Low and zero emission vehicles registered in Queensland
As at 30 June 2025.
Note: 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.
Zero emission vehicles include battery electric vehicles (BEVs) while low emission vehicles include hybrids and plug-in hybrid election vehicles (PHEVs).
As of 30 June 2025:
the total registered zero emission vehicles (BEVs) in Queensland was 64,684, with a total vehicle fleet penetration of 1.3%
the total registered low emission vehicles (hybrids and PHEVs) in Queensland was 159,145, with a total vehicle fleet penetration of 3.5%.
The type of vehicles included in registered low and zero emission vehicles, and the total vehicle fleet are passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks. Registration data includes private ownership, commercial fleet, and commercial dealership registrations.
This graph shows the number of low and zero emission vehicles registered (include passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks) in Queensland from June 2020 to June 2025.
Month
Number of zero emission vehicles (BEVs) registered
Number of low emission vehicles (hybrids and PHEVs) registered
June 2020
2,830
30,084
July 2020
2,913
31,542
August 2020
2,952
33,094
September 2020
3,193
33,899
October 2020
3,282
35,125
November 2020
3,336
36,544
December 2020
3,606
37,700
January 2021
3,682
38,588
February 2021
3,746
39,672
March 2021
4,267
41,096
April 2021
4,348
42,678
May 2021
4,753
44,250
June 2021
5,295
45,583
July 2021
5,720
46,765
August 2021
6,169
48,118
September 2021
6,825
49,646
October 2021
7,160
50,491
November 2021
7,594
51,440
December 2021
8,076
52,700
January 2022
8,232
53,605
February 2022
8,697
55,455
March 2022
9,535
56,820
April 2022
9,724
58,251
May 2022
9,959
59,855
June 2022
10,180
61,376
July 2022
10,333
62,820
August 2022
11,385
64,533
September 2022
12,997
65,745
October 2022
13,720
67,251
November 2022
14,328
69,135
December 2022
15,325
70,803
January 2023
16,872
72,116
February 2023
18,040
73,347
March 2023
19,521
74,752
April 2023
21,164
76,077
May 2023
22,421
77,371
June 2023
24,606
79,628
July 2023
25,899
82,159
August 2023
28,288
84,644
September 2023
30,061
86,504
October 2023
31,231
88,789
November 2023
33,488
91,054
December 2023
35,047
93,178
January 2024
36,413
95,078
February 2024
38,335
97,606
March 2024
40,528
100,742
April 2024
41,920
104,486
May 2024
44,156
107,803
June 2024
46,323
111,202
July 2024
47,990
115,562
August 2024
49,445
119,519
September 2024
50,688
123,058
October 2024
52,158
126,714
November 2024
53,467
130,160
December 2024
54,968
133,488
January 2025
55,879
137,488
February 2025
57,080
141,607
March 2025
58,528
146,248
April 2025
59,823
149,855
May 2025
62,048
154,296
June 2025
64,684
159,145
Local Government Areas (LGA) with most total Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered as at 30 June 2025
Local Government Area
Percentage of BEVs in the total vehicle fleet
Brisbane
43%
Gold Coast
14%
Moreton Bay
8%
Sunshine Coast
6%
Logan
6%
Ipswich
4%
Redland
3%
Townsville
2%
Cairns
2%
Toowoomba
1%
All other
10%
Note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%. Registered BEVs include passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks.
Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Battery Electric Vehicle models registered in Queensland
This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 31 March 2025.
Model
Percentage registered*
Tesla Model 3
23%
Tesla Model Y
23%
BYD Atto 3
9%
Mg4
4%
BYD Seal
3%
Mg Zs Ev
2%
Kia Ev6
2%
Polestar 2
2%
Hyundai Kona
2%
All others
27%
* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Queensland Electric Super Highway
Yurika, a subsidiary of Energy Queensland, own and operate all fast charging stations along the Queensland Electric Super Highway.
Usage
Data source: yurika.com.au
Note: On 27 May 2024, the Queensland Electric Super Highway Phase 1 site in Hamilton was decommissioned to facilitate the new Bluey’s World attraction. A new site in Hamilton (at Dock A Car Park, corner of Wharf Street and MacArthur Avenue) opened in March 2025.
This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from June 2020 to June 2025.
Month
kWh
June 2020
10,736
July 2020
13,608
August 2020
14,405
September 2020
15,934
October 2020
13,812
November 2020
13,261
December 2020
21,900
January 2021
20,418
February 2021
17,771
March 2021
23,149
April 2021
26,075
May 2021
30,363
June 2021
38,248
July 2021
41,802
August 2021
29,542
September 2021
41,509
October 2021
44,523
November 2021
43,312
December 2021
56,499
January 2022
52,260
February 2022
47,404
March 2022
66,613
April 2022
71,779
May 2022
66,673
June 2022
66,342
July 2022
69,775
August 2022
72,338
September 2022
79,873
October 2022
85,824
November 2022
70,977
December 2022
88,438
January 2023
92,789
February 2023
74,313
March 2023
88,735
April 2023
112,981
May 2023
115,813
June 2023
136,610
July 2023
157,677
August 2023
149,896
September 2023
177,399
October 2023
157,651
November 2023
157,877
December 2023
185,759
January 2024
172,954
February 2024
149,093
March 2024
165,601
April 2024
156,388
May 2024
148,579
June 2024
141,680
July 2024
137,063
August 2024
132,803
September 2024
137,284
October 2024
137,477
November 2024
131,010
December 2024
131,432
January 2025
121,552
February 2025
98,766
March 2025
111,163
April 2025
132,012
May 2025
153,773
June 2025
173,737
Most popular fast-charging stations (since the opening of the QESH in 2017 to 30 June 2025)
Suburb
Sessions
kWh usage
Percentage
Hamilton
26,436
599,581
11
North Lakes
19,487
417,439
7
Helensvale
16,789
380,636
7
Slacks Creek
15,947
356,321
6
Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta)
20,014
336,047
6
Springfield
14,720
333,268
6
Cairns
13,055
280,865
5
All others
139,906
2,984,859
52
Total
267,751
5,689,015
100
Note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Charging costs
On 30 June 2024, the charging rate for 50kW and 75kW chargers at Queensland Electric Super Highway sites increased from 30 cents per kilowatt-hour to 55 cents per kilowatt-hour, with the current fee for 22kW chargers maintained at 30 cents per kilowatt.
Kilometres charged
Since the inception of the QESH in 2017, the QESH have delivered a total of 31.29 million km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 2,158 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.
