The FCAI has released new vehicle sales figures for November 2022, and shows sales of 95,080 vehicles, bringing the year-to-date total to 993,509, a 17.9% increase on the same month in 2021.
“The automotive sector is continuing to recover from pandemic related shutdowns, a global shortage of microprocessors and the general supply chain uncertainty we experienced over the last two years,” said FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber. “The industry will deliver the one millionth vehicle to the market in 2022 next week. While this is positive news, many customers are still facing extended wait times for their vehicle, with expected delivery dates for some models beyond 12 months.”
Sales of battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles continue to rise with a total of 13,415 zero and low emission vehicles (ZLEV) sold in November. The Federal Government is considering a three-prong approach to further increase this uptake, including purchase incentives such as the Treasury Law Amendments Bill (Electric Vehicle Discount), increased fuel quality standards and an emissions target for the light vehicle sector.
“Purchase incentives for ZLEV, and increased fuel quality standards are both important levers in reducing CO2 emissions from Australia’s light vehicle fleet,” added Weber. “These need to be combined with a Federally led emissions target for the light vehicle sector. One which is ambitious, yet achievable and is cognisant of vehicle price, model availability, battery supply and infrastructure requirements.”
Sales across all States and Territories were up, with the greatest increases recorded in Western Australia (+36.5%), Queensland (+28.9%) and Tasmania (+23.0%).
Toyota led the market with sales of 20,107 vehicles, followed by Mazda with sales of 7,549, Ford with sales of 7,165, Kia with sales of 6,120 and with sales of Mitsubishi 5,559.