Sales for electric vehicles have hit a new record \u2013 accounting for nearly a quarter of new car sales in March 2026 as more Australians choose EVs for their lower running costs.<\/p>\n
The number of EVs sold totalled 24,054 or 22.9 percent in March, with sales up 69.6 percent year to date compared to 2025.<\/p>\n
Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) CEO Julie Delvecchio said the overall car market tightened by three percent in March but EVs bucked the trend.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve just crossed half a million EVs on Australian roads,\u201d Ms Delvecchio said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe growth is being driven by soaring petrol prices and the Electric Car Discount.\u201d<\/p>\n
The record sales period coincided with a surge in public charging demand over the Easter long weekend, as more Australians than ever hit the road in electric vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Easter was one of the biggest tests yet for Australia\u2019s public charging network,\u201d Ms Delvecchio said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe surge wasn\u2019t unexpected given the current fuel crisis, but it provides a clear sign of what lies ahead as more Australians make the switch to electric vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile some locations experienced congestion during peak travel periods, overall charging held up for most EV drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NRMA reported a \u201cstrong performance\u201d across its charging network during the busy holiday period, an NRMA spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The EVC is calling for a single national charging plan to guide rollout of infrastructure for passenger vehicles and freight to 2035 in line with Australia\u2019s net-zero targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sales for electric vehicles have hit a new record \u2013 accounting for nearly a quarter of new car…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-593089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}