We are the peak national body representing the electric vehicle industry in Australia.
Representing members from across the value chain of the electric vehicle sector, the EVC is a trusted advisor and advocate to governments and decision makers across Australia.
Our mission is to drive investment and awareness to accelerate the electrification of transport, for a more sustainable and prosperous Australia.
As the market is emerging in Australia, our work is particularly aimed at increasing certainty for investment through policy, knowledge sharing and education.
10th anniversary edition
2026 is the year EVs went mainstream.
Our 10th annual report tracks the progress across cars, vans, trucks, buses and charging. It also scores every Australian government on its EV policy and sets out what it will take to reach 5 million EVs by 2035.
AUSTRALIA CAN BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWERHOUSE
Employing Australians to build batteries, chargers, cars, buses and trucks. Cutting pollution from transport and doing our fair share to combat climate change. Reducing our reliance on foreign oil by using Australian energy to move.
We can do all of this. But not while our policies and standards lag the world.
August 2026 marked a turning point in Australian motoring. September confirmed it was no one-off.
Battery electric vehicles led every other fuel type for a second month, taking 24.9% of new car sales ahead of petrol at 24.7% and diesel at 23.9%. Counting plug-in hybrids, electric reached 34.5% — around one in three new cars sold.
Electric held about 1% of the market in 2021 and 16.1% a year ago. The six-month average now sits at a record 32.5% and has risen every month this year.
The question is no longer whether Australians will choose electric. It is how quickly charging networks, the grid and policy settings can keep pace with those who already have.
More Australians are choosing electric than ever before. The EVC is leading the work on charging, grid readiness and smart policy to keep Australia moving. Join the organisation driving Australia’s electric future.
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