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Dismal 2015 EV And Hybrid Sales | Support For Infrastructure And Pricing Support For Buyers Needed – FCAI, Toyota

Despite yet another record year of Australian vehicle sales, electric and hybrid vehicles barely bothered the scorer. And in fact, except for hybrid SUVs, were dramatically down on 2014 sales. In a passenger car market (including SUVs, but excluding LC


Despite yet another record year of Australian vehicle sales, electric and hybrid vehicles barely bothered the scorer. And in fact, except for hybrid SUVs, were dramatically down on 2014 sales.

In a passenger car market (including SUVs, but excluding LCVs, twin-cab utes, etc.) of 752,406 sales, EV and hybrid sales totalled a dismal 13,246 units, most of which were hybrids, 12,138 units.

This is just 1.76 percent of the passenger car and SUV market, and a barely relevant 1.15 percent of the total market of 1,155,408 vehicle sales.

And of these sales, the lion’s share was in Government and business purchases - 8289 sales – or just 2.12 percent of total Government, business and rental sales of 390,540.

So what’s going wrong here? In fact, if there was any indicator of the lip-service of Government and industry to a commitment to CO2 reduction, these figures are that indicator.

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