Car buyers in the UK are hurriedly moving to alternatively fuelled vehicles, however the phenomenon is not being replicated in Australia.
Locally, VFACTS figures for September show just 93 electric vehicle sales last month among both Australian private and commercial vehicle purchasers.
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Hybrids totalled just 907 vehicle sales in Australia in September 2017.
Those totals are down on the same month last year when manufacturers delivered 84 EVs and 1011 hybrids.
Conversely, in the UK, sales of new alternatively fuelled vehicles leaped up by 41.0% in September.
Much of the extra demand for electric, and primarily hybrid-powered vehicles in the UK came at the expense of diesel-powered models.
The data showing diesel sales dipped nearly 22%, while demand for petrol fell by 1.2%.
Meantime, the UK-based automotive data outlet, hpi, has looked at which hybrid models are likely to retain the most value in the UK market after three years/30,000 miles.
Interestingly, most of the models named are available in Australia, they include the Porsche Panamera hybrid (retains over 81% of its value), BMW 7 Series (75.7%), Volvo XC90 (70.5%), and BMW X5 (66.9%).
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Why aren’t hybrids and electric cars doing better in Australia? Is it the (relatively) low fuel prices? Lack of attractive models? Pricing?
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