Model 3 2021

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Tesla New Model 3 to be Equipped with Octovalve, Heat Pump, & More



I do totally hate chrome delete, i hope they will refrain from it. Chrome can always be delete, all way round not so...

I agree, I prefer it to be chrome and the ability to change it to anything else. Like you said, you can't go from black to chrome with a wrap unless you want it to look hideous.

 

[boiler81]

Will the 2021 restore the frunk hooks, frunk mat, ambient door lighting, NEMA 14-50 UMC plug, and free Premium Connectivity for life that the 2018's had? Sometime having an older model has it's advantages.

 

[PNWLeccy]

Will the 2021 restore the frunk hooks, frunk mat, ambient door lighting, NEMA 14-50 UMC plug, and free Premium Connectivity for life that the 2018's had? Sometime having an older model has it's advantages.

*Don't forget included homelink, dimming side mirrors, ...

I have a 2018 and I think the only way I'd give up some of these nice features we have is for a quieter cabin, especially if some of the rumors are true about including double-pane acoustic glass. All the other things are fairly easy to retrofit/replace but I've sound deadened the entire rear of the car and haven't noticed any appreciable difference that a structural design change could achieve.

 

[rvjalsa855]

A heat pump is much more efficient than a resistance heater at temperatures around 10C. "California cold". A heat pump is a big deal in places like Europe, where temps between 5C and 15C are the norm.

At temperatures below freezing, a heat pump uses a resistive heater to prevent ice from forming in the heat pump's outlet airway. This resistive heating makes the heat pump less efficient at low temperatures. By about -10C, the heat pump will be about the same as resistive heating.

US EPA fuel economy/range tests include a hot cycle at 95F (45C) and a cold cycle at 20F (-6.7C). These temperature points don't benefit from a heat pump, so a heat pump will have no benefit to the EPA range rating. That's why a lot of other OEMs put heat pumps in European EVs but delete them from the US models. But even without a rated range benefit, we'll see a big real world benefit from a heat pump. In California it will be a big help from November through March, while in the Midwest or Canada it'll be a big benefit in October/November and March/April.

Its just been a month I got my model 3 and new model 3 are coming with heat pump, I was so disappointed that I did not wait to order, but now with this comment I'm so relieved as I live in Canada and as it doesn't make much of a difference when its too cold

 

[uujjj2]

There's a small typo in my post about the heat pump. The US EPA test hot cycle is at 35C, not 45C.

 

[UncertainTimes]

Its just been a month I got my model 3 and new model 3 are coming with heat pump, I was so disappointed that I did not wait to order, but now with this comment I'm so relieved as I live in Canada and as it doesn't make much of a difference when its too cold

Whatever helps you sleep. I like to think my car is lighter without the power trunk and double pane windows.

 

[sightman]

Its just been a month I got my model 3 and new model 3 are coming with heat pump, I was so disappointed that I did not wait to order, but now with this comment I'm so relieved as I live in Canada and as it doesn't make much of a difference when its too cold

I hear you. I woke my wife up at 630 to tell her. Luckily she was awake and I got an eye roll. I have an august 2020 build. So while the updates make me a bit jealous, the LR AWD is an amazing machine already.