Registered vehicles

In January 2020, there were 446 battery EVs registered in the ACT. At the time, these represented one vehicle in every 686 registered.

The following chart and table gives a breakdown of the different motive power types for all vehicles registered in the ACT. The chart does not plot hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as there is a negligible number of vehicles.

Note: this chart is only updated periodically.

 

Petrol 240,058
Diesel 68,011
Hybrid (non-pluggable) 15,803
Battery electric 11,979
Plug-in hybrid 2,527
LPG or CNG 1,015
Other 83
Hydrogen fuel cell 9
Total 339,485

ACT Registered Vehicle data

In May 2025, the ACT Government began publishing de-identified data from the ACT motor vehicle registry on the Open Data Portal. There are several excellent data sets available.


ACT Government Dashboard

The ACT Government maintains the following ZEV dashboard. It is updated regularly.