Tesla has so far delivered just over 4,600 EVs into Australia this year, despite delivering less than 250 vehicles in the second quarter. That’s about to change with recent updates to local order holders’ estimated delivery dates.
It’s no surprise that with the huge uptake in interest that Tesla has thousands of order holders in Australia eagerly awaiting the delivery of their new EVs.
The Driven understands that some have been waiting as far back as November last year. That’s about to change with order holders now reporting delivery times have been brought forward to the second week of August, which is only weeks away.
Many of those EVs yet to be delivered from last year’s orders include the dual motor variants of the Tesla Model 3, the long-range and the much quicker Performance versions. The next batch also includes some RWD customer orders which were placed in January of this year.
Recent Model Y orders also jump the queue
Orders for the Model Y opened last month and even Tesla was stunned by the level of demand for the electric SUV from a right-hand drive market like ours. The Driven has been advised by a few Melbourne and Sydney order holders of the RWD Model Y configuration that their estimated delivery dates have also been updated.
It’s been bought forward to the second week of August, too, which would fall in line with the Model 3 deliveries. This is great news for those customers who have been waiting a long time to get behind the wheel of Tesla’s family-focused EV SUV.
It also means that many Model 3 order holders from earlier in the year continue to wait for their EVs to arrive at our shores.
These customers will have to wait a bit longer and with the upgrades to the Tesla Model 3 production line in Shanghai now complete, Tesla is geared to get as many EVs into our market as possible over the coming months.
EV uptake in Australia is about to really ramp up in the second half of 2022.
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Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.