Gross sales of electrical automobiles and petrol-powered automobiles have dropped, whereas hybrid and plug-in hybrid automobiles are gaining velocity, based on new information from the Australian Vehicle Affiliation (AAA).
Within the first three months of 2025, Australians purchased 17,914 battery electrical automobiles (BEVs). That’s the bottom in two years and solely 6.3 per cent of all new automotive gross sales. It’s down from 21,331 BEVs bought within the December quarter of 2024.
Petrol and diesel automobiles, referred to as inside combustion engine (ICE) automobiles, nonetheless make up most gross sales. Round 206,810 ICE automobiles had been bought within the March quarter. However that’s additionally a drop from the earlier quarter.
Whereas total automotive gross sales fell barely, hybrid and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) gross sales rose. Plug-in hybrids practically doubled, from 7,556 within the December quarter to 13,698 in March 2025.
“Gross sales figures affirm a transparent development of development for hybrids,” stated the AAA in a press release.
In actual fact, hybrids have outsold BEVs for the final seven quarters in a row. BEV gross sales appear to have peaked for now.
One cause BEV gross sales could have slowed is that authorities rebates to assist folks purchase them have ended throughout all states and territories. Western Australia was the final to cease its rebates in early Might.
Plug-In Hybrids Achieve Reputation
Plug-in hybrid automobiles are doing higher every quarter, particularly within the ACT the place they now make up 11.65 per cent of recent automotive gross sales. In huge states like NSW and Western Australia, they make up round 4 per cent to five per cent of gross sales.
Two huge issues could have helped PHEV gross sales final quarter: the discharge of the BYD Shark 6 4WD Ute, which bought 4,836 items, and the top of a tax break for PHEVs in April. That tax break helped folks lower your expenses when leasing these automobiles, so consumers could have rushed to buy earlier than it ended.
SUVs Nonetheless Rule the Highway
Medium-sized SUVs are the preferred automobiles in Australia. They’re the highest sellers for BEVs, hybrids, and PHEVs. For petrol and diesel automobiles, they’re the fourth hottest, behind small SUVs, 4WD Utes, and huge SUVs.
Within the March quarter, about half of all medium SUVs bought had been petrol or diesel, practically 30 per cent had been hybrids, round 11 per cent had been electrical, and nearly 9 per cent had been plug-in hybrids.
The BYD Shark 6 Ute made a giant splash within the PHEV market. It now makes up over 35 per cent of all PHEV gross sales and practically 10 per centof all 4WD Utes bought.
The AAA’s EV Index helps folks see how the automotive market is altering. It reveals what number of gentle automobiles are bought by gasoline kind – electrical, plug-in hybrid, hybrid, and petrol or diesel.
The info comes from many trusted sources, just like the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and the Electrical Automobile Council.
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