Tesla kills Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand after seven years of deposits
Tesla cancels Cybertruck in Australia and NZ after 7 years of deposits
Tesla has cancelled the Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand, emailing reservation holders that their orders are void and deposits will be refunded within 30 days. Australians put down A$150 back in November 2019. The truck is built only in left-hand drive, and Tesla's Q3 2026 deliveries of roughly 7,000–8,000 Cybertrucks can't justify re-engineering it for two markets. Tesla is offering a year of FSD to buyers who switch to a Model 3 or Model Y.
After careful consideration, plans to produce Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand have been discontinued.
- Vaushite
Since they have actual consumer protection laws down there, they will refund all those deposits. Either voluntarily, or by force.
- NamTaf
I wonder whether nore stringent pedestrian safety compliance requirements may have come into play. When I first saw that thing, that was the first thought that popped into my head.
- wodenokoto
I hadn’t heard that they are officially selling in the UAE.
But I did hear that parallel imported cyber trucks to UAE was a substantial part of US sales.
- tacker2000
150 AUD isn't that much, but this pre-order scam that Elon is doing has helped him get free cash a lot of times.
People must surely be catching on, no?
But I heard even Sam Altman gave him 50k for a roadster a couple of years ago...
- dot42
Good for Australia and New Zeeland. But the ones that had dropped the deposit on a cyber truck can they really be allowed to handle their own economy?