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"Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen estimates that Australians
bought an electric vehicle once every 50 minutes when the federal Labor
government came to power in 2022. By his reckoning, they are now buying EVs –
and he appears to be including plug-in hybrids – every 77 seconds.
If that’s correct, then all it would take for Australia to be buying more
battery electric vehicles than cars with a fossil fuel engine, is to cut that
buying rhythm down to around 30 seconds – plug in hybrids excluded.
Australia experienced its best ever sales for EVs in the month of June, on the
back of some stunning numbers from market leaders BYD and Tesla, who absolutely
smashed their previous monthly records. The Tesla Model Y took the country’s
number one spot for the second month in a row and the BYD SeaLion 7 came in at
number 4. BYD very nearly unseated long time market heavyweight Toyota as the
best selling overall brand.
Australians are taking up EVs of course in record numbers,” Bowen noted on
Saturday.
“A total of 36 per cent of purchases in June were either fully electric or
plug-in hybrid. 24 per cent fully electric vehicles, 12 per cent plug-in
hybrid, a total of 36 per cent, which compares to just under 2 per cent when we
came to office.
“When we came to office in 2022, an Australian bought an EV once every 50
minutes. In June, an Australian bought an EV once every (77) seconds. Now, this
is Australians making their choices to protect themselves against rising
international uncertainty when it comes to petrol and fuel.
“But Australians know that what’s good for the planet is also good for their
pocket. It’s also Australians taking up a massive increase in choices for EVs
and plug-in hybrid brought about by our new vehicle efficiency standards, which
were introduced against the face of fierce opposition from the Liberals and the
Nationals and One Nation.
“But we had the view that Australians deserve better choices, and Australians
are taking up those choices now in huge numbers. So, very good to see
Australians maximising their choices, their freedom of choice to buy an EV or a
plug-in hybrid vehicle with those increases in models that are available now,
as a result of the Albanese Government’s policy.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
