EV shift is under way: Tesla Model 3 sales go head to head with...

EV shift is under way: Tesla Model 3 sales go head to head with Toyota Camry

Tesla is selling as many Model 3s in Australia as Toyota is selling Camrys, according to The Driven’s latest data, underlining how the shift to electric vehicles is starting to take hold, even in this laggard country market.

As The Driven reported last Thursday, July was a “significant month” for electric vehicle sales in Australia with four times as many EVs delivered compared to the same month a year earlier.

Tesla, unsurprisingly, continues to lead the way, in sales globally as well as in Australia, as confirmed by the most up-to-date shipping data courtesy of @VedaPrime.

We have combined this data with the latest sales figures from all the current automakers in Australia to compare how Tesla Model 3 sales shape up against the four best-selling vehicles in its main competitor categories: small-medium vehicles priced under $60,000 and medium vehicles above $60,000.

These comparison cars include Toyota’s best-sellers, the Camry and the Corolla, and popular premium Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3 Series.

While the Model 3 is often pitted against the premium vehicles, we think its important to cast sales in the light of cheaper segment best-sellers particularly as Australia finally starts to embark upon its EV transition.

This will now be fueled by $3,000 rebates in Victoria (even while it takes with the other hand in the form of a road user charge) and NSW (which is holding off on a road user charge until 2027, and is also wiping stamp duty for new EV purchased from September), and various other incentives from the other states.

The animated graph below is particularly relevant following our story about the potential for the Model 3 to cost less over five years of ownership against the cheapest Toyota Camry hybrid you can get.

While resale values are by no means set in stone, neither are skyrocketing fuel costs compared with the not-so-secret power of electric vehicles: charging for free at home off solar power.

The data shows that while the cheaper Corolla, which in Australia is priced from $24,000, is still leagues ahead of the Tesla Model 3 which now starts at $59,990, in late June it would appear the Tesla officially overtook the $31,000 Toyota Camry.

It had already overtaken the BMW 3 Series and the Mercedes-C-Class in January, and as of July has shipped three times that of each of these models. See it for yourself below:

https://thedriven.io/2021/08/09/ev-...el-3-sales-go-head-to-head-with-toyota-camry/

We’ll be updating this chart and adding more EV models, such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Kia EV6 and the Polestar 2 which are all due to arrive by the end of 2021, as the year progresses.

Stay tuned.


EV uptake gets 20 per cent boost from ACT’s free rego policy

Electric car uptake in the ACT has jumped by almost 20 per cent in the two months since the Territory government began offering a two-year waiver of registration fees for new zero-emissions vehicles, taking it well past the 1,000 mark.

Data from the Access Canberra, and cited by the Australian EV Association, shows that between May 24 – the day the new policy came into play – and July 19, the number of battery electric vehicles registered increased from 967 to 1186, or by just over 18%.

By July 26, this number had risen to 1202.

As The Driven has reported, the ACT government’s ZEV registration fee waiver was included in a governing agreement signed between the ACT Labor and ACT Greens parties following the last territory election.

In addition to the two-year waiver of registration fees, ACT drivers are also able to access up to $15,000 in interest free loans to help cover the upfront purchase cost of an electric vehicle.

The annual government registration fee for a passenger vehicle in the ACT ranges from $314.40 to $572.90, depending on the weight of the vehicle being registered.

EV drivers are still required to pay for a number of other charges, though, including compulsory third party insurance and other road safety tariffs.

The AEVA did not have a breakdown on which EVs made up the July numbers, but in April, Access Canberra reported a breakdown that lead with 422 Teslas, 132 Nissan Leafs, 121 Hyundais, and 15 each of MGs and Mitsubishis.

According to a report in the RiotACT, a Tesla Model 3 belonging to Peter McNeil was the 1,000th EV to be registered in the Territory, last month.



Flat battery?

Order up ‘Roadie’ for an on-demand fast charge

During coronavirus restrictions, call-outs to roadside assistance for jump starts or new batteries reportedly surged when cars weren’t used over extended periods.

But what happens when an electric car battery runs flat or needs a top up?

US start-up SparkCharge is offering on-demand mobile charging service.

The company has developed a mobile fast-charging pack it calls Roadie.

The charging system is small and modular. It fits inside a car boot allowing it to be delivered where and when needed.

SparkCharge says Roadie can top up an electric vehicle with more than 20 kilometres of range in 15 minutes.

In US cities like Los Angeles, Dallas and San Francisco, electric vehicle owners can order a quick top-up charge through the SparkCharge smartphone app.

In other cities, the company is partnering with local logistics or ride hailing companies to deliver the service. In addition to delivering people and packages, such companies can now deliver electricity.

“Some of the people that we work with that are covering these cities, previously, they were Uber Eats or Uber drivers, Lyft drivers, and they said, ‘Well, I can be delivering goods or delivering people, but now with BoostEV, I can start delivering range, delivering electricity to people’”, CEO Josh Aviv said in an interview with Charged.

In Brisbane, RAQC’s roadside assistance patrol vehicles are equipped with mobile chargers.

The organisation says it can re-charge an electric vehicle within 30 minutes.

“If you’re driving an EV and run out of charge in Brisbane, we can now come to you and get you back up and running within 30 minutes, alternatively, we can tow you to straight to our nearest RACQ fast charger,” Howard Strasser from RACQ Patrol said.

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