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Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland
As at 31 July 2022.
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 June 2020 to July 2022.
Month
Number of battery electric vehicles registered
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
Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)
Suburb
Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City
171
Southport
141
Surfers Paradise
117
Hope Island
98
Newstead
79
All others
8,569
Total passenger BEVs
9,175
Total BEVs
10,318
EV fleet penetration: 0.2%
Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)
Legend: Tesla 3 Nissan Leaf Tesla S Hyundai Kona Hyundai Ioniq Tesla X ZS Mercedes EQA 250 Mercedes EQ C400 ZS EV All others
This graph shows the percentage of battery electric vehicle models (passenger vehicles) registered in Queensland as of 30 April 2022.
Model
% Registered*
Tesla 3
57
Nissan Leaf
6
Tesla S
5
Hyundai Kona
4
Tesla X
4
Hyundai Ioniq
4
ZS
2
Mercedes EQA 250
2
Mercedes EQ C400
2
ZS EV
2
All others
14
* 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 November 2019 to July 2022.
A $0.20/kWh charge was introduced on 28 January 2020.
Month
kWhs
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
29,543
September 2021
41,512
October 2021
44,556
November 2021
43,358
December 2021
56,503
January 2022
52,277
February 2022
47,410
March 2022
66,618
April 2022
71,774
May 2022
67,685
June 2022
66,657
July 2022
69,774
Popular fast-charging stations
Suburb
kWh Usage
%*
Hamilton
182,520
16
North Lakes
81,345
7
Coolangatta
77,703
7
Helensvale
73,591
6
Springfield
66,539
6
All others
670,323
58
Total kWh usage
1,152,022
* Please note: these values are rounded to whole numbers and may not total to 100%.
Tailpipe emissions saved
1,514–1,776 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 516 cars off Queensland roads.
Kilometres charged
6,912,132km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 477 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.