Future Auto March 2024
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8 FUTURE AUTO | EV SALES<br />
EV SALES BOOM<br />
COMES WITH WARNING<br />
SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S 2023<br />
SALES DATA INCLUDED:<br />
Full battery electric vehicles:<br />
EV sales continue to surge in South Australia,<br />
registering a 204 per cent year-on-year increase<br />
in 2023.<br />
That record growth matched unprecedented new<br />
vehicle sales across all categories in SA (79,009)<br />
and nationally (1,216,780).<br />
SA’s EV growth of 204 per cent compares to the<br />
national average increase of approximately 160<br />
per cent.<br />
The number of EVs on SA roads now totals<br />
approximately 8,400, which is 0.5 per cent of the<br />
total car parc.<br />
However, future growth could be put at risk from<br />
a range of measures, including the axing of EV<br />
incentives (see story on page 25).<br />
Nationally, battery electric vehicles accounted<br />
for 7.2 per cent of sales with combined battery<br />
electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles<br />
achieving 196,868 sales or 16.2 per cent of new<br />
vehicle sales in 2023.<br />
There are now 87 EV models across 21 brands<br />
in Australia.<br />
Tesla continues to be the top-selling EV brand<br />
accounting for more than 50 per cent of sales.<br />
Its Model Y ranked sixth overall in new car sales,<br />
selling 28,769 units nationally.<br />
China manufactured approximately 75% of the<br />
87,217 EVs sold in Australia last year.<br />
MTA comment<br />
“2023 was a game changer in the uptake of<br />
electric vehicles,” said Motor Trade Association<br />
CEO Darrell Jacobs.<br />
“South Australia’s transition to zero and low<br />
emission vehicles is well underway.<br />
“But vehicle affordability, charging and road<br />
infrastructure, and an appropriately skilled<br />
workforce remain top priorities if ambitions<br />
for the decarbonisation of transport are to<br />
be realised.”<br />
Traditional hybrids:<br />
Plug-in hybrids:<br />
BRAND<br />
5.7 %<br />
of new vehicles sold<br />
9.5 %<br />
of new vehicles sold<br />
1.1 %<br />
of new vehicles sold<br />
National EV Sales for 2023 by Brand:<br />
SALES<br />
1 Tesla 46,116<br />
2 BYD 12,438<br />
3 MG 5928<br />
4 Volvo 3949<br />
5 Mercedes-Benz 3188<br />
6 Kia 3039<br />
7 BMW 2990<br />
8 Polestar 2463<br />
9 Hyundai 2417<br />
100 Cupra 887<br />
Source: www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/australias-top-sellingelectric-cars-in-2023<br />
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