Tesla Mannequin Y gross sales increase in September

After a gradual begin to 2025, the Tesla Mannequin Y greater than doubled its gross sales in September in comparison with the identical month final yr, placing it again forward of 2024 when it comes to year-to-date (YTD) gross sales and retaining its place as Australia’s top-selling electrical car (EV) and favorite mid-size electrical SUV.

New gross sales knowledge from the Electrical Car Council (EVC) has revealed that 3927 new Mannequin Y autos had been registered in Australia final month, up 162.15 per cent on September 2024 (1498 models). YTD, the Mannequin Y has now discovered 17,237 new properties, up 3.23 per cent on the January-September 2024 interval (16,697).

Little question this can assist the Tesla prolong its lead over the BYD Sealion 7, which has been a powerful second within the EV (and mid-size electrical SUV) gross sales race thus far this yr, and has even beat out the Mannequin Y in a few month-to-month gross sales tallies. We’ll know extra when VFACTS business figures are launched by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) later in the present day.

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The associated Tesla Mannequin 3 electrical sedan isn’t fairly having fun with the identical success, with 736 gross sales for the month being down 36.06 per cent on September 2024 (1151), and it’s at present 61.46 down YTD.

One other mid-size electrical SUV, the distinctively styled Polestar 4, has shortly turn into the Chinese language-owned Swedish model’s hottest mannequin in Australia, with 151 registrations in September contributing to a YTD tally of 1033 models in its first full yr on sale.

That places it forward of the ageing Polestar 2 electrical fastback (661 models, down 48.64 per cent) and the Polestar 3 massive electrical SUV (173 models). Polestar’s YTD tally is now sitting at 1867 models, up 40.48 per cent on the January-September interval in 2024.

Price noting is the truth that Polestar introduced mannequin yr 2026 (MY26) updates for the Polestar 2 final month, forward of first deliveries in November. It’s not unusual for a mannequin’s month-to-month gross sales numbers to shift dramatically between product updates.

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