How soaring fuel prices and cheaper models are driving record adoption
Electric vehicle sales in Australia have surged, with one in four new cars sold being an EV in the first half of the year. This growth is attributed to rising fuel costs and the availability of more affordable, primarily Chinese-made, vehicle models.
Why it matters
The rapid adoption of EVs in Australia signals a significant shift in consumer behavior and energy consumption patterns in the automotive market.
— 12:09pm , first published 12:00pm
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Share A A A An electric vehicle was sold every 100 seconds somewhere in Australia during the first half of this year, as an influx of cheaper models and soaring petrol and diesel prices propelled EVs into the mainstream of the nation’s car market.
A record 157,958 electric vehicles were sold in the six months to June, more than double the number of sales during the same period a year earlier, according to the Electric Vehicle Council’s latest annual figures, released on Wednesday.
BYD electric vehicles unloaded at Port Melbourne. Ruby Alexander Fully battery-electric vehicles accounted for 103,716 of those sales, while the remaining 54,241 were plug-in hybrids.
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