Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland
As at 31 October 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 December 2019 to Oct 2021.
Month
Number of battery electric vehicles registered
December 2019
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 2021
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
Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)
Suburb
Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City
105
Southport
96
Surfers Paradise
79
Hope Island
74
Fortitude Valley
68
All others
5,772
Total passenger BEVs
6,194
Total BEVs
7,129
EV fleet penetration: 0.16%
Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)
Legend: Tesla 3 Tesla S Nissan Leaf Tesla X MG ZS EV Hyundai Kona Hyundai Ioniq Mercedes EQ C400 Mercedes EQA 250 Porsche Taycan All others
This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 31 October 2021.
Model
% Registered*
Tesla 3
59
Tesla S
7
Nissan Leaf
7
Tesla X
5
MG ZS EV
4
Hyundai Kona
4
Hyundai Ioniq
2
Mercedes EQ C400
2
Mercedes EQA 250
1
Porsche Taycan
1
All others
7
* 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
Legend: Usage Trend line
This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from January 2018 to October 2021.
A $0.20/kWh charge was introduced on 28 January 2020.
Month
kWhs
January 2018
2,199.66
February 2018
1,681.74
March 2018
2,350.05
April 2018
2,761.76
May 2018
2,483.36
June 2018
2,745.05
July 2018
2,340.67
August 2018
4,246.10
September 2018
3,332.92
October 2018
3,702.30
November 2018
4,638.39
December 2018
2,948.07
January 2019
3,231.52
February 2019
2,568.03
March 2019
4,202.28
April 2019
7,162.22
May 2019
5,437.89
June 2019
7,018.79
July 2019
5,388.92
August 2019
5,210.10
September 2019
7,163.24
October 2019
14,501.00
November 2019
16,256.40
December 2019
22,102.89
January 2020
23,941.00
February 2020
8,523.82
March 2020
8,263.00
April 2020
3,970.00
May 2020
7,112.78
June 2020
10,754.05
July 2020
13,609.00
August 2020
14,407.00
September 2020
15,935.00
October 2020
13,774.00
November 2020
13,302.00
December 2020
21,888.00
January 2021
20,422.00
February 2021
17,774.00
March 2021
23,134.00
April 2021
26,093.00
May 2021
30,365.00
June 2021
38,250.00
July 2021
41,805.00
August 2021
29,543.60
September 2021
41,512.26
October 2021
44,556.70
Popular fast-charging stations
Suburb
kWh Usage
%*
Hamilton
90,706.10
15%
Helensvale
44,016.81
7%
Coolangatta
39,959.74
7%
Cairns
39,413.13
6%
Springfield
34,552.56
6%
All others
362,553.81
59%
Total kWh usage
611,202
19%
* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Tailpipe emissions saved
704–826 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 234 cars off Queensland roads.
Kilometres charged
3,213,428km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 171 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.
