Electric vehicle snapshot August 2021

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As of 1 August 2021.

Chart description

This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from August 2019 to April 2021.

Month	Number of battery electric vehicles registered
August 2019	1,217
September 2019	1,661
October 2019	1,742
November 2019	1,894
December 2020	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

Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered

Suburb	Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City	95
Southport	79
Surfers Paradise	69
Hope Island	61
Fortitude Valley	52
All others	4,606
Total Passenger BEVs	4,962
Total BEVs	5,695

EV fleet penetration: 0.13%

Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Tesla accounts for almost three-quarters of Queensland's total battery electric passenger vehicles.

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This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 1 August 2021.

Model	% Registered
Tesla Model 3	55
Tesla Model S	9
Nissan Leaf	8
Tesla Model X	7
Hyundai Kona	4
Hyundai Ioniq	3
MG ZS	4
Mercedes EQC400	2
Jaguar I-Pace	1
Taycan	1
All others	6

Tesla accounts for almost three-quarters of Queensland's total battery electric passenger vehicles.

Queensland Electric Super Highway

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

Usage

Chart Description

This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from April 2018 to December 2020.

Month	kWhs
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 ($0.20/kWh charge introduced on 28 January 2020)
February 2019	2,568
March 2019	4,202
April 2019	7,162 (COVID-19 travel restrictions commenced)
May 2019	5,438
June 2019	7,019
July 2019	5,389
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

Popular fast-charging stations

Suburb	kWh Usage	%
Hamilton	82,800	17%
Helensvale	36,900	7%
Coolangatta	36,200	7%
Cairns	33,000	7%
Springfield	28,100	6%
All others	278,500	56%
Total kWh usage	495,600 kWh

Tailpipe emissions saved

552 - 648 tonnes saved by using Green Energy, equivalent to removing 184 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

2,477,900km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 171 times.