In a year that will be talked about for decades, 2025 marked the moment plug-in electrified vehicles truly made themselves at home in the competitive Australian ute market. In a segment long dominated by diesel-burning workhorses—where names like HiLux and Ranger have been etched into

According to the latest sales data, the BYD Shark 6 recorded 15,564 private sales in Australia in 2025, comfortably ahead of the HiLux’s 12,529 deliveries into private hands.

  • stylusmobilus@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Well, then you’ll always have the diesel, hopefully.

    It’d be interesting to see how they hold up after 3 or 4 years of corrugated outback roads.