Electric vehicle snapshot March 2025
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)
Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland
As at 31 March 2025.
Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Registered battery electric vehicles include passenger cars, light vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks. Registration data includes private ownership, commercial fleet, and commercial dealership registrations.
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.
Registrations
Trend line
This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from March 2020 to March 2025.
| Month | Number of battery electric vehicles registered |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| August 2021 | 6,143 |
| September 2021 | 6,801 |
| October 2021 | 7,129 |
| November 2021 | 7,574 |
| December 2021 | 8,057 |
| January 2022 | 8,213 |
| February 2022 | 8,676 |
| March 2022 | 9,516 |
| April 2022 | 9,701 |
| May 2022 | 9,938 |
| June 2022 | 10,161 |
| July 2022 | 10,318 |
| August 2022 | 11,312 |
| September 2022 | 12,928 |
| October 2022 | 13,656 |
| November 2022 | 14,244 |
| December 2022 | 15,166 |
| January 2023 | 16,731 |
| February 2023 | 17,897 |
| March 2023 | 19,378 |
| April 2023 | 21,031 |
| May 2023 | 22,284 |
| June 2023 | 24,476 |
| July 2023 | 25,778 |
| August 2023 | 28,198 |
| September 2023 | 33,488 |
| October 2023 | 31,144 |
| November 2023 | 33,488 |
| December 2023 | 35,047 |
| January 2024 | 36,413 |
| February 2024 | 38,335 |
| March 2024 | 40,528 |
| April 2024 | 41,920 |
| May 2024 | 44,156 |
| June 2024 | 46,323 |
| July 2024 | 47,990 |
| August 2024 | 49,445 |
| September 2024 | 50,688 |
| October 2024 | 52,158 |
| November 2024 | 53,467 |
| December 2024 | 54,968 |
| January 2025 | 55,879 |
| February 2025 | 57,080 |
| March 2025 | 58,528 |
Local Government Areas (LGA) with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)
| Local Government Area | Percentage of BEVs (passenger cars) |
|---|---|
| Brisbane | 44% |
| Gold Coast | 15% |
| Moreton Bay | 8% |
| Sunshine Coast | 7% |
| Logan | 6% |
| Ipswich | 4% |
| All other | 16% |
Note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
BEV passenger care fleet penetration: 1.3%
Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Battery Electric Vehicle models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)
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 | 25 |
Tesla Model Y | 23 |
BYD Atto 3 | 9 |
Mg4 | 5 |
BYD Seal | 3 |
Mg Zs Ev | 3 |
Kia Ev6 | 2 |
Polestar 2 | 2 |
All others | 28 |
* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Queensland Electric Super Highway
Yurika own and operate all fast charging stations along the Queensland Electric Super Highway.
Usage
Data source: chargefox.com
Usage
Trend line
This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from March 2020 to March 2025.
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.
| Month | kWh |
|---|---|
| March 2020 | 8,263 |
| April 2020 | 3,970 |
| May 2020 | 7,113 |
| June 2020 | 10,754 |
| July 2020 | 13,609 |
| August 2020 | 14,407 |
| September 2020 | 15,935 |
| October 2020 | 13,774 |
| November 2020 | 13,302 |
| December 2020 | 21,888 |
| January 2021 | 20,422 |
| February 2021 | 17,774 |
| March 2021 | 23,134 |
| April 2021 | 26,093 |
| May 2021 | 30,365 |
| June 2021 | 38,250 |
| July 2021 | 41,805 |
| August 2021 | 29,544 |
| September 2021 | 41,512 |
| October 2021 | 44,557 |
| November 2021 | 43,359 |
| December 2021 | 56,504 |
| January 2022 | 52,277 |
| February 2022 | 47,411 |
| March 2022 | 66,618 |
| April 2022 | 71,775 |
| May 2022 | 67,685 |
| June 2022 | 66,357 |
| July 2022 | 69,774 |
| August 2022 | 75,980 |
| September 2022 | 79,877 |
| October 2022 | 85,688 |
| November 2022 | 70,983 |
| December 2022 | 88,518 |
| January 2023 | 92,817 |
| February 2023 | 74,398 |
| March 2023 | 88,715 |
| April 2023 | 113,050 |
| May 2023 | 115,823 |
| June 2023 | 136,618 |
| July 2023 | 157,689 |
| August 2023 | 149,911 |
| September 2023 | 177,298 |
| October 2023 | 157,599 |
| November 2023 | 157,877 |
| December 2023 | 185,759 |
| January 2024 | 172,954 |
| February 2024 | 149,093 |
| March 2024 | 165,600 |
| 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 |
Popular fast-charging stations (2018 to 31 March 2025)
Suburb | Sessions | kWh usage | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Hamilton* | 23,774 | 522,751 | 10 |
North Lakes | 18,738 | 402,874 | 8 |
| Helensvale | 16,114 | 344,089 | 7 |
| Slacks Creek | 15,947 | 336,982 | 6 |
Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta) | 19,225 | 323,433 | 6 |
Springfield | 12,880 | 286,505 | 5 |
Cairns | 11,948 | 255,436 | 5 |
All others | 129,744 | 2,751,308 | 53 |
Total | 248,370 | 5,224,603 | 100 |
Note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
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.
Kilometres charged
28.74 million km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 1,981 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.