EV Market

EV Market Stats 2026

Tracking the electric vehicle market in Australia.

May 2026

New EV registrations

21,303 this month

111.7% YoY

New EV Market Share

20.6% this month

11.1% YoY

What does the new vehicle market look like?

Current Month

New light vehicle sales by fuel type for May 2026

EV market share

20.6% 9.5% in May 2025

PHEV market share

9.0% 2.9% in May 2025

Units sold (vs same month last year)

EV+111.7%

PHEV+202.3%

Hybrid+11.3%

Petrol-30.3%

Diesel-26.2%

EV: Fully electric vehicle. PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

What proportion of new vehicles sold each month are fully electric?

EV Sales in Australia

New light vehicles

What proportion of new vehicles sold each month are plug-in hybrid or fully electric?

Plug-in Sales in Australia

New light vehicles

What’s the market share of different fuel types?

Market Share by Fuel Type

New light vehicles in Australia

Definitions
EV: Fully electric vehicle, PHEV: Plug-in hybrid, Hybrid: electrified powertrain that cannot be charged externally. Only includes new light vehicles (passenger cars, SUVs, utes, and vans), does not include heavy commercial.

Sources
Vehicle sales reported to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (VFACTS) + supplementary numbers from the Electric Vehicle Council (Tesla and Polestar). Data lacks accuracy due to some marques not reporting sales (including Mahindra, Smart, Cadillac, Ineos, Xpeng).

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