Tesla’s Australian sales fell sharply in 2025, even as theModel Y tightened its grip as the brand’s best-selling vehicle.
According to the Electric Vehicle Council’s latest annual vehicle sales report – which tracks sales for automakers that don’t report through VFACTS – Tesla recorded 28,856 deliveries in Australia in 2025, down 24.8 per cent on 38,347 in 2024.
More than three quarters of Tesla’s sales in Australia were of the Model Y.
Tesla 2025 sales in Australia at a glance
- Tesla total: 28,856(-24.8%)
- Model Y: 22,239(+4.6%)
- Model 3: 6617(-61.3%)
In 2025, the Model Y made up 77.1 per cent of Tesla’s Australian sales (22,239 of 28,856). That’s a significant shift from 2024, when the Model Y accounted for 55.4 per cent of Tesla’s total. In other words, in 2025 Tesla sold around 3.4 Model Ys for every Model 3.
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While Tesla’s overall result was down year-on-year, the two-model breakdown shows the brand moved in opposite directions.
The Tesla Model Y rose from 21,253 in 2024 to 22,239 in 2025 – an increase of 986 sales, or 4.6 per cent. The Tesla Model 3, however, dropped from 17,094 in 2024 to 6617 in 2025 – down 10,477 sales, or 61.3 per cent.
The Model Y’s growth wasn’t enough to offset the scale of the Model 3 decline, leaving Tesla’s full-year total well behind that of 2024. The Australian figures reflect the brand’s worldwide sales decline.
The electric vehicle maker has said it expects to announce sales of 1,640,752 vehicles for 2025, down from 1,704,093 vehicles in 2024, with its forecast meaning it will lose its status as the world’s number-one EV maker to China’s BYD.
The 3.7 per cent annual sales decline marks the second straight year of falling sales for the US EV giant after a tumultuous year, which included an updatedModel Ythat remains on track to be the world’s best-selling EV.
Tesla ended 2025 with 2585 sales in December in Australia, down 28.1 per cent from 3593 in December 2024.
Even in the final month, the same pattern held:
- Model Y: 1998 (up 7.4 per cent year-on-year)
- Model 3: 587 (down 66.1 per cent year-on-year)
The Model Y again represented about 77 per cent of Tesla’s December volume.
Tesla’s 2025 volume wasn’t evenly spread through the year, with several large spikes thanks to large deliveries and the way in which the manufacturer reports its data.
The three biggest months for Tesla sales in 2025 were:
- September: 4663
- June: 4589
- May: 3897
Here’s a breakdown of Tesla sales by state or territory:
- NSW: 8638
- Victoria: 8595
- Queensland: 5879
- WA: 3089
- SA: 1334
- ACT: 1011
- Tasmania: 247
- NT: 63
Despite the sales decline in Australia and globally, the brand remains vastly ahead of much of the industry in its autonomous driving technology, which only rolled out across Australia very late last year.