Tesla Scraps Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand

Tesla has called it quits on bringing its Cybertruck to Australia and New Zealand, ending a reservation process that began in November 2019. In an email sent today, October 23, 2026, the company informed customers who placed A$150 deposits that their orders are now void.

The notification, which began circulating on social media and Reddit this morning, was brief. "After careful consideration, plans to produce Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand have been discontinued," the email stated. "As a result, we're unable to fulfil your reservation and it will be cancelled."

Tesla is processing full refunds for any payments made, promising to complete them within 30 days. To encourage customers to consider other vehicles, the company is offering a complimentary one-year subscription to FSD (Supervised) for anyone who orders a new Model 3 or Model Y.

The decision to abandon the market comes after years of waiting for potential buyers. Reservations for the pickup opened in November 2019, meaning some customers have been waiting nearly seven years for a vehicle that will now never arrive.

The scale of interest in the region was significant. A crowdsourced survey from 2020 indicated that Australia represented about 3% of all global Cybertruck reservations, placing it third behind the United States and Canada. By 2023, crowdsourced tracking put total Cybertruck reservations at around 2 million.

Tesla had previously stopped taking new orders for the vehicle in Australia in May 2022, replacing the reservation page with a "Get updates" button. However, it did not refund deposits at that time, leaving those who had already placed one to continue waiting. In 2024, a Cybertruck was sent to the region for a display tour, and Elon Musk told shareholders that year: "We might be able to certify it for other markets sometime next year."

The primary obstacle has been the vehicle's design. The Cybertruck is manufactured exclusively in left-hand drive, while Australia and New Zealand require right-hand drive models. Furthermore, the vehicle would need to be certified under Australia's specific design rules, an investment that may not be justified by current sales figures.

Production volumes for the Cybertruck are relatively low. In the third quarter of 2026, Tesla delivered 8,295 "Other Models," a category that now almost exclusively consists of the Cybertruck since production of the Model S and Model X ended. This figure represents a production rate of roughly 30,000 units per year, a fraction of the 250,000 units annually the production line was designed for.

Tesla's international expansion for the Cybertruck has been limited to markets that use left-hand drive. Deliveries began in South Korea in late 2025 and in the UAE in January 2026, with configurators subsequently launching in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and Israel. The vehicle remains unavailable in the EU, primarily due to pedestrian safety regulations.

The cancellation for Australia and New Zealand aligns with the Cybertruck's status as a niche product. The vehicle's sales in the United States have declined from about 39,000 in 2024 to a fraction of that number today, suggesting a limited market for the truck outside of North America. Tesla's international efforts appear focused on finding buyers for the existing left-hand-drive inventory rather than developing new versions for other regions.