The
@Tesla
Model 3 outsold the Toyota Camry in Australia in 2022! And three times that of the Merc C-Class.
The Model Y outsold the Honda CR-V. Both were the biggest sellers in their class (medium passenger and SUV over $60k)
M3 - 10,877
Camry - 9,538
MY - 8,717
CR-V - 8,123
.
@Tesla
CEO and co-founder
@elonmusk
has kept his promise to cut the pricing for Premium Connectivity subscriptions in Australia, dropping it 41% to $10 a month.
The
@Tesla
Model Y has outsold the Ford Ranger
- 5.560 Model Ys delivered
- 1,458 Model 3s
- 1,532 BYD Atto 3s
- EV sales reached 8.8% in June as overall vehicle sales exceed 120k
- 7.4% for H1 2023
“Impossible:” Tesla Model S does 400,000km on one set of brake pads
I talked to
@UniqueImagesAus
about the hard yards his
@Tesla
Model S has done in just three years - and it still has the same battery too!
I’ve got to say, the Australian
#EV
community is hands down an amazing and inspiring collective of people. I can’t tag everyone and not all the EV peeps are on Twitter but you know who you all are and I hope I get to meet you all in person one day ⚡️👌 Pic: my Model Y @ Bruns
RIP
@BenFordham
when he finds out this is actually an Ausgrid electricity box that's been there for two years
Jolt installs street chargers on existing connections to the grid
#eejit
Fun fact:
@Tesla
only has to drop the price of the RWD Model 3 another $3350 for it to match
@ToyotaMotorCorp
Camry SL (similar specs eg 18” wheels, heated and memory seats, sat nav and 9” display) in NSW
UPDATE:
@Tesla
Model 3 outsells Toyota Camry and grabs No 4 spot on Australian monthly new car sales
August sales figures:
Tesla Model 3 2,380
Toyota Camry 1,184
YTD, Toyota sold 7,410 Camry units.
Tesla has sold 7,037 Model 3s.
It’s a huge sign when even the fossil fuel companies start shutting down their core offering: Shell Is Closing 1,000 Gas Stations To Focus On
#EV
Charging
The
@Tesla
Model 3 now rated for 141MPG equivalent fuel efficiency.
This equates to 60km driven on the amount of energy in just ONE litre of fuel.
***8 times*** better than the average Australian car at 7.5km/litre.
All with
#zeroemissions
.
#Model3AU
It's important to clarify that the 114 battery fires encountered by FRNWM in Jan-Jul 2023 were in portable devices, e-scooters and e-bikes, not electric cars as this article implies.
@Carsguide
, please update your piece, see
@NRMA
's link
EV sales accounted for almost one in ten new car sales nationally in February, and one in four in the ACT, reaching a new all-time high for clean transport in Australia.
@Tesla
will launch the Model Y electric SUV in Hong Kong in coming days, marking it the first right-hand drive market and giving hints at Australian pricing
#ModelYAU
7.2% of sales in 2023 were EVs (87,217), over double that of 2022 (3.2%, 33,410)
**BUT**
More cars than ever were sold (1.2m), and 12.7% of these were utes with CO2 emissions over double that of the EU limit (95gm/km)
Ranger - 199gm/km
Hilux - 199gm/km
D-Max - 202gm/km
Here’s my charging costs for my 740km trip to Sydney on Saturday. Charge stops were Coffs, Port Macquarie and Tuggerah. I got to Coffs on free energy from the sun.
Total: $44
Road trip Melbourne - Sydney.
BMW Petrol vs BMW EV
EV cost $132 for the whole journey.
Petrol vehicle cost $118 for the whole journey.
EV slower - 2hrs 8min spent stationary charging.
Interesting that a lot of EV chargers were not working due to Optus outage. Hmm 🤔
There are now 8,257
@Tesla
#ModelY
on Aussie roads. 1,805 more arrived in November, along with 391
#Model3
.
#EV
sales in Australia have topped 28,000 so far this year, a record that will see a six fold increase from 2022
Stopped in Taree for the night. Motel with trucks lining the streets outside. Arrived to find a bunch of friendly and incredibly interested drivers wanting to see the Tesla charging, heaps of questions about range, charging at home, servicing
New figures reveal
@Tesla
made it into the top ten most popular auto brands in NSW in the last quarter of 2019, while some American and Japanese mainstays suffered dipping sales that placed them at the bottom of the list.
All-electric vehicles sales have reached 6.8% in Feb, a new record for Australia
-
@Tesla
Model 3 retained
#3
position
- 2,671 Model 3s delivered ahead of CX-5 and Outlander
- 5,933 EVs in total
- big polluters Ranger and Hi-Lux still selling by bucketload
A weekend of driving and finally the battery is down to 8% ... pretty impressed with the 400+km range with a combo of highway and heavy traffic (oh and the performance!)
#taycan
#taycan4S
@PorscheAus
Came back from shopping to find this
#kombi
#evconversion
sitting next to my PHEV! Andy, who converted it, will tell us more about it for
@TheDriven_io
this week 👌✅
Things I said this morning driving my son’s car (the Tesla is at the service centre): wait, I have to start it? And use the brakes? And lock it when I walk away?
That was before I filled the tank 🥴
Just delivered first born to college at uni. Faultless drive to Sydney in 9hrs inc detour to Karuah (first time visit!) then arrived in Ultimo to charge at the apartments I’m staying 👌
- first stop Coffs SC
- next stop Port Macquarie SC
- third stop Karuah
- arrive Sydney
Australia’s
@seaelectricev
has revealed it set up manufacturing in the US rather than locally after a Big 4 bank pulled funding in 2020 because it “didn’t believe in electrification”
In the
@smh
today from
@pwhatch
and
@NickToscano1
Halfway to Sydney for
@FullyChargedShw
and not a drop spent on fuel. This photo from the
@NRMA
charger at Grafton. I‘ve opted for a stop with charging included in Armidale on the way. Tmrw will stop at Scone NRMA and that should do the job 👌
Based on
@BloombergNEF
forecasts, EV battery replacement costs will almost halve by 2030.
Even better news - every EV bought today will have a warranty until 2032
Toyota Exec: "EVs currently don’t make sense in countries like Australia, where the majority of electricity continues to come from coal-fired power stations," said Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia VP of sales.
The Model Y is the best selling overall car or SUV in Australia.
He…
EV sales March figures (AU)
->> Pure EVs beat hybrids by 26% (6,612 vs 5,247)
->> 2nd month running that more EVs sold than hybrids
->> 1st quarter EV sales account for 6.5%
->> More Model Ys sold than Model 3s (1,938 vs 1,640)
->> BYD averaging a little over 1,000 EVs a month
Disgustingly framed rundown of
@mitsucars
report on EV emissions from Drive. Of course Australia’s grid needs to ditch coal, but EVs can be already be charged from rooftop solar and EV networks pay for green energy
Exciting times for the EV market over coming years. BYD (supplies batteries for Tesla, Toyota etc) is releasing the BYD Seagull at $9,000 US. Slightly larger than a Suzuki Ignis, the Seagull or similar EV could eventually sell in Oz for $20,000 to $25,000
Basically in
#EV
heaven right now. Building a list of all the EVs I’ve seen in a five minute walk. Four ones I’ve never seen IRL in a space of 40 metres
It is with great pleasure that I would like to introduce Dr Phil Schmidt, who has just been appointed as TNL's Senior Policy Advisor on Science. Phil is the former Chief Scientist at the CSIRO and ex-President of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
#TNL
#auspol