Tesla Australia records seventh straight month of sales decline

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Tesla Australia records seventh straight month of sales decline

Deliveries of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia have fallen once again, with the US brand now recording its eighth monthly sales decline this year and its seventh in a row.

According to data published by the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC), Tesla delivered 1464 EVs to *********** customers in October, representing a 26.4 per cent drop on the same month a year prior.

While October was a weak month for Tesla in 2023 as well – having ******* to ****** 2000 deliveries – last month’s result represents the seventh consecutive month of declines for the brand, with no year-on-year increase since March.

100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Camera IconModel Y Credit: CarExpert

Tesla’s

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

remained its best seller, recording 1042 deliveries in October, an increase of 28.6 per cent on a year ago.

However, the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

was the big driver of the sales downturn, with just 422 examples deliveries last month, a significant 64.2 per cent drop on October 2023’s 1178 deliveries.

Year-to-date (January to October), sales of the Model 3 are down 7.9 per cent to 14,475, while the Model Y has dropped by 26.9 per cent to 17,739.

Camera IconModel 3 Credit: CarExpert

It’s still set to continue being Australia’s best-selling EV though, as from January to September the third-place

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

had only managed 5308 deliveries.

The drop in Tesla’s deliveries this year has been a major driver in the cooling of EV sales growth in Australia; in contrast, hybrid and plug-in hybrid sales have risen sharply.

The arrival of the facelifted ‘Highland’ Model 3, deliveries of which began at the very end of 2023, doesn’t appear to have boosted sales as much as expected.

It ******** unclear whether the upcoming ‘Juniper’ update of the Model Y, due in 2025, will boost sales.

MORE:

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

•

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Tesla #Australia #records #seventh #straight #month #sales #decline

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up