Best selling production Tesla Model 3 The company’s Shanghai Gigafactory appears to have paused, which once again fuels rumors that the company will soon begin production of the updated model.
A recent YouTube video by the popular Tesla blogger Ngo Wow There is drone footage of the Chinese factory on May 25 showing little or no 3 . samples in the staging area.
Ngo Wow Note that Model Y However, production seems to continue at a normal level.
The Australian Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles are sourced from this Chinese manufacturing plant.
This latest development according to the Chinese store Yicai reported last month that Tesla China has denied the veracity of the reports The updated Model 3 will enter mass production in Shanghai on June 1.
At this stage, it remains unclear when the updated Tesla Model 3, codenamed Project Highland, will enter production precisely. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was recently in China at the Gigafactory Shanghai, but the car was not on display.
Despite that, we’ve seen plenty of Model 3 prototypes spied on and what appears to be an undisguised vehicle.
An update to the closely related Model Y SUV, codenamed Project Juniper, is expected to follow shortly.
A recent photo shared on reddit shows that the Model 3 will get a new headlight design, as well as a new front bumper and what appears to be – finally – a instrument cluster.
Not a Tesla app reports that the Model 3 will have a single camera in the center of the front bumper plus two new cameras, one on each side of the vehicle.
This is said to be a 5-megapixel camera with anti-glare coating, which is superior to current 1.2-megapixel car cameras. The updated model will also be upgraded from a Hardware 3 to a Hardware 4 supercomputer.
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Current Model 3
There won’t be any ultrasonic sensors as the company pushes ahead with the Tesla Vision system, which doesn’t rely on radar or sensors but instead a camera, while Tesla will also simplify the Model 3’s interior even further. .
Tesla has previously said it won’t go the traditional ‘upgrade’ route like traditional carmakers, but it looks like it’s changing the tune to help keep its vehicles fresh.
Low sales in the key Chinese market have led to Tesla cutting prices there, sparking a price war with rival brands.
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