Tesla confirmed it will not bring the Cybertruck to Australia or New Zealand, ending a years-long reservation process, Startup Daily reported. The company communicated the cancellation to customers by email, writing that after careful consideration it had decided not to produce the Cybertruck for the two markets.
Deposits will be returned within 30 days. Tesla is offering a free 12-month Full Self-Driving (Supervised) subscription to affected customers who go on to purchase a Model 3 or Model Y. The company had stopped accepting new deposits from Australian customers four years before the cancellation.
US Cybertruck sales in the September quarter came to 4,323 units, down 19.7% on the same period a year earlier, based on Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book estimates. In the 12 months through to the end of September, Cybertruck sales in the US came to 11,586 units across the first three quarters, reflecting a 28% drop.
A March 2025 recall brought in 46,096 Cybertrucks after stainless steel exterior trim was found capable of detaching from the vehicle while in motion. Also recalled were 173 Cybertrucks carrying 18-inch steel wheels, where brake rotor cracks created a risk of wheel studs separating from their hubs.
In the first nine months of this year, Tesla delivered 41,705 vehicles in Australia, a rise of 84.1% year-on-year, according to Electric Vehicle Council data. The Model Y accounted for 35,930 of those deliveries, up 108.4%, while Model 3 sales came to 5,775, up 6.6%. BYD alone outsold Tesla in Australia by 7.1% over the same period, and the combined total for all Chinese-owned brands reached 107,050 for the first nine months of this year.
Tesla reported third-quarter revenue of $28.05bn and earnings per share of $0.48, ahead of analyst expectations of $27.9bn in revenue and $0.43 per share. Automotive revenue fell 3% compared with the same period a year earlier. The company wrote in its quarterly report that it had maintained strong momentum across superintelligence, robotics and renewable energy projects.
Musk said on a call with SpaceX investors that combining Tesla and SpaceX would be a good idea and that meaningful benefits would come from it. Each company's board had separately established a special committee to examine a possible merger, though no terms had yet been agreed, and completing the transaction would need half of all Tesla shareholders to vote in favour, he said. On Tesla's earnings call, Musk said he had nothing further to add on the potential merger beyond what he had said the previous day.
Australian customers who placed deposits on a Cybertruck will have those funds returned within 30 days. Those same customers can receive a free 12-month Full Self-Driving (Supervised) subscription if they choose to buy a Model 3 or Model Y instead.
Reporting: Startup Daily, ABC News, The Guardian
Background: The Guardian
Written by Pick & Scroll News from the reporting and documents linked above.
