Why can a Tesla reach a country before Tesla starts selling new cars there?
Explore 193 countries on an animated map and discover the gap between imported cars and an official local Tesla sales operation.

Brazil and Russia have independent imports. South Africa has a Tesla Powerwall page. Kazakhstan has Tesla Superchargers. These are different stories from buying a new car directly through Tesla's own local operation.

Coverage: 193 UN member states across 10 regions, including island countries. Country research checked November 1, 2026, using the dated reports cited in the film.
The research registry records 50 confirmed official local sales markets, 6 countries with dated reports of no official local new-car sales, and 137 unconfirmed statuses. Unconfirmed cases remain open and are not counted as absence. Imports, used-car listings, servicing, chargers, energy products and future announcements are assessed separately from local new-car sales. Market conditions can change; dated reporting is not a live purchase test.

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SOURCES
Tesla locations and local operations:
https://www.tesla.com/findus/list
Tesla ordering:
https://www.tesla.com/support/ordering-new-vehicle
Tesla's grey-market guide (definitions; its older country examples are not treated as current sales evidence):
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/quick-guide-for-ownership-experience-grey-market-grey-vehicles_NA.pdf
Brazil — AutoPapo, June 23, 2026:
https://autopapo.com/en/curta/tesla-advances-over-argentina-and-uruguay-and-brazil-is-waiting/
Russia — September 2026 reporting:
https://auto.rambler.ru/novosti/57105920-prodazhi-tesla-v-rossii-ruhnuli-na-60/amp/
South Africa — local reporting and Tesla Powerwall:
https://techcentral.co.za/watts-wheels-s1e8-tesla-lands-in-africa-just-not-here/
https://www.tesla.com/en_za/powerwall
Kazakhstan — local reporting and Tesla's charger directory:
https://trakt.kz/tesla-v-kazahstane/
https://www.tesla.com/findus/list/superchargers/Kazakhstan

MAP & VISUAL RESOURCES
Natural Earth map geometry — public domain:
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/
Flag SVGs — FlagCDN, sourced from Wikimedia Commons:
https://flagcdn.com/
Barlow Condensed and Montserrat typefaces — SIL Open Font License:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Barlow+Condensed
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat
Tesla intro artwork and thumbnail facial stickers are AI-generated; country outlines and flags use controlled geographic and vector assets.

MUSIC
"Tech Live" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?Search=Search&isrc=USUAN1700030
Edited, looped, faded and mixed under narration.