You can install our site as a web app on your iOS device by utilizing the Add to Home Screen feature in Safari. Please see this thread for more details on this.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I mostly hope the base car won't come with any crazy new (read: breakable and expensive) technology. I want traditional mechanical door handles, a normal windshield, spring suspension, etc. I am OK if they offer the fancy things as upgrades, but I would like to be able to opt out.
1) Agreed. In fact I'm fairly confident that it'll be included in the base price.I could not agree with you more; they need to keep the Model 3 relatively simple especially compared to the Model X. Besides keeping the price down, it will help with what looks likely to be a future mismatch of service demand to service availability. An interesting note from the earnings call last week is Elon said the main way they will keep the price down for the Model 3 vs S and X is they will design the car for ease of manufacturing instead of a wish list of capabilities/features -- maybe they learned something from the Model X headache.
1) The Model 3 will with out a doubt have access to the Super Charger network. It would be nice if that was wrapped into the price instead of an extra charge.
2) The other feature I hope the Model 3 will have which will blow the competition away is the hardware necessary for full autonomy making it ready as soon as that is reliable enough and legal to launch.
3) I am a little worried that the 20% reduction in size will come from the back where they will probably not have the ability for jump seats any more. Even if jump seats are not available, I hope there is still a reasonable amount of trunk space like the Model S to fit a large dog without having to fold down the 2nd row seats.
4) good leg and head room for all 3 passengers in the second row.
5) I would like better ground clearance than the Model S maybe not as much as the X. It seems they were able to get great handling in the X with the higher ground clearance so why not have that on the Model 3.
6) I am almost certain they will have a dual motor option which will also help set it apart from the competition. The fact they have been able to increase range and handling with the duel motors on the S makes it a very attractive option.
7) a hitch option without having to go to a third party for that option. One way I believe Tesla Motors will get the range they need in the Model 3 while keeping prices down is by having extremely good drag coefficients which will suffer tremendously if anything is attached to the roof.
8) I would love it if they could finally get the safety regulators to allow camera stalks instead of side mirrors.
9) a central channel through the middle second row seat to optionally hold skis in a ski bag in for similar reasons to request #7
Tesla Motors always seems to want to do something with every vehicle to wow the car industry beyond the incredible range and performance they achieve with all their electrical vehicles. But as mentioned earlier, they need to keep the Model 3 more simple. The two features I see the Model 3 having that would fit this wow factor are hardware for full autonomy and camera stalk side mirrors.
1)
5) I'm expecting similar ground clearance to the MS and if you need more then you'll have to shell out for the Air Suspension option.
8) Maybe they could design it so there would be an easy upgrade path. So have the cabling for the cameras to both doors and wherever the small monitors would be placed and be able to swap the mirror out for a camera. This would come down to how much cost this would add to every vehicle.
8) I would love it if they could finally get the safety regulators to allow camera stalks instead of side mirrors.
I'm curious. If cameras are used instead of mirrors where is/are the monitor(s) placed? Would they just use the center display or would there be two small monitors on the doors near you would normally look at the mirror? I would think near the side mirror would make more sense since that's where we look now. Plus at the same time you could see what's happening out the window.
The Model 3 definitely will not come with a spare tire, in my opinion. Sounds like it isn't the right car for you.Complete dealbreakers:
Spare tire
The Model 3 definitely will not come with a spare tire, in my opinion. Sounds like it isn't the right car for you.
No Tesla has ever come with a spare.