Tesla voids Cybertruck orders for Australia and New Zealand

Tesla has officially ended its Cybertruck sales initiative in Australia and New Zealand, refunding customers who have waited for the electric pickup since late 2019.

On October 23, 2026, reservation holders received emails stating that their orders were void. The company confirmed that full refunds for all payments made would be processed within 30 days. Customers who place a new order for a Model 3 or Model Y will receive a free one-year subscription to Full Self-Driving (Supervised). This incentive aims to convert existing reservation holders into buyers of right-hand-drive vehicles that Tesla currently manufactures.

The cancellation concludes a process that began in November 2019, when Australians could reserve the truck for an A$150 deposit. By 2023, crowdsourced tracking estimates placed total reservations at approximately 2 million units. A 2020 survey suggested Australia held about 3% of all global reservations, placing it behind the United States and Canada. Tesla did not confirm these regional figures at the time.

The company quietly closed the Australian reservation page in May 2022, replacing the order option with a button to receive updates. No refunds were issued then. In 2024, Tesla brought a single Cybertruck to Australia for a display tour. Elon Musk told shareholders that year that the vehicle might be certified for other markets the following year, but a right-hand-drive version never reached production.

The primary technical barrier is the vehicle's steering configuration. The Cybertruck is built exclusively as a left-hand-drive model. Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Japan all require right-hand-drive vehicles. Australian regulations also mandate specific design certifications, which present a high cost for a vehicle facing soft demand in its home market.

Tesla has limited its international rollout to left-hand-drive regions. Deliveries started in South Korea in late 2025 and in the United Arab Emirates in January 2026. Configurator options have since appeared in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and Israel. The truck remains blocked from entering the European Union due to pedestrian safety concerns.

Financial data from Tesla’s third-quarter 2026 report shows the company delivered 8,295 units of its "Other Models" category, which now consists almost entirely of Cybertrucks. Electrek estimates quarterly sales at 7,000 to 8,000 units, or roughly 30,000 annually. This figure stands in contrast to a production line capacity of 250,000 units per year. Australia and New Zealand have a combined population of approximately 33 million people.