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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

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

Tesla cars at a charging station
Almost 20,000 of the electric vehicles sold in Australia in 2022 were made by Tesla. Photograph: Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson/AAP

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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