There's been a big jump in the number of electric vehicles on Australia's roads according to the latest figures on the national fleet.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the number of electric vehicles registered across the country rose by more than 62 per cent to 23,000 in the 12 months to the end of January this year.
At the same time, the total vehicle fleet rose by just 1.7 per cent to 20.1 million.
The fleet rose in all states and territories with Queensland, South Australia and the ACT posting the biggest increases at 2.3 per cent.
NSW continues to have the most vehicles on the road with 5,892,206 followed by Victoria on 5,157,172 and Queensland on 4,303.713.
Together the three eastern states account for 76 per cent of the total fleet.
Despite the uptake in new electric cars, the average age of all vehicles in Australia rose from 10.4 years to 10.6 years.
ABS Director of Transport Statistics Rob Walter said the overall increase in the number of vehicles on Australia's road had pushed the vehicle fleet above 20 million for the first time.
He said registrations of electric vehicles had surged for the second year in a row.
Diesel registrations also increased, rising to 26.4 per cent of all vehicles however, petrol registrations still account for a majority of the fleet at 71.7 per cent.
Electric vehicles account for less than two per cent.
Among the car brands, Toyota has the most on the road with three million vehicles registered ahead of Holden, Mazda, Hyundai and Ford.
