Number of electric vehicles on Australian roads soars as demand exceeds supply

Australia’s total of EVs almost doubled in 2022, growing from 44,000 to more than 83,000, sales data shows

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The number of electric vehicles on Australian roads has almost doubled over the past year, growing from 44,000 at the beginning of 2022 to more than 83,000, according to research based on sales data released in the Electric Vehicle Council’s yearly recap.

That figure is expected to top 100,000 in the coming months.

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