Tesla was the highest-selling EV brand in Australia in 2021 as the nation saw a significant increase in EV sales. The number of new electric vehicles in Australia tripled last year, with Tesla far in the lead, The Guardian has reported. After years of sluggish sales, government incentives have helped … [continued]
The sales statistics for plugin and electrified vehicles in Europe for September have arrived. A megatrend appears to be: an overall reduction in new car sales. Car sales appear to have peaked in 2017 at approximately 100 million vehicles per year. The numbers have been going down ever since. The … [continued]
Starting in six months, Ampol Australia is building out 121 ultra-fast charging stations across its service network. These are being built on the east coast in metropolitan centres and large regional towns. Ampol is targeting commuters and others who just need a top-up during the day. The Australian Renewable Energy … [continued]
The Queensland government has just released data detailing the growth of BEVs in the state’s transport fleet. While not quite an S curve, it does show slow and steady progress — almost doubling from April 2020 to April 2021. The next chart — up to June 2021 — will be … [continued]
Originally posted on EVANNEX. By Charles Morris Among the world’s wealthy countries, Australia is one of the least EV-friendly. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s 2019 comments that characterized EVs as a threat to Australians’ way of life seem to have set the tone for Australia’s hands-off EV policy ever since — the market … [continued]
In Australia, similar to the US, Tesla owns at least 80% of the EV market. While Tesla just made its 1,000,000th vehicle and bypassed a major milestone for a company that is just 16 years old (and taking on an entire industry), in Australia it is nearing its 18,000 mark and taking over the market in one fell swoop.
EV sales in Australia are climbing while sales of conventional cars are falling, echoing a pattern being seen in other nations around the world.
