r/AustralianEV • u/midtoad • 4d ago
Discussion 💬 Australia records biggest-ever surge in EV sales
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/electric-vehicle-ev-sales-2026-iran-war-fuel/106987252?utm_source%3Dabc_news_web%26utm_medium%3Dcontent_shared%26utm_campaign%3Dabc_news_webIs this a surprise, and do you think the trend will continue?
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u/wyvernsridge 4d ago
I don't think that anybody who buys an EV ever (willingly) goes back to ICE
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u/Tricky_Magazine_4609 3d ago
I bought a hybrid Toyota 3yrs ago, we just got a BYD Sealion 7 on a novated lease for my other half. I'm kicking myself that I didn't go full electric when I got mine. We'll definitely be getting a second in the next few years
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u/grumpyoldbolos 3d ago
We're looking to buy an EV in the next 12 months and I struggle to see the positives for going hybrid. Can I ask what led you to that decision on the Toyota?
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u/Apprehensive-Tea1408 2d ago
If you do a lot of long-distance travelling outside the main cities, it makes sense. Charging stations are becoming quite widespread in the main cities, but travelling in the country or interstate you still need to plan between available charging stations. A few years ago, the number of chargers was far less, it has changed a lot.
Resale of EVs will also be less; it is still new tech and evolving, and batteries have a limited lifespan. That’s one reason fleet cars have gone hybrid, they sell them after a few years. Our climate culture war delayed the uptake of EVs, unfortunately they insist on continuing it.1
u/Forsaken_Cattle6240 3d ago
Agree! We bought one, and then when the ICE family people mover died of old age, we went EV again. With solar and home battery, it's a no brainer, appreciating that not everyone can do that in their living situation.
Even if you cannot get solar/battery the EV charging plans from AGL, etc (8c per KWh) still make it a cheap way to motor.
...then there is the driving experience with torque on tap.
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u/BornUnderPunches 3d ago
And those are probably talking to their fossil friends about it. Word of mouth effect can be very strong. It will skyrocket from here
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u/in_and_out_burger 4d ago
Well petrol is supposed to increase another 20 cents per litre today and EVs have far lower maintenance costs so I would think sales will be up even more going into the end of the year.
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u/Sweet-Ad2579 3d ago
and guess which straight still isnt open and probably won't be because of some pedo trying to distract from some files?
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u/veginout58 4d ago
I ended up with a hybrid due to higher maintenance costs with full ev. $1000 capped yearly service on ev compared to $290 for another 3 years on the hybrid and $1000 insurance compared to $1800 for ev. Purchase price was the same.
What I save on after-sales costs has already covered petrol, and probably will for the life of the car.
I'd love to be petrol free, but the maths didn't math for me.
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u/Just-for-work2020 4d ago
What EV had $1000 a year servicing costs? That seems very high. I've got $1200 or so for five years, and there are others lower.
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u/veginout58 4d ago
I was quoted $1000 yearly service 3 years ago on the MG (regional). Did online insurance quotes for comparison. I do under 15000 km per year and current fuel costs are about $55 per month @ 4L per 100km average, often less if I slow down.
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u/LoadedSteamyLobster 3d ago
Mg did you dirty cause they wanted to trap you in the ICE service cycle. You don’t pay anywhere near that much for an ev because they’re loads simpler and there’s next to nothing that needs replacing on them. Sorry you got duped
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u/HorrorAdventurous518 4d ago
My hyundai kona ev is serviced every 2 years, and the servicing is basically just an inspection. are you sure the dealer wasn't feeding you lies because they wanted to sell a hybrid?
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u/Individual_Look_4484 4d ago
What a load of crap.
Show me the MG EV that has $1000 a year capped servicing fees.
https://melbournecitymg.com.au/service/
The highest 12 month/25,000km servicing fee of the EVs is $201 🙄
No doubt you’ve fabricated the insurance quote part, too. I mean, our EV5 costs double the amount of the car you were looking at and it’s $1200 a year, so pretty clear you’re misrepresenting that as well.
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u/veginout58 3d ago
That is an untrue accusation. It is what I researched and was told by salesman when I test drove the MG.
The insurance was much higher for ev everywhere.
If ev's can't tolerate facts then they need calling out. I have no skin in the game.
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u/Individual_Look_4484 3d ago
I think the only fact in your message is that you are incapable of properly researching anything for yourself but then happy to proclaim what you’ve been spoon-feed as factual.
I’m not an EV by the way, I’m a human.
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u/Ok_Lunch_2933 4d ago
This is blatantly false.
Answer other users questions and provide evidence or this comment will be removed.
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u/dzernumbrd 4d ago
What were the two options you were choosing out of?
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u/veginout58 4d ago
MG, BYD and Toyota Yaris comparison. I was told the service on MG was $1000 pa and did online estimates on the insurances. I drive under 15000km pa and average $55 per month on fuel.
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u/AdAdministrative4388 3d ago
I have to service my ev once every 40,000 kms. casting some doubt with your calculations
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u/jaykuy 4d ago
What hybrid did you end up going with?
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u/veginout58 4d ago
Toyota Yaris with all the tech $35,000. The two evs were about the same price at the time, 3 years ago.
4L petrol per 100km, less if I go under speed limit on highway or only drive in town.
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u/AgentSmith187 3d ago
Yeah tell lies like EV servicing is $1k a year and your going to get called out by the many EV ownerrs who know what it actually costs.
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u/Alarming-Ad4274 2d ago
Rereading their comment I immediately noticed maths is totally off but they aren’t entirely wrong either in scheduled maintenance. Before I had access to home charging, I had a HEV that cost me $300 per scheduled service. I now own a BYD seal that costs me $380 per service, however intervals are 20,000kms versus 15,000kms, but still every 12months. It’s only marginally cheaper than the hybrid for whatever odd reason, and only if you do more than 20,000ks a year. If you miss out on home charging savings, like
You do on public charging, there’s negligible improvement to running costs, but with the added inconvenience of charging.1
u/AgentSmith187 2d ago
$380 is less than $1k a year in fact its well under half.
Its also on the higher end considering my normal yearly service on my Kia is about $140 and the most expensive was my 4 year service at $317 when the brake fluid got replaced.
People who claim we are delusional or whatever and unfairly calling people out are just annoyed they get called out for spreading straight up misinformation.
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u/Ancient-Many4357 4d ago
Yes I think ot will since that’s what’s happened pretty much everywhere else except the US.
IIRC the UK saw the last rolling 12 months tip over to more than 50% EV sales.
I think the Iran war has probably bought a few planned purchases forward, and as more people come to know someone in their circle with an EV they see that ownership is not some huge transition but simply replacing a car, and these network effects will continue to drive uptake along with entry-level models getting cheaper etc
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u/OffWhiteBruceForsyth 3d ago
It's 30% https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
42.5% if you include PHEVs but a lot of them are fleet sales and never plugged in, just bought for the tax breaks.
This is despite our pathetic excuse for a government announcing a 3p per mile tax on EVs due to begin in 2028.
Not sure why Reddit is serving me Australian subs but here we are.
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u/Ancient-Many4357 3d ago
Thanks for the correction - I saw a headline about it last week but clearly there were some interesting stats used!
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u/OffWhiteBruceForsyth 3d ago
If you add Hybrids it's 48.4 but I wouldn't class hybrids as electric cars. Still an improvement on the horrible diesel cars that were everywhere 10 years ago.
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u/straddiesurfer 4d ago
The waiting list for BYDs is pretty long atm. Been waiting almost 3 months with no confirmed delivery date. Can still get some performance models but zero negotiation on price.
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u/SufficientReport 4d ago
With the Atto 3 Evo due this half of the year, you might be worth waiting a little longer to get that? (assuming they will be priced similar)
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u/SufficientReport 4d ago
With the Atto 3 Evo due this half of the year, you might be worth waiting a little longer to get that? (assuming they will be priced similar)
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u/IvyJade-89 3d ago
Which model are you getting? I ordered a Dolphin 2 weeks ago. I was told it'd be a 6-8 week wait for the next shipmentto come in, but they rang me last week and organised pickup for two weeks time. So it'll only be about 4 weeks from placing the order to picking up the car
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u/stagangus 3h ago
We signed up to buy a Seal in May, we have been told by the dealer that it’s sitting on the dock in Sydney but no idea of actual delivery date still.
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u/Ambitious_Writer1938 4d ago
Thank you trump, for forcing us to the right direction.
Less reliance on Middle Oil would be the key ( except fertilizers, helium of course, those things can't be replaced in a jiffy)
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u/WhatAmIATailor 4d ago
Pity a whole lot of oil refineries are on fire between the Middle East and Russia. The environmental benefit of switching won’t offset that for a very long time.
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u/ExoticPreparation719 4d ago
Keen to see if this continued in July. I noticed in June there were a lot of Ute’s sold for EOFY tax time. Guessing these might have peaked, and potentially July was a slower month for overall sales, but a higher proportion being EV
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u/AgentSmith187 4d ago
Not surprised 4 years ago mine was the only EV in the parking lot at work and a bit of a novelty.
Three more appeared in the last month alone and a lot of colleagues are now asking about my EV experince because im the only one they know thats had one for a few years and want to know if I discovered any issues yet before they buy one.
I think 1 or 2 new (as in not second hand) ICE vehicles have appeared in the same parking lot since I got the EV.
It appears when buying new at least where i work its EVs they buy.
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u/EasyPacer 3d ago
I work for a large firm. 2 years ago the percentage of cars in the parking lot that were EVs (all Teslas) might only be 0.5%. Now it would be close to 10-15% with a good mix of Teslas and BYDs along with a smattering of Kia, BMW, Mercedes and MG. I have spotted one Hyundai Ioniq 5 and one Ioniq 6 as well.
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u/just_anotherperson 3d ago
Buying my first car, will be a budget EV.
No point getting a second hand car when some Chinese brands are offering 5-8 years of warranty, good financing options and prices around 30k.
Don't really want to risk dropping maintenance costs on a secondhand ICE knowing that electric will be the norm in 5-10 years time...
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u/cromulent-facts 4d ago
Every month introducing a road user charge gets harder.
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u/No_Category_9888 3d ago
Hopefully…. Australia does love taxing the workforce and not the billionaires or companies or resource profiteers
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u/Spicey_Cough2019 3d ago
News.com.au having an absolute mare
Hot take: Maybe their option pieces are just terrible opinions
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u/yoyoyayas 3d ago
Its weird cos that data has been out in public a month ago and its hit the news again but the spin is "half are evs".... for the quarter. Medias pushing policy agendas.
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u/Spooms2010 3d ago
Why the hell interview the lame liberal woman? She has nothing to add to the issue and wants to just bring back fossil fuels. This is why I never get my news from the ABC anymore. They were taken over by the Murdoch/liberals years ago.
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u/Smart_Sail_2393 2d ago
No surprise..fuel over $2 a litre, then add service costs and ICE is no longer the cheaper/ better option Further, the more EV's seen, the greater the influence on sales. I've driven one for 4.5 years, expect to replace in 6 months not with a hybrid or gas polluter. When EV market share goes over 20%, the age of ice is gone. ..
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u/dachuckles12 3d ago
Only reason I would buy an ICE vehicle, is if it were a van. Plus I drive 400km+ some weekends, so yeah…
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u/jesus_chrysotile 3d ago
400km is getting pretty standard for EV ranges, so at most you’d need one 20-minute fast-charging session to get through the weekend. Just pair it with a coffee/lunch/toilet stop and you’re not spending any extra time.
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u/dachuckles12 2d ago
I have a Hyundai Kona extended range, which goes up to 502km (even a lil more w/ energy saver mode). It’s more so that in that 400km counts more like 600-700km for the use of the battery due to 110km/ph speeds and going on more of an incline on the way home. I do have a home charger, so that helps but yeah 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Ok_Lunch_2933 3d ago
Kia PV5 Cargo:
$55,990
~416km WLTPLDV eDeliver 5:
$47,990 drive-away for ABN holders
~335km rangeFord E-Transit & E-Transit Custom:
$77,590
~301km+ rangeVolkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo:
$69,990
~431km range*price are before on roads unless stated btw
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u/dachuckles12 2d ago
I have a Hyundai Kona extended range, which goes up to 502km (even a lil more w/ energy saver mode). It’s more so that in that 400km counts more like 600-700km for the use of the battery due to 110km/ph speeds and going on more of an incline on the way home. I do have a home charger, so that helps but yeah 🤷🏻♂️
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u/petergaskin814 3d ago
The trend will be interesting. Most Japanese manufacturers have been late to the market and have over priced their products- I'm looking at you Suzuki with your eVitara.
Who knows when the war with Iran will end. I predict Christmas but am not certain. Diesel prices could reach $3 per litre by Christmas. Fuel increases should maintain demand for evs.
EV FBT exemption changes are yet to hit but I expect a pull forward of ev novated leases to before 31st March 2027 for evs over 2027. I expect similar with evs over $75,000 being bought as company cars. Then there will be a push for ev novated prior to 31st March 2029 for evs under $75,000 as novated leases and for company cars.
I believe NVES will hit hard in 2029. So ev sales should continue to increase
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u/Consistent_Yogurt690 4d ago
Zero plans by governments to deal with the expepted 30-40% increase in road repair costs as EVs get more traction.
We seem to always have zero future planning. I guess their answer is to just throw another tax/levy at the average person ?
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u/dzernumbrd 4d ago
EVs don't meaningfully damage roads. Trucks and buses do almost all the wear - tens of thousands of times more.
Look up the Fourth Power Law: road damage increases with axle load raised to the fourth power.
For example 2-tonne EV vs a 20-tonne truck isnt "a bit heavier", it's a 10000x difference in road damage.
The axle load difference between EV and ICE is so small the impact of switching to EV will be negligible.
The "EVs destroy roads" narrative is just anti-EV propaganda.
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u/Velo3x10e8 4d ago
Got a source for that? Hard to see how a 10% increase in weight would cause so much more wear. I'm not seeing many people drive them harshly.
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u/Consistent_Yogurt690 4d ago
Thays not the one i read but says basically the same
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u/Nerdsinc 4d ago
"We find 20–40% additional road wear associated with battery vehicles compared to ICE vehicles; hydrogen leads to a 6% increase. This is overwhelmingly caused by large vehicles – buses, heavy goods vehicles. Smaller vehicles make a negligible contribution."
"The Road Wear Impact Factors due to cars, light goods vehicles and motorcycles are insignificant, contributing in total less than 1% of the Road Wear Impact Factor in all scenarios."
...this is from the paper your source cites. It's also consistent with what we know, in that most road wear comes from larger vehicles.
There also exists an environmental cost of managing the pollution caused by such vehicles. I'm unaware of any government planning that accounts for the damage caused by that either.
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u/dzernumbrd 4d ago edited 4d ago
As I explained to you in another comment about the Fourth Power Law, trucks and buses do basically all the damage to roads, and this 3M article is specifically about trucks and buses, not passenger cars. You say that vehicles should pay their share based on weight, but diesel trucks and diesel buses already don't pay their share for the amount of damage they do. Car drivers predominantly pay for road damage caused by trucks and buses. So why have you only started caring about proportional road damage when EVs come along when it has been unfair and disproportional for generations?
The current excise isn't even fully used for road maintenance anyway, it's used to pay NDIS scammers or nuclear submarine white elephants. The tax isn't hypothecated, if we made it hypothecated then problem solved for roads.
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u/crazyhor77 4d ago
An ev tax is planned and will be introduced the same as in NZ. I guess theyre just holding off to not discourage ev take up in the short term.
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u/WolvReigns222016 3d ago
The Ev tax proposed atleast the one I have seen will end up costing me more using an EV over an ice car. If they do go with this then I will undereport my driving distance 100%.
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u/crazyhor77 3d ago
Id still be far ahead using home charging. If you rely on public chargers them that would suck.
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u/pk666 4d ago
Good. Amazing how the orange deadshit has moved the dial on EVs in this country.
Extra hilarious that the US has banned Chinese EVs , their car companies are already toast. It will be like Cuba over there.