10 Best Selling Electric Cars & Manufacturers in Australia 2025

As competition in the electrified world ramps up, EV buyers have more options than ever before at their fingertips, but which models are currently selling like hotcakes here in Australia?

To find out and potentially give you some social proof ahead of your purchase of a brand-new electric vehicle, let’s take a look at Australia’s best-selling electric cars currently available 2025.

How Many Australians are Buying an Electric Car?

According to the latest data published by both the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) and the Electric Vehicle Council, sales of electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2025 totalled 17,937.

In March, 2025, sales of fully electric vehicles amounted to 8,385 units for the month, equating to a 7.5 per cent share of the overall fuel mix.

Best-Selling Electric Vehicles in March, 2025

Now that we’ve got a rough idea of just how many Aussie drivers are going electric, it’s time to map out which manufacturers and models new-car buyers went for in March, 2025.

1. Tesla Model Y - 1,725

2. Tesla Model 3 - 1,104

3. BYD Sealion 7 - 573

4. Kia EV5 - 478

5. MG 4 - 444

6. BYD Atto 3 - 358

7. Mercedes-Benz EQE - 219

8. BYD Seal - 194

9. Geely EX5 - 188

10. Kia EV5 - 186

The 10 Best Selling Electric Vehicles in Australia Q1, 2025

The numbers listed below relate to cumulative sales in the first quarter of 2025 here in Australia and were obtained from a combination of VFacts data and numbers published by the Electric Vehicle Council.

It’s worth noting that some manufacturers do not report their sales data to the FCAI or the EV Council, though none of these companies - Xpeng, Deepal nor Cadillac - are producing extremely high-volume sellers that would dramatically change the data below.

1. Tesla Model Y - 3,114

2. Tesla Model 3 - 2,046

3. MG 4 - 1,335

4. Kia EV5 - 1,167

5. BYD Sealion 7 - 730

6. BYD Atto 3 - 601

7. MG ZS EV - 596

8. Volvo EX30 - 385

9. Mercedes-Benz EQE - 350

10. Audi Q4 e-tron - 312

Best-Selling Electric Vehicle Manufacturers in Australia 2025

Below you can find which manufacturers have been dominating the latest sales charts in Q1, 2025 here in Australia.

1. Tesla - 5,160

2. MG - 1,950

3. BYD - 1,848

4. Kia - 1,653

5. BMW - 1,481

6. Mercedes-Benz - 887

7. Volvo - 718

8. MINI - 518

9. Hyundai - 513

10. Audi - 391

The 10 Best Selling Electric Vehicles in Australia in 2024

While this dataset isn’t the most up-to-date, it does give us a pretty clear picture of the state of play in the EV segment throughout last year and how things have begun to change as we move through 2025.

1. Tesla Model Y - 21,253

2. Tesla Model 3 - 17,094

3. MG 4 - 6,934

4. BYD Seal - 6,393

5. BYD Atto 3 - 5,751

6. BMW iX1 - 2,618

7. Volvo EX30 - 2,129

8. BYD Dolphin - 2,116

9. BMW i4 - 2,062

10. Kia EV6 - 1,785

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