Aussies drop electric vehicles for hybrids: New car sales report for May 2025

Australia’s current-automobile gross sales results for Would possibly perhaps well also 2025 hold arrived, revealing a 4.7 p.c lower on Would possibly perhaps well also 2024’s 114,812 automobile figure. Gross sales are alternatively resilient, with 109,425 unit gross sales reported by the Federal Chamber of Automobile Industries (FCAI) and Electric Automobile Council (EVC).

Electric automobile gross sales are down vastly, with a results of trusty 10,065 electrical autos rolling out of showrooms. Final Would possibly perhaps well also, 12,687 electrical autos offered, meaning EV gross sales for the month of Would possibly perhaps well are also down 20.7 p.c 12 months on 12 months.

The disappointing consequence’s irrespective of an influx of latest, more life like electrical objects to the market and updates to every Tesla Model 3 and Model Y within the past 12 months, with at the least about a of the reason for the downturn broadly attributed to an absence of great incentivisation to inspire punters to make the switch to electrical vitality.

Electric automobile 12 months-to-date (YTD) results are equally disheartening. A total of 33,976 EVs hold offered to this level in 2025 – a 43 p.c downturn on last 12 months’s 59,662 unit figure.

Meanwhile, hybrids soar in popularity, with every traipse-in (PHEV) and corpulent hybrids (HEV) every within the golf green.

Some 17,089 HEV gross sales and 3,081 PHEV gross sales headlined the present-automobile gross sales sage, outlining a definite month-on-month philosophize of 5.5 p.c and whopping 117.6 p.c philosophize respectively.

12 months-to-date results are equally spectacular: HEV gross sales are up 18.3 p.c with 78,391 total gross sales, whereas PHEV gross sales are up 208.1 p.c, with 19,393 gross sales.

Present that fringe profit tax for PHEVs, which incentivised many to procure a traipse-in automobile, ended on April first. As a consequence, PHEV gross sales in Would possibly perhaps well also were largely overshadowed by March 2025’s 6,932 figure.

Top ten manufacturers for 2025

Toyota yet again takes the title of Australia’s most neatly-preferred automobile label for the month, bright a ambitious 23,576 autos – 22.4 p.c of all autos offered for the month of Would possibly perhaps well also.

Meanwhile, Ford outsold Mazda with a total of 8464 autos to Mazda’s 7845. Mazda will dangle to its second-order situation for YTD gross sales, with Ford nipping at the heels by a deficit of 2340 autos – closing the outlet by 619 gross sales since April.

Australia’s most neatly-preferred autos in Would possibly perhaps well also 2025

Toyota’s RAV4 remains a ambitious vendor in Oz, snagging the title of Australia’s most neatly-preferred passenger model and third-most neatly-preferred nameplate for Would possibly perhaps well also. RAV4 gross sales figures are forecast to stay tough as soon as the present, sixth-abilities line-up releases to market later this 12 months.

The title of Australia’s most neatly-preferred automobile remains to be a two-horse trail between the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger. This month, it changed into as soon as the HiLux that took the crown with 4952 gross sales, beating the Ranger’s 4761 gross sales.