Deliveries of totally electrical automobiles (EVs) in Australia tallied 17,396 models in the course of the first quarter of 2023, up a considerable 157.6 per cent year-on-year.
Total EV market share in quarter certainly one of 2023 sat at 6.5 per cent, in comparison with simply 2.6 per cent this time final 12 months – and sure, each durations embody Tesla.
The kings of the market all supply automobiles from China. These top-tier EV manufacturers in Australia are Tesla by some margin, forward of fast-moving upstart BYD, then MG, Polestar and Volvo.
EV gross sales breakdown by state
Because the dot factors under present, the ACT has by far the best penetration, with nearly one-in-five new car deliveries in 2023 a pure EV, whereas NSW has the largest total automobile parc and second-highest market share for EVs.
New South Wales: 6399, 7.6 per cent market shareQueensland: 3892, 6.5 per cent market shareVictoria: 3621, 5.3 per cent market shareWestern Australia: 1524, 5.5 per cent market shareAustralian Capital Territory: 838, 18.9 per cent market shareSouth Australia: 787, 4.4 per cent market shareTasmania: 295, 6.5 per cent market shareNorthern Territory: 43, 2.0 per cent market share
EV gross sales by mannequin
Tesla alone controls 60 per cent of the general EV market to date this 12 months, with its Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y simply the biggest-selling fashions.
Actually the Mannequin 3 sedan is the general top-selling passenger automobile within the nation full cease, forward of the Hyundai i30, MG 3 and Toyota Corolla. In the meantime the Mannequin Y is the preferred mid-sized SUV priced above $70,000, dominating the Volvo XC60, BMW X3 and so forth.
BYD is doing tremendously, shifting 2098 of its Atto 3s over the primary quarter, ending a cushty third on the mannequin charts forward of rival Chinese language participant MG.
The model with essentially the most EV fashions, if not essentially the most deliveries, is Mercedes-Benz with seven EV nameplates: EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE, EQS, eVito and EQV.
Miscellaneous
There have been 41 completely different EV fashions that offered not less than one unit over the interval, produced by 21 completely different automobile manufacturers. There have been simply 26 EV fashions this time final 12 months in contrast.
Due to Toyota’s well-publicised shortages, EVs have truly outsold hybrid automobiles (16,101 over Q1) to date this 12 months.
Plug-in hybrid (PHEV) gross sales are languishing on 1461 gross sales YTD, exhibiting prospects are typically eager to skip this bridging expertise.
From the subset of 17,396 EVs delivered over the primary three months to prospects, 8477 have been conventional passenger automobiles and 8894 higher-riding SUVs, which is a much more even cut up than the typical market which is now dominated by SUVs and utes.
A virtually irrelevant 25 mild business EVs have been offered too, being the area of interest Renault Kangoo ZE van and LDV eT60 ute.
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