Tesla Model 3 wait times extend to nine months in Australia

Potential buyers of a new 2022 Tesla Model 3 will need to wait even longer for their automobile, with freshly-put orders imposing a wait around time of up to nine months – between the longest in the marketplace.

It means some prospective buyers could be ready until finally 2023 for their new Tesla – pending no even further delays which, presented wait occasions enhanced by 20 to 30 for each cent in the space of a thirty day period, are not unreasonable to count on.

The reasoning behind the most recent delay is unclear, nevertheless in modern months Tesla’s Shanghai manufacturing unit – in which Australian-delivered Design 3s are designed – has begun to sense the effects of the international semiconductor (laptop chip) shortage, which the electric powered automobile maker has previously managed to (mainly) shield alone from.

A report in February claimed Tesla eradicated a single of the two electronic control units (ECUs) in the steering column of the Design 3 sedan and shortly-for-Australia Model Y SUV – ensuring the business could strike its output targets, at the value of the ability for extra state-of-the-art autonomous driving engineering (prior to a retrofit).

Mix that with booming demand for Tesla’s most economical design, with 12,094 examples noted as marketed in Australia previous 12 months.

Tesla wait occasions have increased substantially in current months, from “just one to a few months” as recently as October 2021, to “8 to 12 weeks” the pursuing thirty day period, and by February 2022, up to “5 to seven months”.

The latest improve follows a cost rise applied to the entry-stage, rear-wheel-travel Model 3 before this month, from $59,900 to $60,900 ahead of on-highway costs – the model’s initial value rise in far more than 18 months. The Long Vary AWD ($73,200) and Overall performance AWD ($86,472, together with Luxurious Auto Tax) have been unchanged.

With the larger Model S sedan and Design X SUV even now restricted to pre-orders, and no indicator of the hotly-predicted Design Y mid-sizing SUV, the Design 3 continues to be Tesla’s only car offered to purchase in Australia.