03-20-2023, 01:19 PM
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries Zero and Low Emission Report 2022 appeared in my inbox and it has some interesting facts and statistics that may confuse or amuse depending on your take.
Petrol and Diesel sales make up 86% of the market which in total cars sold numbers was 1,081,429.....for those still discussing the merits of hydrogen the Aus public decided 15 Hydrogen powered cars was all they could muster so I think its going to be a very long time if at all before Hydrogen powered vehicles gain any traction in the land down under.
Of course there has to be infrastructure to make it happen but with no sales its a bit of a what comes first in terms of the chicken and the egg scenario. With only three filling stations based in the ACT, Sydney and Melbourne its going to be difficult to get people interested and you have to wonder how green that hydrogen they are supplying is as well, probably from a 3rd party steam/methane dirty variety source..
The EV vehicle market is owned by Tesla Model 3 and Model Y...other manufacturers sales are off a cliff in comparison to Elon Musk's offerings, next best are BYD Atto and Polestar so you are buying an experiment if you buy one of those new brands...
Toyota own the Hybrid market.......its a no contest approx 76k for Toyota and the next best being Lexus(Toyota) with about 3k.
I wonder what affect these fuel saving Atkinson effect engines which usually come with these Hybrids is having on overall total fuel savings?
Plug in Hybrid sales are poor, seems no one wants to know about them even though they would be my preferred option.
One interesting stat is the Governments takeup of EV's....which includes Federal, State and local....488 Fully EV vehicles only bought by those in charge who want the public to Green up but dont seem that interested themselves...thats a pathetic amount considering the pressure on the average joe to do his bit for the environment as well as corporates.
Petrol and Diesel sales make up 86% of the market which in total cars sold numbers was 1,081,429.....for those still discussing the merits of hydrogen the Aus public decided 15 Hydrogen powered cars was all they could muster so I think its going to be a very long time if at all before Hydrogen powered vehicles gain any traction in the land down under.
Of course there has to be infrastructure to make it happen but with no sales its a bit of a what comes first in terms of the chicken and the egg scenario. With only three filling stations based in the ACT, Sydney and Melbourne its going to be difficult to get people interested and you have to wonder how green that hydrogen they are supplying is as well, probably from a 3rd party steam/methane dirty variety source..
The EV vehicle market is owned by Tesla Model 3 and Model Y...other manufacturers sales are off a cliff in comparison to Elon Musk's offerings, next best are BYD Atto and Polestar so you are buying an experiment if you buy one of those new brands...
Toyota own the Hybrid market.......its a no contest approx 76k for Toyota and the next best being Lexus(Toyota) with about 3k.
I wonder what affect these fuel saving Atkinson effect engines which usually come with these Hybrids is having on overall total fuel savings?
Plug in Hybrid sales are poor, seems no one wants to know about them even though they would be my preferred option.
One interesting stat is the Governments takeup of EV's....which includes Federal, State and local....488 Fully EV vehicles only bought by those in charge who want the public to Green up but dont seem that interested themselves...thats a pathetic amount considering the pressure on the average joe to do his bit for the environment as well as corporates.