Tesla: in Australia the number of cars sold differs from that of those registered. How come?
Tesla has been accused of inflating its sales numbers in Australia, according to a new Drive article reported this weekend. Tesla said it sold 15,000 vehicles locally in Australia in 2020, but the company's official number does not match the registration data outside the country.
Official Australian data “revealed that 12,000 Tesla cars were added to national registries in 2021,” Drive wrote, leaving a clear 3,000-vehicle delta from Tesla's reported numbers.
Based on unfounded data released by Tesla and the Electric Vehicle Council, the Tesla Model 3 sedan wrecked the Toyota Camry's 28-year record in the midsize sedan class in Australia (15,054 versus 13,081 sales).
However, based on national registration data, the Tesla Model 3 finished second behind the Toyota Camry last year (12,058 versus 13,081 sales) and the 28-year streak still stands. But the problem is another: this discrepancy between sales and registrations means either that in Australia someone buys the cars and does not register them, using them as an ornament, or the sales data are, let's say, incorrect.
Either way, Tesla's number of sales was a record for 2021, representing more than three times what the automaker sold in 2021. Tesla has sold the second car eight times. These are very particular data, very strange, and above all the discrepancy between sold and registered cars is truly without explanation. If there was a similar problem on all sales it would be a big problem for the balance sheet data.
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