Electric vehicle snapshot

Electric vehicle snapshot August 2021

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As of 1 August 2021.

Graph of Battery Electric Vehicles registered in Queensland, as of 1 May 2021

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

Legend:
Registrations 
Trend line

This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from August 2019 to April 2021.

Month Number of battery electric vehicles registered
August 2019 1,217
September 2019 1,661
October 2019 1,742
November 2019 1,894
December 2020 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

Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered

Suburb Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City 95
Southport 79
Surfers Paradise 69
Hope Island 61
Fortitude Valley 52
All others 4,606
Total Passenger BEVs4,962
Total BEVs5,695

EV fleet penetration: 0.13%

Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Pie graph representing the different battery models registered in Queensland

Tesla accounts for almost three-quarters of Queensland's total battery electric passenger vehicles.

Legend:
Tesla Model 3
Tesla Model S
Nissan Leaf
Tesla Model X
Hyundai Kona
Hyundai Ioniq
ZS EV
EQC400
Jaguar I-Pace
Taycan  
All others

This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 1 August 2021.

Model % Registered
Tesla Model 3 55
Tesla Model S 9
Nissan Leaf 8
Tesla Model X 7
Hyundai Kona 4
Hyundai Ioniq 3
MG ZS4
Mercedes EQC4002
Jaguar I-Pace 1
Taycan1
All others6

Tesla accounts for almost three-quarters of Queensland's total battery electric passenger vehicles.

Queensland Electric Super Highway

Yurika own and operate all fast charging stations along the Queensland Electric Super Highway (QESH).

Usage

Graph showing usage of QESH from July 2018 to April 2021

Legend:
Usage 
Trend line

This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from April 2018 to December 2020.

MonthkWhs
July 20182,341
August 20184,246
September 20183,333
October 20183,702
November 20184,638
December 20182,948
January 20193,232 ($0.20/kWh charge introduced on 28 January 2020)
February 20192,568
March 20194,202
April 20197,162 (COVID-19 travel restrictions commenced)
May 20195,438
June 20197,019
July 20195,389
August 20195,210
September 20197,163
October 201914,501
November 201916,256
December 201922,103
January 202023,941
February 20208,524
March 20208,263
April 20203,970
May 20207,113
June 202010,754
July 202013,609
August 202014,407
September 202015,935
October 202013,774
November 202013,302
December 202021,888
January 202120,422
February 202117,774
March 202123,134
April 202126,093
May 202130,365
June 202138,250
July 202141,805

Popular fast-charging stations

SuburbkWh Usage%
Hamilton82,80017%
Helensvale36,9007%
Coolangatta36,2007%
Cairns33,0007%
Springfield28,1006%
All others278,50056%
Total kWh usage495,600 kWh 

Tailpipe emissions saved

552 - 648 tonnes saved by using Green Energy, equivalent to removing 184 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

2,477,900km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 171 times.

Last updated:
14 September 2021