“It was never off the table”: Tesla Australia briefed on ADR requirements to launch Cybertruck as electric beast firms for our market
Tesla Australia has been briefed on the Australian Design Rule (ADR) changes required to launch the Cybertruck in our market, with the controversial ute now firming for local launch.
Thom Drew, Country Director for Tesla Australia, insists the Cybertruck was “never off the table” for a local launch – despite the vehicle reservation system being stripped from the Tesla Australia site – and instead says demand in the USA pushed back any global rollout.
But while Mr Drew stopped short of confirming local launch for the truck, he says it has “always been on the roadmap”, suggesting a debut Down Under draws near.
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“Locally, me and the team – and certainly we’ve been garnering feedback from the public as well – (we) are very, very interested in the product. It’s never been off the table, to be clear. It has always been on the roadmap,” he says.
“Cybertruck is a conversation that we’re having ongoing. I can’t tell you a timeline, or if or when, but just locally, we’re advocating for it as much as we can.”
The local Tesla team have gone so far as to seek a briefing on how to get the Cybertruck to comply with local ADR requirements, following a 12-month Australian roadshow with a US-spec vehicle (pictured top in Adelaide).
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And the good news, Mr Drew says, is any truck that arrived in Australia would arrive visually near-enough identical to the truck on sale in the USA.
“Look, I have had a briefing on what needs to change,” he says. “I do understand that. And it’s not what people think. Australian Design Rules are different for this classification of vehicle, and the vehicle you see today, it would look the same.”
“There are small changes to bumper widths, some external lighting requirements, and obviously left to right-hand drive, and just a few engineering changes like that, but fundamentally the same vehicle.”
Really really really?? Is there any demand for this shocker (which makes the Leyland P76 look attractive) in Australia? Surely Australia is better than this?
Yes. Big demand here.
Many people were on the waiting list.
yes there is more than 40k pre orders just in australia
They really are getting desperate to sell these things as US sales slow down because of mass recalls and the Musk effect.
the “Musk effect” is a left leaning commy myth. There are still MANY supporters of musk, and the left leaning media are trying their best to make it look like so. But it is actually more brand damage of the left with the “left extremism” that some of us traditional left leaning people don’t want to be part of or associated with, for example throwing a rock at Tesla with a pregnant woman, nearly killing her. You be part of what you wish of course, but to me that is political terrorism and many do not want to be part of it.
the musk effect is only with a case of listening to biased MSM narratives
The P76 qualifies as a classic car now, the cybertoilet, not so much. Elon fanbois aren’t really going to be EV buyers. EV buyers aren’t Elon fanbois. The Venn diagram is two non intersecting circles.
Bet they said the same thing as Frazer about the Ram and Chevrolet .
Please dont
I’d buy Chinese before I touch this piece of automotive crap
that is your choice, what you buy as long as you don’t ask for people to have their choices taken away by artificial means like calling for compliance to not be given because people don’t like the looks or elon or tesla.
I actually really like them they are beautiful 😍
We don’t want that shit here.
talk for yourself
rod, we don’t want you having a say in what people are allowed to buy, maybe we target your favorite brand and state you can’t buy it because it is ICE and not an EV. would you like that? no, so don’t ask for other peoples choices to be removed due to your dislike or bias. FAIR?
I will gladly have one. I have driven a p76 and as such will be a rare and commanding position to compare.
Dean
“Cybertruck is a conversation that we’re having ongoing.” Thom you could get a job as a speech writer for jacinta Allan
I hope Australians have better standards and don’t allow this ugly boxy tank to be sold here.
even if not your cup of tea, people will still buy it. do you want to be told what you have to buy? then don’t be calling for something not to be sold just because you don’t like it. because that becomes a dangerous slope of dictatorship
Don’t like Trump or fraud and ridiculous government waste being exposed, therefore Cybertruck bad?
Morons.
I’ll buy one if I want to.
agreed most people sound like they have a case of EDS AND TDS, but they love dictatorship
Some people want one, some don’t. As long as they are safe I don’t mind if they come. It’s funny how people want to limit others choices due to petty irrelevant politics, I think this vehicle is silly but I am happy if others give it a go. Road tax all vehicles by GVM and end EV subsidy would be fair now that EV sales are established.