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Tesla sales slide in Australia in October

Simon Evans

Electric car pioneer Tesla dropped from having the third-biggest selling model of any new vehicle player in September in Australia, to No.17 in October in a market where overall sales climbed by 16.9 per cent compared with a year ago.

The solid rise in sales of new vehicles comes at a time when households are more nervous about rising costs and the Reserve Bank of Australia keeps lifting rates to try to curb runaway inflation.

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Simon Evans writes on business specialising in retail, manufacturing, beverages, mining and M&A. He is based in Adelaide. Connect with Simon on Twitter. Email Simon at simon.evans@afr.com

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