The vast majority of electrical autos offered in Australia throughout 2022 got here from China and have been purchased by personal patrons, whereas the ACT continues to outpace all different states and territories on the subject of EV uptake.
These are some take-aways from a abstract of Australia’s low-emissions market issued by automotive model peak physique, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), utilizing its VFACTS gross sales knowledge.
These promised quarterly reviews seem like a riposte to the Electrical Car Council, which has made inroads because the advocacy group for EV take-up, and for spurring coverage selections.
Australians took supply of 33,410 battery electrical autos in 2022, which was sixfold year-on-year (YoY) progress on paper – offset by the truth that Tesla solely began publishing native gross sales figures final 12 months, skewing the information.
That equates to market share of round 3 per cent, with a progress trajectory pointing to a a lot increased determine in 2023 – the EV share sits north of 6 per cent to the top of February 2023.
Over the course of 2022 we noticed the EV market more and more favour crossover SUV physique kinds over conventional passenger vehicles, a lot of which coincided with the launch of the long-awaited Tesla Mannequin Y round mid-year and the BYD Atto 3 a number of months after.
“That is in keeping with different markets the world over. The provision of battery electrical fashions throughout the market most popular gentle industrial and heavy industrial segments stays restricted and is prone to stay that approach all through the present mannequin cycles,” the FCAI provides – although we’d add there are a selection of electrical vans right here or coming this 12 months.
Crucially, the abstract additionally notes that EV take-up continues to be dominated by the personal market fairly than fleets, clearly indicating that the federal government’s fringe-benefits tax cuts for companies shopping for battery-powered autos was a smart transfer to develop the parc.
EV gross sales by purchaser kind in 2022
Non-public market: 24,534Business fleets: 8125Government fleets: 488Rental fleets: 269
All informed 80 about per cent of EVs offered right here in 2022 have been made in China, which is some extent of notice for individuals who concentrate on geopolitics.
All Teslas offered right here come out of Giga Shanghai, whereas different top-sellers such because the BYD Atto 3, Polestar 2 and MG ZS EV are made there as nicely. China dominates the worldwide EV chain, though Europe and the US are engaged on methods to alter this by means of coverage levers.
EV gross sales by supply nation in 2022
China: 26,426Korea: 3555Germany: 2426England: 792Japan: 137
EV gross sales by area
One of many extra fascinating take-aways is the distinction in EV take-up throughout the states and territories, all of which supply some type of subsidy or tax aid for EV patrons.
The Northern Territory is an outlier within the sense EVs are almost non-existent up there, whereas within the ACT the market share of EVs was 8.0 per cent. The ACT authorities affords EV patrons stamp responsibility waivers, free registration and zero-interest loans to drive uptake.
EV gross sales and share by area
NSW: 10,798 EV gross sales, 3.2% EV market shareVictoria: 9496 EV gross sales, 3.3% EV market shareQueensland: 6696 EV gross sales, 2.8% EV market shareWA: 3078 EV gross sales, 2.9% EV market shareSA: 1426 EV gross sales, 2.1% EV market shareACT: 1300 EV gross sales, 8.0% EV market shareTasmania: 571 gross sales, 3.0% EV market shareNT: 68 gross sales, 0.7% EV market share
High 10 EV manufacturers in 2022
Tesla: 19,594Hyundai: 2432BYD: 2113Polestar: 1524Volvo: 1474BMW: 1293Mercedes-Benz: 1153MG: 1119Kia: 949Mini: 455
High 10 EV fashions by gross sales in 2022
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