One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world, according to ABC News (Australia) and The Guardian

An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles, according to The Guardian and ABC News (Australia).

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A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council Australians are buying electric vehicles at record levels, with sales more than… — confirmed by: The Guardian, ABC News (Australia)
An electric car is being sold every 100 seconds in Australia, but there is still a long road ahead to decarbonise the country's transport sector — confirmed by: ABC News (Australia), The Guardian
Australians are buying electric vehicles at record levels, with sales more than doubling year on year and occurring at a rate equivalent to one EV sold every 100 seconds — confirmed by: The Guardian, ABC News (Australia)
One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world — confirmed by: ABC News (Australia), The Guardian
An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles — confirmed by: The Guardian, ABC News (Australia)

A record 157,957 EV sales occurred between January and June – an 117% increase on the same period last year — The Guardian
A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June — The Guardian
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates — The Guardian
This year's sales boom is being driven by suburban commuters, with the highest EV uptake in Tarneit, about 30 kilometres west of Melbourne — ABC News (Australia)
Electric cars have become mainstream in Australia, which has been lagging in the uptake of the technology — ABC News (Australia)
The 10th anniversary edition of the annual State of Electric Vehicles Report shows how EVs have become mainstream within a decade, making up one in four new cars sold — ABC News (Australia)

~~Comparatively, petrol and diesel vehicle sales decreased by 14% year on year, according to the council’s chief executive, Julie Delvecchio~~ — The Guardian
~~EVs accounted for one in four new vehicles sold in the first half of the year, up 12.1% from the first six months of 2025, the state of EVs report said.~~ — The Guardian

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