{"id":108522,"date":"2026-01-09T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/?p=108522"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:05:10","slug":"australias-ev-market-just-exploded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/australias-ev-market-just-exploded\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s EV Market Just Exploded\u2014Here\u2019s Who\u2019s Winning in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The electric vehicle (EV) market in Australia has hit a major milestone in 2025, showing explosive growth. While Tesla continues to dominate, there&#8217;s a clear sign that the tides are turning, with BYD rapidly gaining ground. The race is on, and it\u2019s not just about who\u2019s leading today, but who will stay on top tomorrow. The surge of new players, shifting trends, and unexpected outcomes make the EV game more exciting than ever.<\/p>\n<h2>2025 EV Market Snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>In 2025, a total of 103,269 EVs were sold in Australia, marking a 13.1% increase compared to the previous year. That means 8.3% of all new vehicles delivered last year were electric, up from 7.4% in 2024, explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carexpert.com.au\/car-news\/australias-best-selling-evs-in-2025-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carexpert<\/a>. Despite Tesla&#8217;s long-standing dominance in Australia, it\u2019s clear that the Chinese brand BYD is nipping at its heels. Tesla still secured the top spot in 2025, but with a noticeable 24.8% sales drop, the competition has heated up. In fact, BYD surged forward, with a jaw-dropping 77.3% increase in deliveries, ending the year just 3,569 units behind Tesla.<\/p>\n<h2>Tesla vs. BYD: A Changing of the Guard?<\/h2>\n<p>For years, Tesla has been the unquestioned leader in the EV sector globally, but in Australia, its market share shrank to 30% in 2025, compared to 42% in 2024 and 53% in 2023. Meanwhile, BYD grew to 24.5% of the market, making a significant leap. This marks a dramatic shift. But even though BYD is growing fast, Tesla\u2019s been pretty quick to roll out new models like the Model Y, which remained Australia\u2019s best-selling EV in 2025 with 22,239 units sold.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Tesla can&#8217;t afford to rest on its laurels, especially with models like the BYD Sealion 7 showing strong promise. Launched in early 2025, the Sealion 7 outsold the Tesla Model 3 by more than two to one, landing the model in second place.<\/p>\n<h2>The Rise of New Players: Kia, Geely, and Others<\/h2>\n<p>The story doesn\u2019t stop there\u2014Kia\u2019s EV5 saw an impressive rise, securing the fourth spot, while the Geely EX5, despite being a newcomer, grabbed the fifth position. That\u2019s the kind of rapid shift we\u2019re seeing in the market right now. Established brands like BMW and Volkswagen are still making their mark, but they\u2019re finding themselves increasingly overshadowed by these nimble new entrants.<\/p>\n<h2>Tesla&#8217;s Still in the Game\u2014For Now<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Tesla\u2019s overall decline, it still remains the brand to beat in Australia, with models like the Model Y holding steady. But with BYD and Kia pushing hard, the future looks far less predictable. In fact, with the competition growing fierce, we might be seeing the beginning of a new EV era in Australia\u2014one where the usual players no longer dominate the roads.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next for Australia\u2019s EV Market?<\/h2>\n<p>One thing\u2019s for sure: the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/electric-drivers-lose-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EV<\/a> landscape in Australia is changing fast, and 2026 could look very different from today. With the pace at which new models are being introduced and EV adoption on the rise, the question now isn\u2019t just who will be on top, but how long they can hold their ground.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/GenericGene\/status\/2008740887082496489\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla stays on top in Australia&#8217;s EV market, but BYD is rapidly catching up\u2014who will lead in 2026? The race for EV dominance is heating up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":108523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108525,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108522\/revisions\/108525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}