Hybrid sales hit record as petrol car sales fall; fifth Iranian player leaves

New data from the Australian Automobile Association shows petrol-electric hybrid vehicles reached a record in the fourth quarter of 2025, with 55,458 new hybrids sold, equal to 19.13% of new light vehicle sales and surpassing the previous high of 16.7% in the September quarter of 2024.

Plug-in hybrids totalled 15,411 sales (5.32%, up from 4.82% in the January quarter of 2025), while internal-combustion engine vehicles fell to a record quarterly low of 66.3%, down from nearly 70% in the previous quarter. Battery-electric vehicles saw a small dip in market share, from 9.7% to 9.25% in the final quarter of 2025, although the September quarter had a record 29,298 BEVs sold, 54 more than the previous three months’ total.

Hybrids have outsold BEVs for 10 consecutive quarters. A fifth member of the Iranian women’s football squad left Australia after withdrawing her asylum claim, the home affairs minister’s office confirmed.

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