Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland
As at 31 January 2023.
Registered battery electric vehicles include passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks. Registration data includes private ownership, commercial fleet, and commercial dealership registrations.
Legend: Registrations Trend line
This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from January 2020 to January 2023.
Month
Number of battery electric vehicles registered
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
Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)
Suburb
Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City
285
Southport
207
Surfers Paradise
170
Hope Island
156
Rochedale
144
Robina
138
Fortitude Valley
133
All others
14,077
Total passenger BEVs
15,310
Total BEVs
16,731
EV fleet penetration: 0.4%
Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)
Legend: Tesla 3 Tesla Y BYD Atto 3 MG ZS EV Nissan Leaf Hyundai Kona Tesla S Hyundai Ioniq Tesla X Volvo XC40 All others
This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 31 January 2023.
Model
% Registered*
Tesla 3
49
Tesla Y
11
BYD Atto 3
4
MG ZS EV
4
Nissan Leaf
4
Hyundai Kona
3
Tesla S
3
Hyundai Ioniq
3
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
Legend: Usage Trend line
This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from January 2020 to January 2023.
A $0.20/kWh charge was introduced on 28 January 2020.
Month
kWhs
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
Popular fast-charging stations
Suburb
Sessions
kWh Usage
%*
Hamilton
12,156
231,196
13
North Lakes
7,559
122,493
8
Coolangatta
7,187
112,747
8
Helensvale
6,325
97,067
7
Springwood
5,766
104,401
6
Springfield
5,353
94,573
6
Cairns
4,435
79,120
5
All others
41,845
805,228
46
Total kWh usage
90,626
1,646,825
* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Tailpipe emissions saved
2,065–2,423 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 704 cars off Queensland roads.
Kilometres charged
9,427,161km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 650 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.
