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Australian motorists are shunning fully-electric cars with no zero emission vehicles in the top 10 for the first time in almost two years, new figures show.
This is occurring only months ahead of Anthony Albanese's government introducing a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard that aims to slash vehicle emissions by 59 per cent in just four years, with penalties levied on sellers of petrol, diesel and even petrol-electric hybrid cars.
For the first time since July 2022, the Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model 3 and the MG ZS, available as a battery-electric SUV, were absent from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries' monthly top 10 list.
Tesla last month had no models in the top 20 - after making the top three in both February and March.
Australian motorists are shunning fully-electric cars with no zero emission vehicles in the top 10 for the first time in almost two years, new figures show. Tesla last month had no models in the top 20 (pictured is a Tesla Model 3 - Australia's 26th bestselling car in April)
Australia's top-selling car in April was instead the Toyota RAV4, an SUV available as a hybrid which was last the No. 1 car in August 2020.
Its 5,857 monthly sales marked a 166.5 per cent surge compared with a year ago.
Cars available as a hybrid had four spots on the top 10 list including the Toyota Corolla in sixth place with 2,097 sales - a 165.1 per cent increase compared with April 2023.
The Toyota Camry sedan, also available as a hybrid, was ninth with its 1,873 sales more than triple the level of a year earlier, with a 226.3 per cent increase.
The Mitsubishi Outlander, available as a plug-in hybrid, rounded out the top 10 list with 1,848 sales.
Environmentally-conscious motorists are now favouring hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which together had an 18.3 per cent market share, more than double the 7.5 per cent level of April 2023.
But battery-electric vehicles had a big decrease to 6.4 per cent, down from 7.9 per cent a year ago when they were outselling hybrids.
The Tesla Model 3 had 911 sales in April, down 42.4 per cent from a year earlier to be in 26th spot just two months after it was Australia's third bestselling car.
Australia's top-selling car in April was instead the Toyota RAV4, an SUV available as a hybrid which was last the No. 1 car in August 2020
The more expensive Tesla Model Y suffered a 44.3 per cent sales slump with 1,166 ordered to be in 21st position, a big fall from third place in March.
Tesla announced in March it would quit the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries in protest at the motoring industry lobby group's campaign against Labor's New
