. Many of these machines replace inefficient and polluting old fossil fuel equipment, bringing a host of benefits to households all around the country.

Heat Pump

Number in use23,504,390
2025 projection24,741,000

Heat Pump
Water Heater

Number in use1,185,830
2025 projection1,360,000

Rooftop
Solar

Number in use5,497,670
2025 projection5,983,000

Electric
Vehicles

Number in use5,328,547
2025 projection6,487,000

Electric
Stoves

Number in use73,486,430
2025 projection73,717,000

*Based on the projected increase in households using each of these machines from 2024 - 2025.

Behind the counters

Across the ecosystem — from manufacturers and installers to consumers and policymakers —  there is agreement that more and more households are choosing to install better, more affordable, and more efficient electric machines. What’s less clear is how much growth we are seeing. Industry partners and other stakeholders have been successful in tracking the adoption of individual appliances, but to date there has not yet been a comprehensive view at the rate of adoption of all efficient electric machines. Using a combination of market data from the Department of Transportation, the Energy Information Administration, and data providers like Grandview Research and Ohm Analytics, Rewiring America has done just that.

We crunched the numbers for each type of machine — heat pumps for heating and cooling, heat pump water heaters, electric vehicles, rooftop solar, and electric cooking ranges — and we project that by the end of 2025 there will be more than 112 million electric appliances in use. Now, armed with this data and the knowledge of where we are in full adoption of these machines, we can better design a roadmap to get them in more homes over the next twenty years.

BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME

Our projections are based on estimates of the current number of efficient electric machines in use by households as of the end of 2024 and the forecasted increase in 2025. The data sources and assumptions used for our stock estimates and sales projections are detailed in our methodology here.

In the coming weeks and months, we’ll begin sharing our lookback analysis with more details and comparisons. Check back here.

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