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Highlights:
- A recent report by the Electric Vehicle Council states only 3.9% of total vehicle sales comprised of EVs.
- Australia is lagging compared to other countries in terms of uptake of Electric Vehicles.
- Carmakers and automobile companies are still not prioritising sending their EVs to Australia.
Electric vehicle sales in Australia have increased significantly by 65% in 2022. However, the uptake of these vehicles is still lagging compared to some other countries. Of all new car sales in Australia, electric vehicle accounts for 3.39% as per the latest report released by the Electric Vehicle council.
Although these are good numbers in Australia, when compared with other counties, these numbers seem disappointing. For example, in the UK, one in every five new cars is electric.
The report also said that the highest number of electric vehicle sales was recorded in the ACT. About 9.5% of all new cars sold were electric.
New South Wales led the list of highest electric vehicle sales, accounting for 3.7% of all the sales, followed by Queensland at 3.4%, said the report by Electric Vehicle Council.
The head of policy at the Electric Vehicle Council, Jake Whitehead, said that automobile companies and carmakers are still not prioritising Australia when it comes to selecting where to send the EVs.
Australia is basically the second option for automobile companies and car makers when they choose to send a part of their global production. It is so because Australia probably lacked fuel efficiency standards or clear plans to phase out petrol engine sales.
However, sending more EVs to Australia now would imply shifting from the larger, fast-moving and growing market with clear rules and incentives.
As far as infrastructure is concerned, Australia, at this moment, hosts 2,147 charging stations across the country as of June 2022. It represents a 15% gain in the number of charging stations compared to early 2021.
