Electric vehicle snapshot October 2022

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)

Battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland

As at 31 October 2022.

Graph showing an increase in the number of battery electric vehicles registered in Queensland from 3,182 on 1 September 2020 to 13,656 on 31 October 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

Suburbs with most Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) registered (passenger cars)

Suburb Number of BEVs (passenger cars)
Brisbane City 231
Southport 190
Surfers Paradise 157
Hope Island 133
Rochedale 112
All others 11,605
Total passenger BEVs12,428
Total BEVs13,656

EV fleet penetration: 0.3%

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 2022.

Legend:
Tesla 3
Tesla Y
Nissan Leaf
Hyundai Kona
Tesla S
Hyundai Ioniq
Tesla X
Atto 3
MG ZS EV
ZS
All others

Queensland Electric Super Highway

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

Graph showing increasing usage of the Queensland electric super highway from 8,524 kWh in February 2020 to 85,688 kWh in October 2022.

Usage

Legend:
Usage 
Trend line

Popular fast-charging stations

SuburbkWh Usage%*
Hamilton214,72915
North Lakes107,0018
Coolangatta89,3416
Helensvale84,4316
Springwood82,3406
All others816,66358
Total kWh usage1,394,506 

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

Tailpipe emissions saved

1,832–2,150 tonnes saved by using Green Energy—equivalent to removing 624 cars off Queensland roads.

Kilometres charged

8,367,037km charged, equivalent to driving around Australia 577 times. Based on an estimated distance of 14,500km to drive around Australia and 1kWh equating to 5–6km travelled.