Two of Tesla’s prime executives are scheduled to carry a dialogue on the upgraded Mannequin 3 later this week, as posted on X by the automaker this week.
Tesla’s major X account mentioned that Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy can be holding a chat concerning the upgraded Model 3, set to happen on March 7 at 2 p.m. PT. The put up additionally requested that customers submit questions within the thread that they wish to hear answered in the course of the speak.
Be part of Franz @woodhaus2 (Chief Designer) & Lars @larsmoravy (VP Car Engineering) for a chat concerning the new Mannequin 3
Streaming reside on March 7 at 2pm PT
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Tesla launched the upgraded Mannequin 3 in North America in January, simply months after the automaker premiered the vehicle in several European, Asian and other markets final 12 months.
The automobile consists of a number of exterior and inside updates from the legacy Model 3, together with re-designed entrance and rear bumpers, new ambient lighting, an upgraded heart console that includes wi-fi charging, an even bigger touchscreen, and a rear leisure show, amongst different design enhancements, nonetheless.
The refreshed sedan is presently out there in two configurations, a rear-wheel-drive and an all-wheel-drive “Lengthy Vary,” although many are awaiting the Model 3 Performance “Ludicrous” edition that von Holzhausen recently confirmed would sometime be coming. A number of prototypes of the new Model 3 Performance have additionally been noticed in latest weeks, suggesting that the trim’s launch may very well be drawing close to.
The 2 executives also discussed the upgraded Model 3 on a segment of Jay Leno’s Garage this week, echoing most of the identical factors just lately made by Marques Brownlee, together with when he called the Model 3 refresh a “mini Model S.”
Moravy mentioned in the course of the video that the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in rear-wheel-drive configurations may be charged to one hundred pc “all day each day,” whereas the Lengthy Vary trims embody nickel-based batteries that ought to be charged to 80 or 90 p.c — except you’re Supercharging whereas on a highway journey, wherein case they are often charged to one hundred pc.
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