Electric vehicle snapshot November 2021

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 31 October 2021

Graph showing an increase in the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from 2,115 in December 2019 to 7,129 in 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

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 BEVs6,194
Total BEVs7,129

EV fleet penetration: 0.16%

Battery models registered in Queensland (passenger cars)

Pie chart showing percentage of different models of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland as at 31 October 2021.

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

Queensland Electric Super Highway

Yurika own and operate all fast charging stations along the Queensland Electric Super Highway.

Graph showing increasing usage of the Queensland electric super highway from 2,199.66 kWh in January 2018 to 44,556.70 kWh in October 2021.

Usage

Legend:
Usage 
Trend line

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.