Tesla marks 200,000 vehicles ‘down under’ as Australian sales close in on a record

Tesla’s official Australia and New Zealand account marked a new volume milestone on 6 November 2026, posting: “200,000 Teslas down under, and not a single stop at the bowser.”

The wording matters. The @TeslaAUNZ account covers both countries, its profile lists its location as “Down Under”, and the post itself does not say Australia. That leaves open whether the 200,000 figure is for Australia alone or for Australia and New Zealand combined. Tesla has not published a breakdown. The Driven’s 10 November report treated the milestone as Australian deliveries; Tesla’s own post does not resolve that.

By contrast, when the same account marked 150,000 vehicles in November 2025, it wrote “Celebrating 150k Teslas on the road” and “Thank you Australia.” That earlier message was more clearly about Australia, and it referred to cars “on the road” rather than deliveries.

Whatever the geographic scope of the new claim, Tesla’s Australian sales this year are already close to a record, on figures the company reports to the Electric Vehicle Council rather than through the FCAI’s VFACTS series.

EVC figures reported by GoAuto and EV Central show Tesla delivered 45,755 vehicles in Australia in the first 10 months of 2026. That is already ahead of Tesla’s full Australian years in 2024 (38,347) and 2025 (28,856). It is 361 vehicles short of matching the company’s Australian record of 46,116, set in 2023, and 362 short of beating it. EV Select’s October sales report, which drew on the same EVC numbers, recorded 4,050 Tesla deliveries in October, including 3,105 Model Y and 945 Model 3.

The Model Y has done most of the work. EV Central, citing EVC records, puts Model Y volume at 39,035 so far this year — about 85 per cent of Tesla’s Australian deliveries — with the Model 3 making up the remainder. The six-seat Model Y L has been listed separately in EVC figures since July. Those figures, as reported at the time by Drive and in later monthly tallies, show it accounted for more than half of Model Y volume in July and August, but not in September or October. EV Central, citing EVC records, puts Model Y L deliveries at 8,439 from July to October.

Whether 2026 becomes Tesla’s first 50,000-vehicle year in Australia is still an open question. On EV Select’s analysis of those EVC-reported figures, Tesla would need another 4,245 deliveries in November and December to reach 50,000 — an average of about 2,123 a month. October’s 4,050 was already well above that pace. If November and December only match October, Tesla would clear 50,000 comfortably. A sharper late-year slump would still leave the 2023 record within easy reach, but would put 50,000 at risk. That is EV Select’s reading of the EVC numbers, not a claim by Tesla.

The Driven, citing carloop data, put Tesla’s Australian Supercharger network at 159 sites. EV Select has not independently counted Tesla’s official map, so that figure is reported, not verified here. Reports also said Tesla opened a new Supercharger site in Sydney, at Leichhardt, in mid-October. Tesla’s charging account announced a new six-stall site there; directories and later coverage have listed a maximum of 415 kW, a power rating Tesla has not itself confirmed.

For pricing context, see our coverage of end-of-year inventory deals and the rear-wheel-drive Model 3 at $45,900, which reflect prices when those articles were written. They do not settle the one fact Tesla has left unclear: whether 200,000 Teslas “down under” means Australia, or Australia and New Zealand together.