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Market Scan – Issue 02 | July 2023

AUSTRALIAN NEW CAR SALES: WINNERS AND LOSERS SO FAR IN 2023

The car market records the best first half of a calendar year since 2018, including record EV share and some new names atop the sales charts.

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NEW VEHICLE SALES REMAIN SOLID AT END OF FINANCIAL YEAR

Australian customers took delivery of 124,926 new vehicles during June to mark the end of the 2022-23 financial year.

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NSW GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES FIRST HYDROGEN-POWERED BUS TRIAL

The government says the hydrogen bus trial says the trial will help establish the best zero emissions technology for regional and rural communities.

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ELETRIC UTES: THE 8 BEST EV UTES WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN AUSTRALIA

With Utes are as intrinsically Australian as a John Farnham comeback concert – we invented them, after all – so it’s no huge surprise to learn that the two best-selling vehicles here last year were the Toyota HiLux and the Ford Ranger.

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ALTERNATIVE POWERTRAINS ENDORSED WITH FIVE-STAR SAFETY

Australian variants of the Ford Mustang Mach-E, hybrid variants of the GWM Haval Jolion, and battery electric variants of the Genesis GV70 and Genesis G80 have all been awarded five-star safety ratings by ANCAP, Australia and New Zealand’s independent voice on vehicle safety

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MARKET INSIGHT: BEVS OVERTAKE HYBRIDS

Australian market hits turning point as soaring BEV sales steal hybrid market share.

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HOME CHARING FOR FLEET EVS

The adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in fleet management plays a crucial role in the transition to zero-emissions transportation. Many fleet vehicles are regularly or irregularly garaged at employee homes rather than on business premises.

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SHOULD ALL FLEET IMPLEMENT DAILY CHECKS

Daily safety checks are an essential practice to ensure the safety of fleet vehicles and promote overall road safety.

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AVAILABLE EV MODELS AND ORDER LEAD TIMES IN AUSTRALIA

Australia is making a significant shift towards sustainable and cleaner transportation as the adoption of electric vehicles continue to rise. VFacts data show that EVs made up 7.76 percent of new vehicles sales in the first half of 2023 with 43,092 units sold. That’s a 345 percent growth year-on-year.

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ELECTRIC-CAR CHARGING GIANT INCREASES PRICES IN AUSTRALIA

Evie Networks – one of the largest electric-car charging companies in Australia – has increased the cost to use its 50kW and 350kW chargers by almost 10 per cent.

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2‍024 MITSUBISHI TRITON: MORE POWER ON THE CARDS FOR AUSTRALIA

As the ute segment heats up in Australia, the upcoming Mitsubishi Triton is looking likely to receive a performance bump thanks to dual turbochargers.

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CAN FLEETS AFFORD FIVE STAR SAFETY IN 2023?

When writing a fleet policy it’s easy to skip through the procurement section by stating that every vehicle must have a five star ANCAP rating. While this is a good way to ensure all new vehicles added to the fleet will have a minimum level of safety, five star ANCAP ratings depend on the year a vehicle was tested. 

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