Australian electric vehicle sales more than double since outbreak of war in Iran
- Australia has recorded its biggest-ever quarterly surge in electric vehicle sales, with updated figures showing new EV purchases doubled in the three months to June 30.
- At 49 per cent, nearly one in every two new vehicles sold was either electric or hybrid, with the spike coinciding with soaring fuel prices at the start of April following the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February.
- The data from the Australian Automobile Association shows that the fully electric vehicle market share jumped from 12.25 per cent to more than 21 per cent in six months.
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- Australia has recorded its biggest-ever quarterly surge in electric vehicle sales, with updated figures showing new EV purchases doubled in the three months to June 30.
- At 49 per cent, nearly one in every two new vehicles sold was either electric or hybrid, with the spike coinciding with soaring fuel prices at the start of April following the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February.
- The data from the Australian Automobile Association shows that the fully electric vehicle market share jumped from 12.25 per cent to more than 21 per cent in six months.
Sources: Abc