Tesla ends Australian Cybertruck wait

Tesla has canceled all Cybertruck orders in Australia and New Zealand.

Reservation holders received emails on October 23 confirming their orders are void. The company stated it will return all payments within 30 days. This ends a wait of nearly seven years for buyers who deposited money starting in November 2019.

The core issue is mechanical. The Cybertruck is built only with the steering wheel on the left. Australia and New Zealand require vehicles to have the wheel on the right. Tesla never built a right-hand-drive version. Certification for the left-hand-drive model in Australia is expensive and complex.

Tesla hinted at expansion in 2024. Elon Musk told shareholders he might certify the truck for other markets the following year. No new model arrived. The company quietly removed the Australian reservation page in May 2022. It replaced the order button with a link to get updates.

The numbers show the truck is struggling. Tesla delivered 8,295 units in the third quarter of 2026. That includes almost all Cybertrucks. Production capacity is set for 250,000 trucks a year. Sales are running at roughly 30,000 annually. Demand has fallen from about 39,000 in 2024.

Customers who switch to a Model 3 or Model Y get a free one-year FSD subscription. Tesla is trying to convert dead reservations into sales of vehicles it already makes. The email said the decision came after careful consideration.

Crowdsourced data tracked about 2 million reservations globally by 2023. Australia and New Zealand held a small share of that total. Tesla has not confirmed exact regional numbers. The truck is currently sold in left-hand-drive markets like South Korea and the UAE.