Greater than 1.2 million new automobiles had been bought in Australia all through 2023, with virtually 110,000 of those being hybrid or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) autos.
Final 12 months was a document one for each hybrids and PHEVs, because the 98,439 hybrids bettered the earlier 12 months’s document by 20 per cent when 81,816 had been bought.
Whereas PHEVs are nonetheless the second-least well-liked drivetrain – sitting solely above hydrogen autos – the 11,212 plug-in petrol-hybrid automobiles bought represented development of virtually 89 per cent on the 12 months prior, behind solely the expansion fee of the electrical car phase (up 161 per cent).
Australian hybrid gross sales in 2023
Total market chief Toyota continued its gross sales dominance within the electrified car gross sales charts, led by its ever-popular RAV4 SUV, Corolla hatchback and sedan, and Camry sedan.
In whole, Toyota’s hybrids accounted for 72,084 gross sales – a staggering 73 per cent of whole hybrid gross sales, and 5.9 per cent of whole new automobile gross sales in 2023.
After Toyota fashions locked out the highest six spots, GWM completed the 12 months in seventh and ninth place, courtesy of the Haval H6 hybrid and Jolion hybrids – which had been cut up by the Lexus NX.
Rounding out the highest ten in gross sales was the Toyota C-HR hybrid, edging out the Lexus RX350h and RX500h.
The Nissan X-Path e-Energy, which differs from Toyota’s hybrids in utilizing its petrol engine as a generator to cost a battery that powers the electrical motors, was the twelfth best-selling hybrid.
Australian plug-in hybrid (PHEV) gross sales in 2023
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV held the highest spot in plug-in gross sales in 2023, adopted carefully by the MG HS Plus EV.
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross was Australia’s third best-selling PHEV, narrowly forward of the Mazda CX-60.
One other shocking end result was the Kia Sorento PHEV, which outsold its conventional Sorento hybrid sibling by 152 examples.
Gross sales of hybrid and plug-in hybrid autos are anticipated to develop this 12 months, with greater than a dozen fashions because of arrive in Australian showrooms all through 2024.
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