A quarantine issue has caused a delay in the arrival of thousands of Tesla Model Ys in Australia, leading to the country falling short of its electric vehicle sales target. The delay was due to the discovery of stink bugs in an EV shipment from China. The cargo ship carrying the vehicles turned around and returned to China.
A quarantine issue has delayed thousands of Tesla Model Y s from arriving in Australia . Motorists around the nation bought 87,217 electric vehicles in 2023, but fell just short of the 100,000 that was expected due to the discovery of stink bugs in an EV shipment from China .A quarantine issue has delayed thousands of Tesla Model Y s from arriving in Australia .
Motorists around the nation bought 87,217 electric vehicles in 2023, but fell just short of the 100,000 that was expected due to the discovery of stink bugs in an EV shipment from China.Australia has missed a major electric vehicle milestone partly thanks to an unexpected bug in the system.But just as thousands of motorists were expecting a Christmas car delivery, the cargo ship holding them off the coast of Brisbane turned around and returned to China.Many of those it was carrying were reportedly Tesla Model Ys, though Kia has also confirmed about 1,000 of its vehicles were aboar
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