Electrical car gross sales within the month of Could noticed a report month-to-month complete and Tesla dominate as soon as once more, this time with the Mannequin Y.
BYD additionally noticed it’s largest month as far as it has formally registered extra automobiles in a single month than many different manufacturers have within the first 5 months of 2023.
The official EV uptake determine for the month was 7.7% with Tesla slowing deliveries of its Mannequin 3 in what’s anticipated to be a slowdown in manufacturing as a refreshed Mannequin 3 is ready for launch.
In complete, Tesla and BYD accounted for 73 per cent of electrical car gross sales for the month, which is fairly in step with the yr so far, with the 2 automobile makers taking 72 per cent of the overall market. Tesla by itself gives 58 per cent of Australian gross sales thus far this yr, though it’s attention-grabbing to notice BYD is now in prime place in New Zealand.
The Pushed is ready to listen to from BMW on the iX3 and the Mini Cooper Electrical which will probably be obtainable later within the month.
Here’s a full listing of the EV gross sales within the month of Could and the yr so far.
Could 2023 Australian EV Gross sales
EV Mannequin
Could-23
YTD
Tesla Mannequin Y
3,178
8,442
BYD Atto 3
1,448
4,664
Tesla Mannequin 3
1,298
10,117
MG ZS EV
276
1,400
Volvo XC40 Recharge
266
613
Polestar 2
226
896
Volvo C40 recharge
165
534
Mercedes-Benz EQA
124
272
Kia EV6
104
381
Kia e-Niro
100
305
BMW iX
86
412
Hyundai Kona
72
364
Mercedes-Benz EQB
71
248
Mercedes-Benz EQE
65
199
Hyundai Ioniq 6
61
217
Cupra Born
59
90
Nissan Leaf
56
215
Hyundai Ioniq 5
45
397
Porsche Taycan
42
172
Mercedes-Benz EQC
35
112
BMW i4
26
48
Genesis GV60
25
105
Genesis GV70
19
53
Audi e-tron GT
16
166
Audi e-tron
14
65
BMW i7
3
21
Jaguar I-Tempo
3
16
GWM Ora
3
3
Mercedes-Benz EQS
1
9
Genesis G80
0
5
Hyundai Ioniq
0
1
BMW iX3
TBC
201*
Mini Cooper Electrical
TBC
164*
Complete
8,124
32,050
Notice: Supply is FCI. Totals don’t reconcile with numbers supplied as some gross sales information from particular person automobile makers not revealed. *YTD to April solely from iX3 and Mini Cooper.
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Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception reviews and developments. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, significantly EVs and desires to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He presently drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.