I’ve been collecting data about Australian BEV sales for my own interest for some time now, but I thought it was about time I posted it somewhere. So here goes.
The main source I’m using is CarExpert’s monthly VFACTS sales reports. The monthly sales data goes back only to July 2020 - that’s when CarExpert started including BEV sales figures in their reports. There’s also one important caveat: Tesla sales are not included in the monthly data prior to March 2022. This is because Tesla refused to submit sales data to the VFACTS database. The company had a change of heart in March 2022 and finally started participating. Annual sales data does include Tesla, as Drive found some annual Tesla registration data, so I was able to add Tesla’s sales to the VFACTS sales from other brands. This lack of Tesla monthly data is why some graphs go back only to the start of 2022 (or February 2023 for the 12 month rolling graph) – there’s limited point in going back further when more than half the sales are missing.
New sales grew strongly in 2023, reaching 87,000 units. This was well up on the 33,000 sales of 2022. Cumulative sales for the 2020s soared well above the 100,000 unit milestone.
But there was a major slowdown in growth in the second half of the year, with H2 sales being only slightly higher than H1 sales. Aside from the peak in June, the market has really been flat since March.
The main source I’m using is CarExpert’s monthly VFACTS sales reports. The monthly sales data goes back only to July 2020 - that’s when CarExpert started including BEV sales figures in their reports. There’s also one important caveat: Tesla sales are not included in the monthly data prior to March 2022. This is because Tesla refused to submit sales data to the VFACTS database. The company had a change of heart in March 2022 and finally started participating. Annual sales data does include Tesla, as Drive found some annual Tesla registration data, so I was able to add Tesla’s sales to the VFACTS sales from other brands. This lack of Tesla monthly data is why some graphs go back only to the start of 2022 (or February 2023 for the 12 month rolling graph) – there’s limited point in going back further when more than half the sales are missing.
New sales grew strongly in 2023, reaching 87,000 units. This was well up on the 33,000 sales of 2022. Cumulative sales for the 2020s soared well above the 100,000 unit milestone.
But there was a major slowdown in growth in the second half of the year, with H2 sales being only slightly higher than H1 sales. Aside from the peak in June, the market has really been flat since March.
