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Thousands of Teslas are piling up amid plummeting sales in Australia, with car experts already worried the electric vehicle honeymoon is over.
Two thousand Teslas arrive at the port Melbourne every month, but sales plunged a whopping 44 percent in April and many of the vehicles were pictured waiting to be moved from the busy transport hub.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Thousands of Teslas pile up at the Port of Melbourne.
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American car giant Tesla has made multiple and significant price cuts to its fleet in an effort to compete with China’s growing electric car market.
“All of a sudden we have a huge backlog of Teslas that aren’t moving, they just stopped moving,” Victorian Transport Association chief executive Peter Anderson said.
“Teslas usually come into the country pre-sold. These cars are not, they are sitting here waiting for buyers.”
Tesla isn’t the only company suffering.
Sales of electric vehicles fell 5% in April after more than three years of double- and triple-digit growth.
“People are starting to stretch their wallets,” said CarExpert founder Paul Marik.
“They really want value from a car. Electric vehicles are comparatively more expensive than internal combustion cars.
Industry experts say the sector is struggling to move beyond the “early adoption” phase.
Poor charging infrastructure and plummeting resale values have been blamed for creating uncertainty.
“People are a little weary of these price fluctuations and what that means for them when it comes to resale time,” Maric said.
The sales slowdown could have major implications for the Victorian government’s target for zero-emission vehicles.
The government wants 50 percent of all new cars sold by 2030 to be zero-emission vehicles, but that’s currently around 7 percent.
Tesla has acknowledged that sales are down, but says that while there may be an impression of stockpiling, that’s normal for the company.
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