Source: Electrek
OCTOBER 8
Tesla is doing a Model 3 refresh and we’ve seen it
Fred Lambert - Oct. 8th 2020 5:23 pm ET @FredericLambert
Tesla is making an update to Model 3, which is significant enough that people other than Elon Musk would call it a refresh, and we’ve seen it.
Electrek can confirm some of the new features.
Over the last few months, we have heard a lot of rumors about a Model 3 update.
It started when Tesla updated the Model 3’s frunk and then submitted an application to produce the Model 3 with a chrome delete in China.
Now we can confirm that Tesla is indeed planning to bundle several updates to the Model 3, and that it is about to start delivery of the new version.
We have seen pictures of the new Model 3, but we are not able to share the pictures at this time in order to protect sources.
The pictures confirmed several updates to the Model 3 produced in the US including a chrome delete to the exterior trims — like my Model 3 pictured above.
Tesla is also adding a powered trunk gate, like in the Model Y.
The interior is seeing a significant update with new upholstery on the top of the vehicle with what appears to be slightly darker material.
Model 3 is getting a completely different center console. Tesla got rid of the glossy piano black finish and replaced it with matte finish.
Here’s my own Model 3’s center console and a quick drawing to explain what the new Tesla console looks like:
The Model 3 center console is made of three different sections in one piece, but the new console almost looks like two pieces instead of one with the top section where you charge your phone at the top looking completely different.
It’s separated with the chrome trim now wrapping around the second section.
Instead of being a lid that flips open, it’s now a sliding door like in the Model S/X center console.
The cup holders don’t have a chrome trim and they are located higher on the section closer to the section with an opening.
The phone charger section looks like a solid piece that doesn’t flip up and down like the current one. It’s wrapped with fake leather and the center has what looks like a suede-like material.
Finally, Tesla has changed the windows with a new double-paned glass, which should help with noise and weather isolation.
The timing of deliveries of the Model 3’s updated features is unclear, but sources say that the new version is rolling off the assembly in Fremont.
Electrek’s Take
All these updates were rumored in a leak in China last month, and the leak also mentioned that the updated Model 3 would be equipped with Tesla’s Octovalve and heat pump.
While we couldn’t visually confirm that like the other features, if they were right on everything else, it’s safe to assume that the Model 3 will also get the heat pump with this refresh.
I know Elon Musk doesn’t like to say that Tesla does model “refreshes” and instead says that they implement new features whenever they’re ready, but if they’re updating all those things, including the heat pump, at the same time, I feel like saying that this is a “refresh” is fair.
Personally, I think a Model S/X interior refresh is more needed than Model 3, but it’s clear that Tesla is focusing on Model Y and Model 3 over the last three years. These are the programs that bring volume to Tesla.
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10/8
特斯拉正在對Model 3進行刷新，我們已經看到了
弗雷德·蘭伯特 -東部時間2020年10月8日下午5:23 @FredericLambert
特斯拉正在對Model 3進行更新，這一更新意義重大，以至於Elon Musk之外的其他人都可以稱之為更新，我們已經看到了。
Electrek可以確認一些新功能。
在過去的幾個月中，我們聽到了許多有關Model 3更新的傳言。
Electrek可以確認一些新功能。
它始於特斯拉 更新Model 3的後備箱，然後提交了在中國生產帶有鍍鉻刪除件的Model 3的申請。
現在我們可以確認特斯拉確實計劃捆綁Model 3的多個更新，並且即將開始交付新版本。
我們已經看到了新Model 3的圖片，但是為了保護資訊來源，我們目前無法共享這些圖片。
這些照片證實了對在美國生產的Model 3的幾處更新，包括對外部裝飾件的鍍鉻刪除-如上圖所示的我的Model 3。
特斯拉還增加了電動後備箱門，如ModelY。
內飾方面的重大更新是在汽車頂部增加了新的內飾，看起來有些暗。
Model 3正在獲得完全不同的中央控制台。特斯拉擺脫了光滑的鋼琴黑色飾面，並用啞光飾面代替了它。
這是我自己的Model 3中央控制台和一張簡短的圖紙，用以解釋新型Tesla控制台的外觀：
舊中控台
新中控台
Model 3中控台由三個不同的部分組成，但新的控制台幾乎看起來像兩塊，而不是頂部的一個，頂部的充電完全不同。
它與第二部分環繞的鍍鉻裝飾分開。
如今，它不再像翻蓋一樣打開，而是像S / X型中控台一樣滑動。
杯架沒有鍍鉻飾邊，它們位於靠近開口的部分的較高位置。
手機充電器部分看起來像是一塊堅固的零件，不會像當前充電器一樣上下翻轉。它包裹著假皮革，中間有看起來像絨面革的材料。
最後，特斯拉用新的雙層玻璃改變了窗戶，這應該有助於隔離噪音和天候。
Model 3的更新功能的交付時間尚不清楚，但消息人士稱，新版本將在Fremont組裝。
伊萊克雷克的
所有這些更新都在上個月發生在中國的一次洩漏中，據傳該洩漏還提到更新的Model 3將配備特斯拉的Octovalve和熱泵。
儘管我們無法像其他功能一樣從視覺上確認，但是如果它們在其他所有功能上都正確無誤，則可以安全地假設Model 3也將通過此更新獲得熱泵。
我知道埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）不願意說特斯拉（Tesla）會建模“刷新”，而是說他們準備就緒時會實施新功能，但是如果他們要同時更新所有這些功能（包括熱泵）， 我想說這是“刷新”是公平的。
就個人而言，我認為比Model 3更需要Model S / X內飾更新，但是很明顯，在過去三年中，Tesla專注於Model Y和Model 3。這些程序為特斯拉帶來了銷量。
