Tesla Model 3 dominated EV sales in Australia in 2021

The Tesla Model 3 is easily Australia’s most popular premium sedan. Last year, the Chinese-made, American-badged four-door outsold the BMW 3 Series/4 The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling EV sedan in Australia. Over the next three months and 5000km, we’re going to see if the king deserves its crown.

There are no two ways about it, Tesla’s sales are sliding in Australia. There’s an explanation, of course, with a stop-delivery creating pent-up demand Model 3 swings back into the garage but this time with Full Self Driving (Supervised) for the first time in right-hand drive.

It shouldn’t be surprising, but it turns out that Tesla does listen to feedback. There’s no other way to explain the swag of worthwhile upgrades to the Tesla has listened to feedback: the facelift of the Model 3 addresses a range of criticism to tremendous effect. This is a much better car

Watch our expert review of the 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance, including dual motors, handling, interior, boot space and Australian price.

The original Tesla Model Y Performance was like the polarising deep-cut third album from your favourite band — the one that followed the sweet, well-liked Credible improvements in the Model Y Performance’s ride quality and body control lift engagement, making us cry out for a similar upgrade to this Tesla’s steering.

When pre-orders opened for the updated Tesla Model Y earlier in 2025, most early-adopter Australians gravitated toward the Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) variant. Deeply impressive real-world efficiency, and resulting usable range, makes the much-improved Tesla Model Y base model a solid SUV choice.

Chasing Cars doesn’t do political commentary. We publish road tests we hope Australian car buyers find valuable. So we’ll deal with the elephant in the Tesla has given its crucial Model Y a superb mid-life upgrade that fixes or improves many of the SUV’s previous faults—making its connection to fraught politics frustrating

Need more space than a Model 3 provides? Tesla’s first midsize SUV, the Model Y, has landed in Australia in RWD and Performance AWD models.

Ferrari has finally brought back the iconic gated manual gearbox. Except it hasn’t – not quite. The 12Cilindri Manuale is the first three-pedal Ferrari in The gated shifter and clutch pedal are back at Ferrari – but the conventional manual hasn’t made a full return. The distinction matters, but not as much as you’d think

Leapmotor has struggled to make its mark in a market swamped by affordable Chinese electric vehicles. At a time when rivals are experiencing explosive With lots of tech and a pricepoint to turn heads, is the new BO5 hatchback the car to firmly put China's Leapmotor on the map in a crowded EV market?

Swedish-branded, Chinese-built hyper GT is huge on style, manic in pace and reasonably priced. But can it seduce with enough charisma to find Aussie buyers?

Kia’s petrol-powered K4 hatch appears to be fighting a losing battle against the wave of sharply priced small Chinese EVs. But for the purists, there’s still plenty to like

Volvo puts itself in the key midsize electric luxury SUV buyers’ conversation with first electric equivalent of its best-seller

On the July morning that our newest long termer, the 2026 RAV4 GXL AWD, landed in the Chasing Cars garage, Toyota’s medium SUV was about to celebrate its Australia’s most popular SUV, in desirable yet affordable GXL trim, has rolled into the Chasing Cars garage for a proper long-term test. Can it live up to the hype?

Sharing its impressive all-new 800-volt architecture with the third-generation CLA, the new five-plus-two-seat GLB champions space efficiency, driving comfort, refinement and EV tech

Not quite the full-on, game-changing, low-cost EV we were promised, cut-back Model 3 RWD still delivers superb value

Electric vehicle sales in Australia are estimated to have passed the 650,000 mark, after a bumper July where they made up 22 per cent of the total market. What are the best-selling EVs in Australia, and does Chasing Cars recommend them?

Hyundai has confirmed its Ioniq 6 N performance sedan flagship will launch in Australia in the first half of 2026, providing the Korean automaker with a Ioniq 6 the latest to join Hyundai ‘N’ performance division with unique styling and driver-focused performance enhancements

In car news today: the Tesla Model 3 Performance has been revealed and priced for Australia, and BYD has confirmed its ute will indeed be called ‘Shark’.

Tesla has stopped deliveries for its recently facelifted Model 3 electric sedan due to a compliance issue with Australian Design Rules (ADRs). A Deliveries have paused for Tesla’s newly facelifted Model 3 electric sedan following the discovery of a breach of Australian motor vehicle regulations.

The cost of entry to the Tesla Model 3 electric sedan has been dramatically reduced by $9000 for its 2027 model year with the introduction of an

The all-new third-generation Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan – codenamed ‘C178’ (for ICE) and ‘C174’ (for BEV) – has been priced for its imminent Australian

A recent Tesla press release has confirmed the brand will not introduce cut-price variants of its Model 3 sedan and Model Y medium SUV to Australia, Tesla Australia will rename its existing range with a ‘Premium’ focus — but one subtle line confirms this isn’t in preparation for the launch of cheaper, ‘Standard’ models.

Chasing Cars’ comprehensive guide to Tesla's popular Model 3 electric sedan pricing as it happens with each update

A leaked photograph uploaded to Reddit purports to show the Project Highland Model 3 – if it is real, new headlights are the most noticeable change

Tesla Australia has increased the prices of its Model 3 sedan and Model Y midsize SUV, just weeks after it lowered prices by up to $3100. But as of Tesla reduced the price of its Model 3 sedan recently, but the American brand has decided to increase costs again by $400

Tesla has shown that EVs are here to stay with the Model 3 climbing to 17th in European sales charts in 2021, beating the 3 Series and Tiguan

Hertz has ordered 50,000 more Tesla Model 3s in a partnership with Uber after already ordering 100,000 Teslas last week.

NEDC is dead, long live WLTP - for Tesla, at least. Australian Tesla buyers will now be shown more accurate WLTP driving range claims.

NSW EV Plan: NSW will abolish stamp duty on EVs, introduce a rebate for early adopters, build chargers to support EV uptake.

The Tesla Model 3 has recieved a significant discount of $7,000 in some variants while also recieving a boost in overal range

The 2026 Tesla Model 3 becomes Australia’s longest driving range electric car with the addition of a new Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) trim. With Tesla has confirmed a new Long Range RWD Model 3 and range improvements for range-topping Performance