Electric vehicle snapshot April 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 30 April 2023.

Chart description

This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from January 2018 to April 2023.

Month	Number of battery electric vehicles registered
January 2018	688
February 2018	701
March 2018	736
April 2018	762
May 2018	772
June 2018	798
July 2018	819
August 2018	848
September 2018	880
October 2018	873
November 2018	876
December 2018	908
January 2019	938
February 2019	945
March 2019	972
April 2019	1,011
May 2019	1,054
June 2019	1,095
July 2019	1,134
August 2019	1,217
September 2019	1,661
October 2019	1,742
November 2019	1,894
December 2019	2,115
January 2020	2,201
February 2020	2,337
March 2020	2,588
April 2020	2,636
May 2020	2,691
June 2020	2,824
July 2020	2,904
August 2020	2,939
September 2020	3,182
October 2020	3,273
November 2020	3,326
December 2020	3,597
January 2021	3,673
February 2021	3,737
March 2021	4,258
April 2021	4,339
May 2021	4,743
June 2021	5,266
July 2021	5,695
August 2021	6,143
September 2021	6,801
October 2021	7,129
November 2021	7,574
December 2021	8,057
January 2022	8,213
February 2022	8,676
March 2022	9,516
April 2022	9,701
May 2022	9,938
June 2022	10,161
July 2022	10,318
August 2022	11,312
September 2022	12,928
October 2022	13,656
November 2022	14,244
December 2022	15,166
January 2023	16,731
February 2023	17,897
March 2023	19,378
April 2023	21,031

Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)

Suburb	Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City	342
Southport	257
Fortitude Valley	190
Surfers Paradise	189
Rochedale	188
All others	18,314
Total passenger BEVs	19,480
Total BEVs	21,031

EV fleet penetration: 0.4%

Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Chart description

This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 31 July 2023.

Model	% Registered*
Tesla 3	44
Tesla Y	16
BYD Atto 3	7
MG ZS EV	4
Nissan Leaf	3
Hyundai Kona	3
Tesla S	2
Hyundai Ioniq	2
Tesla X	2
Volvo XC40	2
All others	15

* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.

Queensland Electric Super Highway

Yurika own and operate all fast charging stations along the Queensland Electric Super Highway.

Usage

Chart Description

This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from January 2018 to April 2023.

A $0.20/kWh charge was introduced on 28 January 2020.

Month	kWhs
January 2018	2,200
February 2018	1,682
March 2018	2,350
April 2018	2,762
May 2018	2,483
June 2018	2,745
July 2018	2,341
August 2018	4,246
September 2018	3,333
October 2018	3,702
November 2018	4,638
December 2018	2,948
January 2019	3,232
February 2019	2,568
March 2019	4,202
April 2019	7,162
May 2019	5,497
June 2019	7,320
July 2019	5,481
August 2019	5,210
September 2019	7,163
October 2019	14,501
November 2019	16,256
December 2019	22,103
January 2020	23,941
February 2020	8,524
March 2020	8,263
April 2020	3,970
May 2020	7,113
June 2020	10,754
July 2020	13,609
August 2020	14,407
September 2020	15,935
October 2020	13,774
November 2020	13,302
December 2020	21,888
January 2021	20,422
February 2021	17,774
March 2021	23,134
April 2021	26,093
May 2021	30,365
June 2021	38,250
July 2021	41,805
August 2021	29,544
September 2021	41,512
October 2021	44,557
November 2021	43,359
December 2021	56,504
January 2022	52,277
February 2022	47,411
March 2022	66,618
April 2022	71,775
May 2022	67,685
June 2022	66,357
July 2022	69,774
August 2022	75,980
September 2022	79,877
October 2022	85,688
November 2022	70,983
December 2022	88,518
January 2023	92,817
February 2023	74,398
March 2023	88,715
April 2023	113,050

Popular fast-charging stations

Suburb	Sessions	kWh Usage	%*
Hamilton	14,233	258,915	13.4
Coolangatta	8,950	137,514	8.4
North Lakes	8,500	135,535	8
Helensvale	7,371	119,503	7
Springwood	6,819	121,761	6.4
Springfield	6,191	116,026	5.8
Cairns	5,046	86,146	4.8
All others	48,941	947,588	46.2
Total kWh usage	106,051	1,922,987	100

* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.

Tailpipe emissions saved

2,421–2,841 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 914 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

11,055,795.43km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 762 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.