Australia's best-selling PHEVs halfway through 2026

BYD dominates the Australian plug-in hybrid vehicle market, but other Chinese brands like Chery and GWM are making gains.

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William Stopford

News Editor

William Stopford

News Editor

Plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales in Australia have more than doubled in the space of a year, and BYD remains by far the market leader.

Per data supplied by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), a total of 54,256 PHEVs – including extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) – were delivered to local customers in the first half of 2026, up 111.8 per cent on the first half of 2025.

That was sharper growth than that exhibited by conventional hybrids, sales of which were up by 11.9 per cent, but these plug-less vehicles still account for a larger portion of the market.

Year-to-date, PHEVs are holding an 8.6 per cent share of the total new-vehicle market, which is sitting at 631,583 deliveries. Hybrids are sitting at 16.6 per cent, and electric vehicles (EVs) at 16.4 per cent.

That's in contrast with the first half of 2025, when hybrids sat at 15 per cent, EVs at 7.6 per cent, and PHEVs at 4.1 per cent.

Brands

The top five best-selling PHEV brands in the first half of the year were all Chinese.

BYD sold almost exactly four times as many vehicles as second-placed Chery for a 42.7 per cent share of the total PHEV market, while its premium brand Denza finished in fifth place.

Chery's second-place finish and Geely's fourth-place showing are impressive given they weren't even selling PHEVs here in the first half of 2025, while GWM came in third with 5242 deliveries – up a whopping 278.5 per cent as the brand fleshes out its PHEV lineup.

Models

BYD took the top three spots with its Shark 6 ute and Sealion 8 large and Sealion 6 mid-size SUVs, respectively.

A dark blue 2026 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV SUV seen from the front-side angle on a wet road

The only non-Chinese model in the top 10 was the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which was the first plug-in hybrid SUV sold in Australia.

It's an SUV-heavy list, with the best-selling PHEV that's neither an SUV nor a ute being the recently launched BYD Seal 6 mid-size sedan and wagon in 30th place with 249 deliveries.

While some vehicles on this list, such as the BYDs, are PHEV-only, many are not. Here's a breakdown of what percentage PHEVs accounted for within a model's sales in the first half of 2026.

Model	Total H1 2026 sales	PHEV percentage of total sales
McLaren Coupe/Conv	20	95.0%
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	365	94.5%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	17	76.5%
Chery Tiggo 8	2261	66.9%
Cupra Formentor	352	65.6%
Chery Tiggo 7	5589	59.6%
Jaecoo J7	1937	58.1%
GWM Tank 500	629	57.4%
Forthing Taikon 5	2	50.0%
Leapmotor C10	268	50.0%
Porsche Panamera	30	50.0%
BMW 5 Series	121	47.9%
Lexus RX	1182	46.7%
Audi A5	514	44.7%
Ferrari Coupe/Conv	65	41.5%
Jeep Compass	18	38.9%
GWM Haval H6	7730	36.0%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	164	32.9%
BMW X3/iX3	2853	31.8%
Alfa Romeo Tonale	43	30.2%
Lexus NX	2904	29.7%
Mazda CX-80	1457	29.5%
Volvo XC90	324	29.3%
GWM Tank 300	2759	27.3%
Cupra Leon	82	26.8%
Mazda CX-60	2699	26.2%
Volkswagen Touareg	263	25.5%
Audi Q5	1518	24.2%
Volvo XC60	972	23.6%
GWM Cannon/Cannon Alpha	6161	21.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Wagon	2374	20.8%
MG HS	2185	19.0%
Porsche Cayenne Wagon	430	18.4%
Mitsubishi Outlander	10,907	17.7%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Coupe	911	16.2%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	743	15.3%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	1908	15.1%
Volkswagen Tiguan	1751	13.5%
Range Rover Sport	814	13.3%
Cupra Terramar	259	12.7%
Porsche Cayenne Coupe	606	12.0%
Skoda Superb	76	11.8%
Skoda Kodiaq	487	11.5%
Range Rover Evoque	314	10.8%
Audi Q8	197	9.6%
Ford Transit Custom	1307	8.5%
Range Rover	147	8.2%
BMW X5	1769	7.8%
Volkswagen Tayron	1173	7.8%
Mercedes-AMG GT	65	7.7%
Ford Ranger	26,314	4.8%
Peugeot 408	22	4.5%
Range Rover Velar	142	4.2%
Toyota RAV4	15,551	4.2%
BMW X1/iX1	2669	3.8%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	195	3.1%
Kia Sorento	2752	1.5%
Land Rover Defender	1911	0.5%