Australian electric vehicle sales by month and by model in 2024 (2024)

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Still, with growth of 18 percent in the first half of 2024 there's plenty of interest in electric cars. A total of 50,918 EVs were sold in the first six months of 2024, representing 8 percent of the new car market.

Energeia finds that EV sales grow slowly for the next decade in the No Intervention scenario and do not take off until 2027. But in the Moderate Intervention scenario, EV sales take off in 2021 and reach 50 per cent of new car sales by 2030, taking EVs to over 90 per cent of Australia's fleet by 2050.

Data published by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries reports 87,217 electric vehicles as sold in 2023, up 161.1 per cent on the 33,410 reported as sold the year prior – in a market up 12.5 per cent.

More than half of new car buyers in Australia don't want electric cars due to price and charging concerns, according to a recent study. Australians think electric vehicles (EVs) are too expensive to buy and charging infrastructure is too limited, a study has found.

In 2022, more than 4.4 million new electric vehicles were sold in China, and in 2023, annual new EV sales reached 9.49 million. As of January 2024, we estimate there are around 20 million electric vehicles on the road in China – the most of any country in the world.

US and worldwide EV sales are both expected to grow roughly 20% this year. That's less than the blistering 46% expansion the US experienced in 2023 — but that level of growth can't be sustained for long.

Tesla sales in California dropped 24.1 % in the second quarter, the brand's third straight quarterly decline in the state. Purchases dipped 7.8% in the first quarter of 2024 and 9.8% in the final quarter of last year.

After seven years at the top of Australia's vehicle sales charts, the Toyota HiLux was toppled by the Ford Ranger in 2023, following a month-by-month tussle for supremacy. Between them, the two popular utes far outsold the competition, although third on the best-seller list was yet another ute, the Isuzu D-Max.

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1. Ford Ranger - 63,356. After 28 years, Ford finally returned to the top of the Aussie sales charts in 2023 with the new-generation Ranger, which knocked the Toyota HiLux from its perch after seven years thanks in large part to its gutsy diesel V6 and class-leading homegrown platform.

New EV purchases in Australia more than doubled in 2023, compared to 2022, with the total number of EVs on Australian roads now exceeding 180,000. 1 This growth continues the trend of around a doubling of the new EV market every year since 2020.

The ACT is leading the way, with all petrol and diesel vehicle sales to be ended by 2035 and an ambition for 80-90% of sales to be electric by 2030. NSW and Victoria are working toward 2030 targets of 52% and 50% of all light vehicle sales to be electric, respectively.

By 2025, electric vehicle sales could comprise up to 20% of new car sales. By 2030, electric vehicle sales could reach 40% of new car sales. By 2040, electric vehicle sales could account for nearly all new car sales.

It sold a total of 46,116 vehicles, with the split being 17,347 Model 3s and 28,769 Model Ys. The latter is notable because despite being the sixth best-selling vehicle overall, it was technically the top-selling vehicle among private buyers in Australia last year. It was also the world's best-selling vehicle in 2023.

By 2030, we forecast EVs will account for 40% of global auto sales—more than 5 times the number of EVs sold in 2022. This translates to roughly 40 million vehicles, with an additional 20 million hybrids.