SHOPSMART AUTOS – CUSTOMER INFORMATION – FEBRUARY 21, 2021 -1
Plug-in electric vehicles in Australia The adoption ofplug-in electric vehicles
in Australia
is driven mostly by customer demand due to the lack of government policies or monetary incentives to support the adoption and deployment of low or zero emission vehicles. The total stock of electric vehicles in Australia is approximately 21,000 as of 2020. 6,718 of these electric cars were sold in 2019 alone with the other sales occurring since 2011. 10,051 of the Australian electric vehicle stock comprise of Teslas with 30% of these Teslas sold in 2020 alone. Approximately 20% of new car sales are either full-electric or hybrid electric vehicles without any government incentive. Nearly 2% of vehicles in Australia are either BEVs or PHEVs.[13] However, it has been determined that approximately 66% of Australians will be driving electric cars within the next 10 years. Moreover, 56% of Australians would consider an electric car when they next bought a vehicle.[15] In early 2020, electric vehicle registrations nearly doubled the registrations of the previous year, showing the rapidly increasing popularity of electric vehicles in Australia. The Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV SUV was the country’s initial top-selling plug-in electric vehicle, with over 2,906 sold through March 2018. However, Tesla accounted for 70% of the 6,718 electric car sales in 2019 with the full-electric Tesla Model 3 comprising two-thirds of electric car sales in the year. Specifically the Tesla Model 3 comprised 90% of Tesla sales in Australia in 2020. Australia is Tesla’s 14th largest electric car market with Australian Tesla owners having saved 42,856,005 lbs of CO2 from the atmosphere by early 2019. Moreover, approximately 80% of plug-in electric vehicle sales in 2019 in Australia were pure BEVs. The full-electric Tesla Model X and Model 3 are also Australia’s second and third safest cars, while the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQC was named the “Best Car” in Australia in 2019. Unsurprisingly the Tesla Model 3 was the most viewed electric vehicle on Carsales.com.au in 2020, and the Mercedes-Benz EQC was the second most viewed electric vehicles. Carsales.com.au data also highlighted a significant increase in views and enquiries overall for hybrid and full-electric vehicles in 2020. Tesla and Volvo are currently the only two major car manufacturers to offer only electric cars to the Australian market from mid-2021. Volkswagen will also only sell electric cars in Australia in 2026 at the latest, as the manufacturer will stop production of petrol-powered ICE vehicles by 2026.
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