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M3's came out of giga Shanghai since early Jan 2022 have the following updates: Ryzen chip (replaced intel atom chip) compact & long lasting 12v Li-ion battery (replaced 12v lead-acid battery - 12kg+) windscreen wipers heaters new redesign LED tail light cluster (dual reversing lights, larger...

The few days per quarter production allocation in giga Shanghai for RHD M3's, are shared among UK/AU/NZ/SG/HK/Japan markets, don't forget M3 orders in India may open soon...

Found this recent update from Reuters: SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) - Tesla has notified workers and suppliers that production at its Shanghai factory will not resume on Monday as it had hoped, according to an internal notice shared with Reuters. Reuters reported earlier on Sunday that the U.S...

Last quarter, production for AU bounded M3's was started on 08/01 then through to 11/01, you can refer to the below 17/02 post in this group Australian Model 3 Waiting Room Therefore Q2 production for AU should start this week.

Yes Tesla sells UMC but it costs more than a Gen3 wall connector. I leave my UMC at home connected to a 15A GPO, and brought a $250 type-2 charging cable to put in the frunk. Many free destination chargers are either without cable, or with a broken cable, so I think this was a better investment...

You probably don't want to supercharge your M3 for 50,000km, as it will significantly increase your battery degradation. I had a sparky to install a 15A GPO at my garage for $200 (with dedicated 20A circuit breaker), which gives me around 25km/hr charge rate using the UMC 15A tail. If you are...

Pumped up the music in my 2022 RWD, but can't seem to hear any sound emitted from those speakers. But still very decent sound from the 8 speakers with the following settings, personally I found it's slightly better that the 10 speakers (subwoofer in boot) system in my previous Q5.

Providing more affordable insurance & family-friendly car options are pretty much common goals for most major brands, Tesla included. This is why Tesla is rolling out it's own insurance plans in US to provide more affordable options to its owners, for overseas markets - the 2022 M3 RWD had...

Many people here & around the world are buying M3 as their family cars, it's not about the number, but to provide an option for those people who want to buy a P-plate compliant Tesla family car, instead of the SA's simply asking them to buy other brands. Did you mean high performance cars which...

This is from the Transport NSW website:

I doubt it. The 2022 M3 RWD had brought the below 2 major benefits to the owners (according to many FB & forum posts): Cheaper insurance premium Can be driven by P-platers (at least in NSW) So the 0.5 sec performance reduction had moved the M3 RWD just out of the "performance car" category...

439 with Sport Wheels (delivery with 55% on Thu, 1st time charged to 100% on Friday)

If your SA was not really helpful, did you try calling the Tesla Sydney hotline directly (02 4328 0288)? Explain you situation again to the service agent who answered your call, and see if you can get a different outcome.

Interesting January MY & M3 sales numbers in China - over 19K Teslas sold in Jan, only 3K of them were M3, 78% year-on-year reduction, as the MY gaining popularity in China. Which means, Giga Shanghai could redistribute some LHD M3 domestic quota in Feb/Mar to RHD export markets in Q1, hence...

My SA also shared that, the Alexandria centre still have some cars from the Midas ship to be delivered this week & into early next week, then Crystal deliveries will start mid-late next week. I think Chatswood centre may have more backlogs to be cleared from the Midas ship, so running a bit...

The earliest available date is 24/02, which I had selected without hesitation. I had spoken with my SA yesterday afternoon, he confirmed most of the M3's offloaded from Crystal are still waiting at PK to be picked up by trucks, including mine. Each truck can only carrier 6 M3's, so it'll take a...

Thanks mate, just got the delivery SMS this morning! Hope you'll get yours very soon!

Morning Crystal cars are being delivered next week in Sydney, just got the delivery SMS this morning & locked in the earliest pick-up date, transferred the full invoice balance straight after that. A few more sleeps to go, also confirmed the ceramic tint booking right after the morning pickup. 😃

In Veda's words, you totally missed the point here. What many people annoyed was - being told to subscribed to a $15 service, and claimed that "valuable" info like which ships carrying M3's in each quarter is only available in the paid service - which many other people & I had proven this is...

None of my comments were "whinge" or "rants", instead just tried my best to provide guides/info for people in this forum who want to track their pending M3 orders via all the freely available online sources. As in your words - "your analysis is close", for identifying Tesla ships bound for PK...

Today my EDD updated from 19/02 - 05/03 to 19/02 - 27/02, so delivery is definitely happening next week, so excited & will keep my phone handy tomorrow & Sat for the delivery SMS 😀 Anyone else got the EDD update? (I'm picking up in Alexandria/Sydney)

I also want to add - without people sharing their accurate M3 built dates & EDD's via the paid Veda forum or free TMC/FB forums, I believe Veda will not be able to accurately identify a ship leaving Shanghai in first half of each quarter, designated for BRIS/PK, whether there are any M3's...

100% agree. Take the recent 3 ships in Q1 as a good example: Since mid-late Jan, People started sharing in here & FB groups their M3 built dates from 08/01 - 11/01, after receiving the final invoices Then these people all got two types of EDD - mid to late Feb (08/01 - 09/01 built dates) & late...

Not yet. I was super excited when receiving a text from Tesla this morning, but it was for the $5 test payment I made yesterday, lol 😁

Based on this number, there will be a total of 4000 M3's offloaded in PK in Q1 via 3 ships (Midas/Crystal/Clara), assume 1000 for NZ, which leaves roughly 3000 for AU Q1 deliveries. Comparing with 12,000 total M3 delivered here last year, looks like AU M3 allocation from Shanghai Giga remains...

This article mentioned the Morning Crystal arrived in PK yesterday, has 1200-1400 M3's onboard, trucks were being spotted carrying M3's to delivery centres. People with late Feb EDD should start getting delivery SMS'es in the coming days. My SA had confirmed that, once the cars arrived in...

That made sense, as cars will be transferred again by ship from PK to Perth, so your car could still be delivered by Morning Midas to PK, and it's now on another ship enroute to Perth. Cars that are destinated for all other states will be transported from PK by trucks, which should have earlier...

Morning Crystal had docked in PK last night, I'm hoping M3's with built dates of 10/01 & 11/01 are on this ship, which matches the EDD 19/02 - 05/03 in Tesla account. I checked with my SA this morning but she wouldn't confirm whether my car is on this ship, instead the following standard...

Thanks for sharing the videos on the updated tail lights, I like the much larger ring brake lights as well, is this also part of the 2022 update?

European buyers had started receiving their 2022 M3 & MY shipped also from Shanghai Giga (slightly earlier than us although further away from Shanghai), they reported the laminated rear windows update for MY only, while M3 got the expected AMD Ryzen & 12V Lion-ion updates.

I have the exact same config & pickup location as yours, ordered on 07/12 but EDD is later on 19/2 - 5/3, got my VIN on 18/02 though. I think we are in the same batch of cars en route in Midas.

Just saw posts from FB group, Morning Crystal ETA Brisbane 05/02 3:49am, then Port Kembla 07/02 8:00am. This timeline matches the earliest EDD of 08/02 - 22/02 shared by many ordered in Nov

I saw EDD updated (e.g. 28/02 - 12/03) first in both the app & web page, and found VIN in the source code, then received the following SMS from Tesla a few hours later: "Tesla Update: A vehicle has been assigned to your order. Visit your Tesla Account to view your delivery estimate and complete...

Is 3D6 also a hairpin motor?

Tesla China charges RMB8,000 (A$1,800) for white, free colour is black for local deliveries. Great value here to get a multi-coat colour for free :)

Got final invoice on 27/01, built date was 11/01. Only one call from SA after order placed. A few emails/texts recently asked for confirmation of 2022 updates (MCU3/12V Li-ion/heated wipers/taillights) went unanswered. Looking at the colour description on the invoice - "Pearl White...

Pretty sure the MIC 2021 M3 SR+ was on 3D1 (202KW/404Nm), while the 3D6 is M3P's real motor.

Already confirmed/discussed in earlier post, 2022 RWD M3 had switched to newer & more advanced Hairpin motor (3D7), as indicated in the 8th letter in the VIN. It produces less heat & more efficient, with slight drop in power. This is the main reason both LR & P 2022 have reduced ranges (20km -...

Saw this real world case of how MY moose test performance had helped this owner avoided an accident (M3 result must be better than MY) https://insideevs.com/news/559777/tesla-modely-avoid-crash-moose/

I guess no one in WA had ordered M3 RWD with these 3 options - Blue ext, White int, 19" Sport Wheels

We all know that Giga Shanghai will produce cars for exports in the first 45 days of each quarter. For M3, it then further breaks down into LHD & RHD cars. We're all competing under the total RHD export quota with other markets like UK, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, NZ, etc. M3 VIN...

I have the exactly same config with you, I got the EDD & VIN this morning for Alexandria delivery. Next M3 being produced in the factory in this spec could be yours :)

Got my EDD & VIN this morning!

I think this may relate to the differences between the large battery types & the ways the 12v Li-ion battery are being charged by the larger battery in RWD vs LR/P. The new Ryzen MCU is powered by the new 12v Li-ion battery in all M3 cars, but the 12v battery is being recharged by LFP battery...

Thanks for sharing the info. If they are also true, it'll certainly make the 2022 update the most significant one for M3! (with the AMD Chip + Li-on Battery) Ventilated/cooled front seats will be also handy for the hot summer here.

Saw the same question from other forum, there are white protective films on the side window trims & door handles, which looks like Chrome from a distance :)

I am on 2018 Audi Q5 TDI Sport (in carsales ad right now), was waiting for Model Y order opening late last year, but the ~$10K saving on rebates & corporate program got me placed the order on M3 RWD last month.

I was assuming the comparison video was taken at the same location with 2 different Tesla cars, hence they should have the same internet speed - being 4G/LTE or WiFi.

One simple example - there isn't any blind-spot warning LED in the M3 side mirrors like other ICE cars, many drivers are checking the screen for surrounding rendered cars while changing lanes - hence tesla added the side camera view on the screen once turning indicator is activated.