Tesla is reportedly engaged on a brand new variant of its Mannequin 3 sedan, and this one may need the longest vary of all of them.
A brand new submitting with China’s Ministry of Trade and Info Know-how (MIIT), noticed on Thursday by Electrek, known as the Tesla Mannequin 3+. In keeping with the submitting, the brand new car can be a single-motor, rear-wheel drive variant with a bigger, 225kW motor.
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Whereas the at present obtainable RWD (Rear-Wheel Drive) model makes use of LFP battery cells, the brand new model makes use of LG’s ternary lithium ion cells, which have a better power density. The opposite fundamental specs of the automobile — general size, wheelbase size, and weight — are the identical as these of the bottom Mannequin 3 model.
Not the entire specs of the automobile are identified, however what we all know (together with the automobile’s identify, Mannequin 3+) all factors to this being a longer-range variant of the automobile.
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The (translated) Tesla Mannequin 3 specs web page exhibits three at present obtainable fashions. The brand new Mannequin 3+ may beat all of them relating to vary.
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At present, the Tesla Mannequin 3 with the longest vary (that is the RWDe mannequin) is listed as having 753 kilometers of vary in China. The brand new variant may doubtlessly exceed 800 kilometers (roughly 500 miles), which might be a primary for Tesla.
Within the U.S., the Mannequin 3 with probably the most vary can do 363 miles per the Environmental Safety Company (EPA)’s estimates, although in China the vary figures are primarily based on the China Mild-Responsibility Car Take a look at Cycle (CLTC) which is a little more beneficiant in its estimates.
The information comes shortly after a brand new variant of the Mannequin Y was additionally filed with the MIIT. Known as the Tesla Mannequin YL, it has an prolonged wheelbase and three rows of seats with two seats in every, for a complete of six.
There is no phrase on when (or if) the 2 new variants are coming to the U.S. and Tesla’s different markets. Each are very attention-grabbing as they tackle two essential ache factors for as we speak’s electrical automobiles: inside house and vary.
