Compare all the current Australian EV’s in the one place, easily!
Battery Electric Vehicles (or just EV’s) haven’t really taken off here in Australia… yet. Unfortunately we’re about 5 years behind every other major area like the US, Europe or China who have all embraced EV’s en mass. Over there they are selling in the hundreds of thousands already with dozens of models from all the major players and at much more competitive prices. They even have fantastic EV rebates in many locations!
Fortunately though things are just now starting to move a bit down under since a number of major car manufacturers launched their first (or 3rd) EV in 2019. As such it’s actually getting tough to keep track of them all! It’s even harder to easily compare them together as a whole to see how they stack up against each other. As such the Australian Electric Vehicle Comparison Table was born!
Below you’ll find all the major cars that are currently available for purchase right now in Australia. In the table we cover everything from drive away price to range to charging rates so check it out!
Electric Vehicle Comparison Table
| Tesla Model 3 | Tesla Model S | Tesla Model X | Hyundai Ioniq | Hyundai Kona | Renault Zoe | Nissan Leaf | BMW i3 120Ah | Jaguar I-Pace | |
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| Drive Away Cost (NSW): | SR+: $72,896 Long Range: $95,495 Performance: $106,415 | Long Range: $148,730 Performance: $174,665 | Long Range: $161,015 Performance: $185,585 | Elite: $52,936 Premium: $57,136 | Elite: $65,170 Highlander: $69,895 | $54,175 | $54,492 | i3 120Ah: $74,795 i3s 120Ah: $76,055 | S: $129,926 SE: $141,686 HSE: $152,816 |
| Battery Size: | SR+: 50 kWh's LR: 75 kWh's Perf: 75 kWh's | 100 kWh's | 100 kWh's | 38.3 kWh's | 64 kWh's | 41 kWh's | 40 kWh's | 42 kWh's | 90 kWh's |
| WLTP Range: | SR+: 413 km's LR: 557 km's Perf: 557 km's | LR: 610 km's Perf: 590 km's | LR: 505 km's Perf: 485 km's | 311 km's | 449 km's | 298 km's | 270 km's | 310 km's | 440 km's |
| 0-100 km/h: | SR+: 5.6 sec LR: 4.6 sec Perf: 3.4 sec | LR: 3.8 sec Perf: 2.6 sec | LR: 4.6 sec Perf: 2.9 sec | 9.9 sec | 7.6 sec | 14.5 sec | 8.9 sec | i3 120Ah: 7.3 sec i3s 120Ah: 6.9 sec | 4.8 sec |
| Top Speed: | SR+: 225 km/h LR: 232 km/h Perf: 261 km/h | LR: 250 km/h Perf: 250 km/h | LR: 250 km/h Perf: 250 km/h | 165 km/h | 167 km/h | 135 km/h | 157 km/h | 150 km/h | 200 km/h |
| Max AC Charge Rate: | 11 kW | 11 kW | 11 kW | 7.2 kW | 7.2 kW | 22 kW | 7 kW | 11 kW | 7 kW |
| Max DC Charge Rate: | SR+: 110 kW LR: 250 kW Perf: 250 kW | 200 kW | 200 kW | 100 kW | 100 kW | None | 50 kW | 50 kW | 80 kW |
| Last updated: 20th November, 2019. Please also note that while we try our best, there may be some errors or some points that are not 100% up to date. | |||||||||
Other Considerations
Now there’s a lot of information there so here are some pointers to help you make sense of it all. To start with, many of the cars in the list aren’t in the same class such as the Model S (a luxury car) and the Renault Zoe (a non-luxury small hatch). As such the prices, range and performance are of course going to all be completely off.
As more and more cars are released we’ll start to see competition within each of the vehicle classes. We’re already starting to see this like with the Model X and Jaguar I-Pace. These are two luxury SUV’s that are both being sold to a similar audience. As such a direct comparison makes sense.
Furthermore when looking over the specs be mindful that you may not need as long a range as you think given EV’s can charge overnight at home. This means you can own a Hyundai Ioniq that has a smaller range of 278 km’s but wake up every morning with that full range ready to go.
Just The Beginning
As you can no doubt tell, all these stats are a great place to start, but they by no means give you a clear answer on what to buy. To get to that, it’s recommended that you take a look in our Electric Vehicle section and read up more on the specific car.
Be sure to also head over to the manufactures website itself and read up a little on what it looks like on the inside, the different features and packages they offer and so on. If you appreciate the research we do and are thinking of buying a Tesla you can also use our referral code and get free Supercharger km’s too!
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