New data from the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) shows petrol-electric hybrid vehicles have reached record sales, while traditional fuel cars lose ground.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, 55,458 new hybrids were sold, accounting for 19.13% of all new light vehicle sales. This comfortably eclipsed the previous record of 16.7% set in the September quarter of 2024. In addition, 15,411 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were sold – 5.32% of light vehicle sales, up from its previous record of 4.82% in the January quarter of 2025.
Internal-combustion engine vehicles fell to a record quarterly low of 66.3%, down from nearly 70% in the previous quarter.
Battery-electric vehicles (BEV) sales saw a slight dip in momentum: from 9.7% market share, to the to 9.25% in the final quarter of 2025.
While battery-electric vehicles briefly outsold hybrids in early 2023, hybrids have now outsold BEVs for 10 consecutive quarters.
A record 29,298 battery-electric vehicles were sold in the September quarter, 54 more than the previous three months’ total, the previous high.
