Tesla (TSLA) pulls Models S and X orders from Australian website

American electric vehicle giant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) updated its Australian website Wednesday night to reflect that the company is no longer accepting orders for either the Model S or Model X from customers in the country. Prospective buyers will only be able to receive updates and not place orders for the company’s flagship vehicles.

The $400 refundable pre-order option and Design Studio are inaccessible. These have been replaced by a button that says “Get Updates,” which puts customers on a mailing list.

According to Australian media outlet “The Drive”, the Model S and Model X vehicles are still being made available for other Right-Hand-Drive markets.

Interestingly, Tesla said in its press release that announced its nearly 423,000 vehicle deliveries for the first quarter that it had transitioned to a “more even regional mix of vehicle builds, including Model S/X vehicles in transit to EMEA and APAC.”

It remains unclear if Tesla is planning to completely eliminate the Model S and Model X from this market. As of now, nobody in Australia has been told by the company that they will be issued a refund for their existing order, so it appears there may be too much of a backlog for the vehicles in the country.

Tesla builds the Model S and Model X in only one factory, the Fremont plant, which is located in Northern California. The cars are both low-volume and contribute to less than 5 percent of the company’s total quarterly volume on average.

Shares of TSLA are up 3.85% near end of trading on Thursday.

By Michael Elkins | [email protected]

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