EV Gross sales in Australia — April Replace

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In contrast with March 2025, plug-in car gross sales dropped barely in each New Zealand and Australia in April. In Australia, 8,628 automobiles with a plug had been bought, making up 9.3% of the market (6.4% BEV — 6027 models; 2.9% PHEV — 2601 models). In New Zealand, 649 automobiles with a plug had been bought, roughly 10% of the market (7.3% BEV — 442 models, 3% PHEV — 207 models). I’ll cowl New Zealand additional in a coming article. For now, let’s look nearer at Australia.

A lot of the decline is attributed to Tesla’s flagging gross sales. Is it the await the Mannequin Y refresh, or Elon’s alliance with Trump? We should always know when the Could figures come out with Juniper deliveries. Nonetheless, Tesla bought a mere 500 automobiles in Australia in April 2025 — 220 Mannequin 3s and 280 Mannequin Ys. The Tesla Mannequin 3 was the second greatest promoting passenger car after the Toyota Camry, if that’s any comfort.

My subsequent report on Could’s figures needs to be higher for Tesla in Australia. Certainly one of my Fb correspondents posted: “the RORO ‘Grand Tempo’ arrived in Wollongong late final night time from its journey from China. Round 6am the ferry pilots navigated her into Port Kembla harbour. She is now in place, docked in Australia stuffed with all of the Launch collection Junipers!” That ought to buoy the numbers.

BYD was the main model in Australia, promoting 3,202 plug-ins (1,639 of those BEVs). Kia took the silver with 751 and MG the bronze with 594. The BYD Shark 6 PHEV is promoting properly (1,293) and we’re beginning to see these plug-in monsters within the wild — at procuring centres and alongside the freeway. Nonetheless, with the top of tax breaks for plug-in hybrids, demand is slowing. One enthusiastic Shark proprietor confirmed up at our latest espresso morning.

The Australian prime 10 for April 2025 had been:

1. BYD Sealion — 743 (12 months to this point/YTD — 1473)
2. MG 4 — 363 (YTD — 1,698)
3. World Atto 3 — 355 (YTD — 956)
4. Kia EV5 — 342 (YTD — 1,509)
5. Kia EV3 — 336 (on debut)
6. Seal World — 325 (YTD — 627)
7. Geely EX5 — 324 (YTD — 512)
8. Tesla Mannequin Y — 280 (YTD — 3,394)
9. MG ZS — 227 (YTD — 823)
10. Tesla Mannequin 3 — 220 (YTD — 2,266)

The Kia EV3 (World Automobile of the Yr 2025) entered the chart at quantity 5 on debut. This will likely be a worth bundle to observe. We will likely be attending the native launch this night — keep tuned for the subsequent article! We even noticed one on the native grocery store, however weren’t fast sufficient to get a photograph because it drove away. The Hyundai Inster has additionally simply launched — we will likely be visiting our native dealership for a peek tomorrow. The Geely EX5 is posting first rate numbers contemplating it has solely been on the Australian marketplace for two months. Out of the trio of reasonably priced BEVs — the MG4, the BYD Dolphin, and the GM ORA — solely the MG4 has lived as much as its gross sales potential. Yr to this point, solely 431 Dolphins have bought, and 196 ORA.

Additionally noteworthy additional down the chart for rising numbers every month are the Polestar 4, Cupra Born, and Omoda E5. On the different finish of the market, MG has bought 23 of its midlife-crisis Cyberster this 12 months.

The highest sellers within the Australian fossil gasoline market, Ford and Toyota, are usually not doing so properly promoting EVs. Toyota bought simply 89 (BZ4X) in April and Ford 32 (Mustang Mach-E). Examine this with the posh manufacturers — Porsche bought 150, BMW 489, and Mercedes-Benz 149.

An surprising outcome was the slight drop in gross sales of Toyota gentle hybrids (HEV). In lots of markets, gross sales of HEVs are rising as Toyota and others electrify their fleets. Toyota is aiming for half of its gross sales in 2025 to be HEV. Toyota is dealing with elevated competitors on this market section from Hyundai and Nice Wall Motors.