Electric vehicle snapshot December 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 31 December 2023.

Battery electric vehicle registered to January 202423

Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads

Registered battery electric vehicles include passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks. Registration data includes private ownership, commercial fleet, and commercial dealership registrations.

The way that registration data is presented in the electric vehicle snapshot may change each quarter due to the point in time of when the data is filtered and processed. Please see the latest published electric vehicle snapshot for the most up to date data.

Legend:
Registrations 
Trend line

This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from January 2018 to December 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
August 2023 28,198
September 2023 33,488
October 2023 31,144
November 202333,488
December 202335,047

Local Government Areas (LGA) with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)

Local Government Area Percentage of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane45%
Gold Coast 17%
Moreton Bay 7%
Sunshine Coast 7%
Logan5%
All other19%

EV fleet penetration: 0.7%

Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads

Battery Electric Vehicle models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Pie chart showing percentage of different models of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland as at Jan 2024

Legend:
Tesla 3
Tesla Y
BYD Atto 3
MG ZS EV
Volvo XC40
Nissan Leaf
Hyundai Kona
Polestar 2
MG 4
Tesla S
All others

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

Model Per centage registered*
Tesla 3 29
Tesla Y 23
BYD Atto 3 9
MG ZS EV 3
Volvo XC402
Nissan Leaf2
Hyundai Kona 2
Polestar 22
MG 42
Tesla S1
Volvo C401
Ioniq1
Eqa2501
Kia Ev61
Kyburz Dxp1
All others16

* 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.

Qld electric super highway usage December 2023

Usage

Data source: chargefox.com

Legend:
Usage 
Trend line

This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from January 2018 to December 2023.

A $0.20/kWh charge was introduced on 28 January 2020. The charge increased to $0.30/kWh on 1 May 2022.

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
August 2023 149,911
September 2023 177,298
October 2023 157,599
November 2023157,877
December 2023185,759

Popular fast-charging stations

SuburbSessions kWh Usage Per centage*
Hamilton 20,157423,258 13
North Lakes 12,531260,933 8
Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta)13,046212,253 8
Springwood 10,008206,527 6
Helensvale 9,756169,120 6
Springfield 8,624174,207 5
Cairns 7,246141,4635
All others 75,8821,568,887 48
Total kWh usage157,2503,156,648100

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

Tailpipe emissions saved

3981–4671 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 1,502 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

18.1 million kilometres charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 1,248 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.