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Cheapest Electric Cars in Australia 2026

The cheapest electric car in Australia is the BYD Atto 1 at $27,097 drive-away, and there are now 15 EVs you can buy for under $44,000. A wave of Chinese brands has collapsed the entry price in under two years, and battery electric vehicles now make up 26 percent of all new car sales in Australia. This guide ranks every cheap EV by real drive-away price and shows what each one actually costs to charge for a year.