Electric vehicle snapshot July 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 31 July 2023.

Graph showing an increase in the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from 688 on 1 Jan 2018 to 25,778 on 31 Jul 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 2018 to July 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
May 2023 22,284
June 2023 24,476
July 2023 25,778

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

Suburb Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City 487
Southport 293
Rochedale 256
Hope Island 219
Surfers Paradise 210
Indooroopilly 194
Robina 193
All others 22,280
Total passenger BEVs24,132
Total BEVs25,778

EV fleet penetration: 0.5%

Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Pie chart showing percentage of different models of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland as at 31 July 2023 with Tesla 3 at 37%, Tesla Y at 21% , BYD Atto 3 at 9%, MG ZS EV at 4%, Nissan Leaf, Hyundai Kona, Volvo XC40, Polestar 2, Tesla Model S, Hyundai Ioniq all have 2%, with all other models having 16% of registrations .

Legend:
Tesla 3
Tesla Y
BYD Atto 3
MG ZS EV
Nissan Leaf
Hyundai Kona
Volvo XC40
Polestar 2
Tesla S
Hyundai Ioniq
All others

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

Model Per centage registered*
Tesla 3 37
Tesla Y 21
BYD Atto 3 9
MG ZS EV 4
Nissan Leaf 3
Hyundai Kona 2
Volvo XC40 2
Polestar 2 2
Tesla S 2
Hyundai Ioniq 2
All others 16

* 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.

Graph showing increasing usage of the Queensland electric super highway from 2,200 kWh in January 2018 to 157,689,050 kWh in July 2023.

Usage

Legend:
Usage 
Trend line

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.

MonthkWhs
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
May 2023 115,823
June 2023 136,618
July 2023 157,689

Popular fast-charging stations

SuburbSessions kWh Usage Per centage*
Hamilton 17,572 312.654 14
North Lakes 10,301 178,516 8
Coolangatta 9,805 150,386 8
Helensvale 8,342 132,643 6
Springwood 8,129 150,484 6
Springfield 7,818 147,809 6
Cairns 5,833 101,004 5
All others 60,729 1.159,621 47
Total kWh usage128,5292,333,118100

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

Tailpipe emissions saved

2,938–3,447 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 1,109 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

13,413,751km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 925 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.