Top 10 Best-Selling Electric Cars in Australia (2021)

Best-Selling Electric Cars in Australia

As reported by Daily Mail, an electric vehicle made in China named “MG ZS EV” ranked first in Australia’s best-selling list of electric vehicles in 2021. This electric SUV occupied more than one-fourth of the current electric vehicle market in Australia. However, as the federal government is gradually eliminating oil-fueled cars, its future market share might gradually expand as well.

In 2021, there were 5,149 electric vehicles sold out in total on the Australian market, excluding Tesla. The performance of the ZS EV made in China was the most impressive, with 1,388 vehicles sold out, which took up 27% of the total. As an expensive electric sports car, Porsche Taycan overtook Hyundai Koda, the former succeeding in selling 531. This sufficed to show the unfading passion of Australians for luxury cars.

Below is a list of Australia’s electric vehicle sales in 2021. Let’s take a look at it.

Top 10 Best-Selling Electric Cars in Australia (By 2021 Sales)
Rank	Model	Units Sold
1	MG ZS Compact SUV	1,388
2	Porsche Taycan Luxury sports car	531
3	Hyundai Kona Compact SUV	505
4	Nissan LEAF Compact car	367
5	Mercedes-Benz EQA Compact SUV	367
6	Hyundai Ioniq Compact SUV	339
7	Mercedes-Benz EQC Compact SUV	298
8	MINI Electric Subcompact car	291
9	Kia Niro Compact SUV	217
10	Volvo XC40 Compact SUV	207

*Tesla, for failing to provide its sales data to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), was not included in the ranking.

Though the year 2021 witnessed a new high in Australia’s electric vehicle sales volume 2021, its percentage in the whole Australian automobile market was lower than 1%. This meant that Australia was probably the developed country with the lowest popularization rate of electric vehicles worldwide.

A possible reason is that Australia does not offer too many subsidies for electric vehicle buyers. Additionally, Australia has a vast territory but a sparse population. Different cities in Australia are far apart from each other, and charging piles are lacking. This poses a huge challenge to long-distance trips by electric vehicles. Instead of coping with the challenge, ordinary citizens resort to alternatives. This can also explain why ordinary citizens are not so active to buy electric vehicles. In the future, the government should draw up relevant policies to increase the sales volume of electric vehicles.