Electric vehicle snapshot September 2024

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 30 September 2024.

Chart description

This graph shows the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from January 2018 to September 2024.

Month	Number of battery electric vehicles registered
January 2018	688
February 2018	701
March 2018	736
April 2018	762
May 2018	772
June 2018	798
July 2018	819
August 2018	848
September 2018	880
October 2018	873
November 2018	876
December 2018	908
January 2019	938
February 2019	945
March 2019	972
April 2019	1,011
May 2019	1,054
June 2019	1,095
July 2019	1,134
August 2019	1,217
September 2019	1,661
October 2019	1,742
November 2019	1,894
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 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

Local Government Areas (LGA) with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)

Local Government Area	Percentage of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane	45%
Gold Coast	15%
Moreton Bay	8%
Sunshine Coast	6%
Logan	6%
All other	20%

BEV passenger care fleet penetration: 1.1%

Data source: Department of Transport and Main Roads

Battery Electric Vehicle models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Chart description

This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 30 September 2024.

Model	Percentage registered*
Tesla Model 3	27
Tesla Model Y	23
Byd Atto 3	10
Mg4	3
Byd Seal	3
Mg Zs Ev	3
Kia Ev6	2
Polestar 2	2
Volvo Xc40	2
Hyundai Kona	2
Nissan Leaf	2
Byd Dolphin	2
Mercedes-Benz Eqa250	1
Bmw Ix1	1
Kia Niro	1
All others	16

* 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

Chart description

This graph shows the number of kilowatt-hours used along the Queensland Electric Super Highway from January 2018 to September 2024.

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	kWhs
January 2018	2,200
February 2018	1,682
March 2018	2,350
April 2018	2,762
May 2018	2,483
June 2018	2,745
July 2018	2,341
August 2018	4,246
September 2018	3,333
October 2018	3,702
November 2018	4,638
December 2018	2,948
January 2019	3,232
February 2019	2,568
March 2019	4,202
April 2019	7,162
May 2019	5,497
June 2019	7,320
July 2019	5,481
August 2019	5,210
September 2019	7,163
October 2019	14,501
November 2019	16,256
December 2019	22,103
January 2020	23,941
February 2020	8,524
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	141,720
July 2024	137,063
August 2024	132,803
September 2024	137,284

Popular fast-charging stations (2017 to 30 September 2024)

Suburb	Sessions	kWh Usage	Percentage*
Hamilton*	23,724	521,038	12
North Lakes	16,952	363,539	8
Slacks Creek	14,073	296,692	7
Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta)	17,616	295,363	7
Helensvale	13,626	270,884	6
Cairns	10,242	213,477	5
Springfield	9,854	204,553	5
All others	111,416	2,332,546	52
Total	217,503	4,498,093	100

*The QESH charging site located in Hamilton, Brisbane was decommissioned from 27 May 2024 to facilitate the new Bluey’s World attraction. The Department of Energy and Climate is working with Yurika to install a new QESH fast charger in a new address in Hamilton.

*Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.

Kilometres charged

24.7 million  km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 1,706 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.