CANBERRA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia more than doubled in 2023, a report has revealed.
According to the Electric Vehicle Industry Recap 2023, which was published by peak industry body the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) on Friday, Australians bought 98,346 new electric vehicles in 2023, an increase of 149.9 percent from 39,353 in 2022.
The report said that 8.45 percent of all new cars sold in Australia in 2023 were EVs, up from 3.81 percent in 2022.
"After a long period of anticipation last decade, it's now genuinely exciting to see the electric vehicle revolution rolling out all over Australia," Behyad Jafari, chief executive of the EVC, said in a media release.
The recap said the EVC was confident the market can continue to grow 30-50 percent per year.
There were 99 different EV models available in Australia in 2023, up from 70 in 2022, including 56 battery electric vehicles and 43 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
The Tesla Model Y remained the most popular EV model in Australia followed by the Tesla Model 3 and BYD Atto 3, and the three models accounted for more than 50,000 sales. ■
