EV SALES EXPECTED TO DOUBLE THIS YEAR, REPORT FINDS

More than one in five cars sold in the ACT are now electric vehicles. That’s more  than double the figure for the other states and territories, led by NSW and Tasmania  where they account for nine per cent of the market. Australia-wide EVs account for  8.4 per cent of new vehicle sales, with a total of 46,624 sales for the first six months  of this year.   These are the findings of  the annual State of Electric Vehicles report by the Electric  Vehicle Council (EVC) which predicts sales of EVs… Read more

BYD ATTO 3 REVIEW

Although the name BYD will be well-known to electric vehicle buyers, it’s still largely unknown in the Australian motoring mainstream – but that’s about to change. Somewhat quirkily BYD stands for Build Your Dreams and the Chinese company is actually the world’s second-largest manufacturer of fully-electrified vehicles, second only to Tesla. When plug-in hybrids (PHEV) are added, it’s the largest, with over 1.6 million built in 2022. Although there were a couple of BYD models sold in Australia from 2017 onwards these were private imports. It wasn’t until the arrival… Read more