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DMVs aren’t known for their speed, but lately mobile driver’s license launches are violating the narrative. Governments moving faster than a good chunk of the private sector isn’t something I would have put on my bingo card!

But in retrospect, it’s pretty obvious right? You have a plastic ID card. Why wouldn’t you also have a digital ID card? Especially when it’s easier to use online, better for privacy, and only takes 2 minutes to obtain.

mDL adoption is accelerating because it’s obvious. California doubled enrollment (from 600k to 1.2m) over the last few months. New York’s mDL is growing ~10% week-over-week. 10 more states will launch mDLs in 2025 (that we’re aware of!) and none show signs of slowing down.

And it’s not just constrained to the US. Buenos Aires launched digital driver’s licenses ~45 days ago, and have 200k+ downloads. (Podcast on this coming soon!)

In a recent version of the image associated with this post, we actually removed New Mexico because although we knew they were piloting/preparing, we couldn't find a public indication confirming their launch plans. But now, we get to add them back to the image! Unless we have another December surprise, the US states to launch an mDL in 2024 are: Virginia, Ohio, New York, Hawaii, New Mexico.

At this rate, I can't wait to see where we're wrong about our 2025 predictions!! We're doing a webinar next week called "2025 digital ID launches to watch" if the topic interests you register here:https://trinsic.id/webinar