Australian EV sales hit record in June quarter, account for 22 pct of medium SUV segment

The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) across Australia reached a new record in the second quarter of 2025 with nearly 30,000 battery EVs (BEVs) hitting the roads, up 63 per cent and accounting for 9.3 per cent of all new car sales for the quarter.

Aggregate numbers published by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) revealed that new BEV sales for the three months ending June 30 reached 29,244, compared to 17,901 BEVs sold during the first three months of the year.

The second quarter numbers were the highest they’ve been for at least two and a half years – since AAA launched their EV Index, based on data courtesy of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and Electric Vehicle Council.

This also translated to the highest market share for BEVs in that same period, accounting for 9.31 per cent of all new cars sold in the second quarter, up from 6.29 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

Plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) saw a slight dip in their numbers, sliding from 13,711 sold in the first quarter to 11,902 in the second quarter, while non-plug-in hybrid sales fell from 47,013 to 46,732, down 0.6 per cent. Together, PHEVs and mild hybrids took market shares of 3.79 per cent and 14.87 per cent respectively.

While these numbers are somewhat lacklustre, especially when compared to some comparable European markets, the good news is that electrified vehicles are steadily eating into the market share of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.

As seen in the tables below, the number of ICE vehicles sold each quarter, and its market share is trending downwards – though at a much slower rate than is necessary.

Both PHEV and mild hybrids (non-plug-in hybrids) are both also seeing a steady increase in their numbers and market share, but only occasionally does it look as if sales of hybrids eat into the BEV sales numbers.

BEVs also accounted for 22.24 per cent of all new medium SUVs sold, just behind hybrids with 23.92 per cent, and ahead of PHEVs with 6.01 per cent.

This is more than double the 10.92 per cent of medium SUV sales that BEVs accounted for in the first quarter, and up on the previous record of 21.96 per cent set in the second quarter of 2023.

See also The Driven’s detailed month by month sales data for all EV models, which you can find here: Australian electric vehicle sales by month in 2025 – by model and by brand