Tesla down, Polestar up as first October new automobile gross sales figures launched

Tesla gross sales slumped in Australia final month, however Polestar gross sales continued to rise in October, in accordance with knowledge from the Electrical Car Council.

The electrical car (EV) foyer group has launched October gross sales figures for the 2 manufacturers, forward of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ launch of its month-to-month VFACTS report tomorrow; Polestar and Tesla gross sales figures aren’t printed within the latter.

The figures present Tesla gross sales had been down 37.4 per cent on October 2024 to 916 models, following successive year-on-year will increase in August and September.

Polestar gross sales, in distinction, rose by 18.5 per cent to 154 models final month.

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As has been the case all 12 months, declining gross sales of the Mannequin 3 sedan are dragging down Tesla’s tally. It shifted simply 181 examples, down 82.6 per cent, whereas the associated Mannequin Y mid-size SUV accounted for 735 gross sales – up 74.2 per cent on October final 12 months.

Thus far this 12 months, Tesla has delivered 23,569 autos in Australia, down 26.8 per cent on the identical interval final 12 months, with the Mannequin Y (17,972, up 1.3 per cent) placing the Mannequin 3 (5597, down 61.3 per cent) within the shade.

Meantime, Polestar gross sales are up 38.6 per cent to 2022 models, with the Polestar 4 mid-size SUV (1099 gross sales) accelerating previous the Polestar 2 fastback (672, down 51.2 per cent). The rest of Polestar’s reported gross sales had been of the Polestar 3 giant SUV (251 gross sales).

Nevertheless, Tesla’s chief menace comes not from Polestar however from BYD, and we’ll want to attend till tomorrow to see how a lot of a buffer stays between the 2 manufacturers.