Trend also reflects concerns over range and a lack of charging infrastructure affecting purely electric vehicles, experts say
Australians are buying more cars than ever but are increasingly choosing hybrid vehicles over petrol-powered cars due to rising costs at the bowser, new data by the Australian Automobiles Association shows.
Broadly, total sales across all engine types rose by 10.25% in the three months to 30 June, from 292,944 to 312,889. This follows sales in 2023Sales of traditional petrol-fuelled cars, known as internal combustion engine vehicles rose by 3.13% over the quarter. However, because total sales of all vehicle types rose at a faster rate, the market share of ICE vehicles dropped from 78.16% to 75.47%.
While this was up significantly from the previous quarter’s share of 1.17%, it was only slightly above the market share in the final quarter of 2023, when plug-in hybrids represented 1.47% of sales.
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