The Cybertruck won’t be coming to Australia or New Zealand after all. Tesla is emailing reservation holders in both countries to let them know their orders are being canceled, nearly seven years after it started taking Cybertruck reservations.
“After careful consideration, plans to produce Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand have been discontinued,” Tesla wrote in the email.
Refunds and a Free Year of FSD
Tesla says it’s “unable to fulfil your reservation and it will be cancelled,” and that reservation holders will get a full refund for any payments made. A separate email with refund details will follow, and Tesla will process the refund within 30 days of the customer confirming those details.
To thank them for their early support, Tesla is also offering affected reservation holders a complimentary one-year FSD (Supervised) subscription if they order a new Model 3 or Model Y by the end of 2026. At $149 AUD per month, that’s a $1,788 value as compensation for a $150 deposit that’s also being refunded.
Why Tesla Dropped the Right-Hand Drive Cybertruck
Both Australia and New Zealand drive on the left, so selling the Cybertruck there would have required a right-hand drive version. That market was always going to be small, and Tesla likely decided the expected sales weren’t enough to justify adapting its production line.
What This Means for the Cybertruck
The decision adds to questions about the Cybertruck’s long-term future. In the U.S., Tesla recently raised Cybertruck prices by $5,000 despite underwhelming sales, which led us to wonder whether the Cybertruck could eventually be discontinued. Scrapping a right-hand drive version after years of reservations doesn’t inspire much confidence, especially as Tesla takes on another low-volume vehicle in the new Roadster.
Still, the Model S and Model X discontinuation earlier this year came suddenly too. Those two sold far more units than the Cybertruck and had a richer legacy, helping bring both EVs and Tesla into the mainstream, but low volumes still played a part in Tesla ending them.
For now, the Cybertruck remains on sale in North America and other left-hand drive markets. Australian and Kiwi fans hoping to get one will have to look at importing a left-hand drive model, assuming local regulations (and their wallets) allow it.
Tesla owners finally have a timeline for unsupervised Full Self-Driving, and the finish line is in sight. During Tesla’s Q3 2026 earnings call on Wednesday, Tesla VP of AI Ashok Elluswamy said the first customer vehicles could get unsupervised FSD and join the Robotaxi network around Q2 2027.
“We suspect somewhere around Q2 next year is when we can turn on some of the first customer vehicles to be part of the Robotaxi fleet,” Elluswamy said.
Same Software as Robotaxi, Within Tesla’s Geofences
Elluswamy explained that Cybercabs and Model Y robotaxis already run the same software. Tesla plans to release that software to customers as part of FSD v15.
The main remaining requirement is making sure customer vehicles can operate within Tesla’s geofences and fleet management system, so they can run fully autonomously. That means unsupervised FSD will likely be limited to select areas in the U.S. at first, similar to how Robotaxi has expanded city by city. Austin, the birthplace of the Robotaxi service, could be one of the first cities to get unsupervised FSD. Tesla recently named its next four Robotaxi cities.
FSD v15 is the next big step toward unsupervised autonomy. Elluswamy has said v15 will increase total neural network parameters from about 1 billion to 10 billion, marking a major upgrade. The Robotaxi fleet is set to get v15 first, with customer vehicles following suit. Given the Q2 2027 timeline, Tesla could start rolling out unsupervised FSD for customers in a later point release of v15.
Earning Money With Your Tesla
Tesla has long said Model 3 and Model Y owners will be able to add their cars to the Robotaxi network to earn money while they’re not using them. This is the first time it has given a timeline for that.
Not a Tesla App
There are still plenty of open questions. Tesla hasn’t shared how revenue sharing will work, or how charging, cleaning, and fleet management will be handled for owner-provided vehicles.
Owner interest in FSD is surging as Tesla creeps closer to unsupervised driving. Over 75% of new North American deliveries in Q3 included a paid FSD subscription, a new record, and FSD now has more than 1.7 million paid customers worldwide.
Musk also expects Robotaxi earnings to start making a noticeable difference to Tesla’s finances around Q2 2027, the same window Elluswamy gave for customer cars. Check out our full Q3 2026 earnings call recap for everything else Tesla shared.
If Tesla holds to its timeline, some owners could be sending their cars out to give rides by mid-2027.
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