Australia’s best-selling electric cars in the first six months of 2025

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The mid-year report for electric vehicle sales reveals the Tesla Model Y remains the most popular model in Australia, while fresh models from BYD, Kia and Geely near the top of the chart.


Jordan Hickey
Australia’s best-selling electric cars in the first six months of 2025

Australia's leading electric vehicle brand, Tesla, is facing growing competition – but its Model Y remains the nation's best-selling electric car.

Sales data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) and Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) for the first half of 2025 – covering reported sales from January to June – reveals 47,230 electric-car deliveries from a market total of 624,130, representing 7.6 per cent of all new-car sales.

It is down 6.7 per cent from last year's first-half total of 51,008, when EVs accounted for 8 per cent of the market, and only a slight increase from the first six months of 2023, when 43,092 electric vehicles were sold.

The decline in sales is largely driven by a lack of demand for the Tesla Model 3 sedan, which is down 65 per cent year-to-date, and the Model Y SUV, down 16.5 per cent, amid slow sales in the first months of 2025 during the changeover to an updated model.

Australia’s best-selling electric cars in the first six months of 2025
Tesla Model Y.

Australian sales of the Model Y have recovered since customer deliveries of the updated model commenced in May.

While electric vehicle sales are down year-on-year, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales have grown 15 per cent and 210 per cent, respectively, with the latter increase led by new models from BYD, the Shark 6 ute and Sealion 6 SUV.

The BYD Sealion 7, a direct rival to the Model Y launched in February, climbed to second place in the electric-car sales race with 3756 deliveries – nudging ahead of the third-place Tesla Model 3 (3715) – after a strong result last month.

The new-to-market Kia EV5, another Tesla Model Y rival, was the fourth-highest-selling electric car in the first six months of 2025, with 2765 sales, then the MG 4 hatch (2268), BYD Atto 3 (1854), Geely EX5 (1845), BYD Seal (1609), and BYD Dolphin (1337).

Australia’s best-selling electric cars in the first six months of 2025
BYD Sealion 7.

They are followed by the newly launched Kia EV3 with 1153 sales year-to-date – the only model in the Top 10 not manufactured in China – and the BMW iX1 (1110), the first non-exclusive EV model in the list, representing 41 per cent of all X1 sales.

Of non-exclusive EV models, the Leapmotor C10 (190 YTD) has the highest share at 61.5 per cent compared to 38.5 per cent for the range-extender hybrid, followed by the BMW iX2 (60 per cent of all X2 sales), Porsche Macan (39.5 per cent) and Fiat 500e / Abarth 500e (35 per cent).

At the other end, one electric Renault Trafic van was sold – believed to be a Renault Australia evaluation vehicle – of a total of 516, for a 0.2 per cent share, while the LDV eT60 ute and Mercedes-Benz eSprinter van (0.3 per cent) also recorded low sales compared to their diesel counterparts.

The figures do not include the Cadillac Lyriq, Smart #1, Smart #3 and XPeng G6, as these brands do not report their sales to the FCAI, the EVC, or independently.

Australia’s best-selling electric cars in the first six months of 2025

Australia's best-selling electric vehicles – January 2025 to June 2025:

ModelYTD 2025Change vs YTD 2024Powertrain Share
Tesla Model Y10,431-16.7%100.0%
BYD Sealion 73756New model100.0%
Tesla Model 33715-65%100.0%
Kia EV52765New model100.0%
MG 42268-18.2%100.0%
BYD Atto 31854-50.2%100.0%
Geely EX51845New model100.0%
BYD Seal1609-60.7%100.0%
BYD Dolphin1337+7.1%100.0%
Kia EV31153New model100.0%
BMW iX11110-10.3%41.2%
MG ZS EV964+50.6%9.5%
BMW iX2720+68.2%60.1%
Volvo EX30697-30.4%100.0%
Polestar 4676New model100.0%
Porsche Macan584New model39.5%
BMW i4558-52.6%100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV544+5.4%100.0%
Audi Q4 e-tron519>999%100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQA446-28.5%100.0%
Chery Omoda E5 / E5434New model16.1%
Toyota bZ4X427-23.1%100.0%
Hyundai Ioniq 5426-21.3%100.0%
Polestar 2396-58.3%100.0%
Zeekr X384New model100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQB373+145.4%100.0%
Mini Aceman368New model100.0%
Volvo XC40 Recharge / EX40365-50.1%28.4%
Mini Countryman E359>999%31.6%
Hyundai Kona Electric337-62.2%3.0%
GWM Ora331-44.1%100.0%
Cupra Born309+19.3%100.0%
MG S5277New model100.0%
Mini Cooper E262+309.4%22.2%
BMW i5257+242.7%100.0%
Kia EV6257-75.8%100.0%
Ford Mustang Mach-E251-23.0%100.0%
BMW iX3232-57.4%9.5%
Hyundai Inster200New model100.0%
BMW iX197-22.7%100.0%
Leapmotor C10 EV190New model61.5%
Volkswagen ID.4184New model100.0%
Cupra Tavascan170New model100.0%
Kia EV9165-47.3%100.0%
Volvo C40 Recharge158-45.7%100.0%
Volkswagen ID. Buzz154New model100.0%
Renault Megane E-Tech151-11.7%100.0%
Audi Q6 e-tron136New model100.0%
Porsche Taycan122-25.2%100.0%
Subaru Solterra121-56.5%100.0%
Skoda Enyaq120New model100.0%
Volvo EX90113New model100.0%
Polestar 3101New model100.0%
Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo100New model100.0%
Deepal S0799New model100.0%
Volkswagen ID.596New model100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQE82-9.9%100.0%
Hyundai Ioniq 677-67.0%100.0%
Fiat 500e / Abarth 500e72-45.9%34.8%
Zeekr 00966New model100.0%
LDV eDeliver765-23.5%10.8%
Nissan Leaf62-67.4%100.0%
Kia Niro EV62-85.3%20.1%
Ford E-Transit49+81.5%5.2%
Jeep Avenger47New model100.0%
Mercedes-Benz eVito van40>999%15.1%
Peugeot E-Partner38-37.7%18.1%
MG Cyberster37New model100.0%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV35New model17.3%
Lexus RZ34-68.8%100.0%
Audi Q8 e-tron31-72.3%100.0%
LDV eDeliver 929+866.7%2.2%
Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer21>999%28.8%
Audi e-tron GT18-72.7%100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV18-73.5%100.0%
Renault Kangoo E-Tech18-57.1%15.4%
Lexus UX300e17-63%3.2%
BMW i716-30.4%100.0%
Ford E-Transit Custom15New model0.9%
Mercedes-Benz EQV13+85.7%100.0%
Peugeot E-30813New model25.5%
Genesis GV70 Electrified13-7.1%2.3%
Peugeot E-Expert11New model8.9%
Genesis GV609-80.4%100.0%
Rolls-Royce Spectre9-18.2%100.0%
LDV eT6080%0.3%
Mercedes-Benz eSprinter van7New model0.3%
Lotus Eletre5New model100.0%
Genesis G80 Electrified4+300%20.0%
Jaguar I-Pace3-40%100.0%
LDV Mifa 93+200%100.0%
Lotus Emeya3New model100.0%
Mercedes-Benz EQS2-66.7%100.0%
Skoda Elroq2New model100.0%
Mazda MX-30 Electric1-66.7%20.0%
Maserati GranTurismo / GranCabrio Folgore1New model10.0%
Renault Trafic E-Tech1New model0.2%
Total47,230-6.7%7.57% of 624,130 total sales
Jordan Hickey

Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.

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