Electric vehicles just 3.39% of new Australian car sales despite sharp increase, report says

There was a 15% increase in the number of charging stations around Australia, the EV Council’s report found, with 2,147 across Australia as of June 2022. Photograph: The Guardian

New electric vehicle sales within Australia have increased by 65% in 2022 but uptake still lags far behind other countries.

Electric cars now represent 3.39% of all new car sales in Australia according to the latest State of Electric Vehicles report by the Electric Vehicle Council, but the figures pale against those in other nations such as the UK, where one in five new cars are electric.