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The Tesla Model 3's wait times are expected to blow-out in Australia, with the brand's Shanghai factory forced to remain closed due to a coronavirus outbreak.
The news compounds Tesla's delivery woes, with Australia's best-selling electric vehicle already facing wait times of up to nine months as the brand struggles with the supply chain issues plaguing the wider automotive industry.
Had you ordered a Model 3 in October last year, you were facing a maximum wait time of up to three weeks. By November, that had grown to three months, and by December it was five months.
In February, Tesla revised its delivery windows again, quoting up to seven months, before changing it to nine months in March.
Tesla's ordering site is still listing a maximum nine-month wait time in Australia, but that is expected to change as the Shanghai factory - from which Australia sources its vehicles - shutdown continues.
According to local reports, Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai shutdown has now been in place since March 28, as local authorities grapple with an outbreak of coronavirus. Including two days lost earlier in March, Tesla has now lost 12 days of production at one of it busiest production sites.
There were plans to reopen earlier this week, but they were abandoned as the city remains in indefinite shutdown.
It's a blow to Tesla, with the Shanghai Gigafactory producing half the brand's total vehicles in 2021, according to Bloomberg.
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