This year is shaping up as the toughest yet for Tesla in Australia.
The brand lost its place in the EV sales race to BYD in January, when its two models were tangled in red tape.
Tesla sales were hamstrung by a ship that was turned around due to biosecurity concerns, along with recalls and rectification work for missing child seat tethers in the latest Model 3.
Elon Musk’s EV brand hit speed bumps just as China’s BYD found top gear, recording a fourfold sales increase following the introduction of the BYD Dolphin hatchback and BYD Seal sedan to join the BYD Atto 3 compact SUV late last year.
The brand recorded 1310 deliveries last month, well more than the 267 examples sold in January last year.
Luke Todd, managin...
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