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mrkymarc
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Big-T
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Came over here to post this. In the comments this OP says he got plenty of photos of the car on burst mode but he's on mobile right now. I'll be checking back often tonight in hopes he gets the album up. Here's hoping we have a clear view of the nose!
Electrek has them:
Tesla Model 3 release candidate spotted in the wild and daylight for the first time
(Some, like this first one, are slightly distorted/stretched)
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Reddit work:
Tesla Model 3 release candidate spotted in the wild and daylight for the first time
(Some, like this first one, are slightly distorted/stretched)
EDIT.
Reddit work:
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Big-T
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Electrek mentions
"Apparently, the Model 3 was following a BMW when both vehicles passed him. He followed and wrote:
Two cars, other was a BMW. They were driving pretty fast past me. I pulled a u-turn and followed. They switched drivers.
They could be tuning the vehicle’s driving performance, which would explain why it was following a BMW and they switched drivers."
Does anyone know what "tuning the vehicles driving performance" would entail?
"Apparently, the Model 3 was following a BMW when both vehicles passed him. He followed and wrote:
Two cars, other was a BMW. They were driving pretty fast past me. I pulled a u-turn and followed. They switched drivers.
They could be tuning the vehicle’s driving performance, which would explain why it was following a BMW and they switched drivers."
Does anyone know what "tuning the vehicles driving performance" would entail?
Looks like the same black Model 3 that was shown in the brief video Tesla released last week. And it has EAP cameras, of course.
WileyTheMan
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Gizmotoy
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It sounds cliche, but lots of manufacturers benchmark handling performance to BMW, and final suspension tweaks can usually wait until pretty far along in the development process. Could be back-to-back suspension comparisons.
I don't if it just looks more prominent here, but I really like the exaggerated duckbill on the trunk lid. Looks good.
WileyTheMan
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ummgood
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Looks to me like the black center caps on the wheels are missing but at the same time there are caps with the Tesla logo so maybe the production version of the rims don't have the black caps.
A few more pictures at Teslerati:
Black Tesla Model 3 release candidate spotted driving in Silicon Valley [Full Gallery]
Black Tesla Model 3 release candidate spotted driving in Silicon Valley [Full Gallery]
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Big-T
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At least some of the rims are marked (RF for right front, for example) they probably didn't put he caps on because they're doing a lot of swapping of tires and/or rims.
Sure looks like another camera on the "C" pillar. Looks like the driver side is covered with tape but the passenger side is not.
I am sure they will add them. Minor cosmetic parts like logo and caps will be added in the final production version. Not needed for testing now.
That center screen looks very high up in the profile pic where the driver is looking at the guy taking the pictures. Looks like it's easily within sight line of the driver while looking at the road.
That white rectangle on the back pillars are interesting. Additional sensors? Cameras? If cameras, for AP 2.0 (and what would that mean for current S and X models?) or for a 360 degree stitched view for parking? Or maybe they're just a strange design quirk of the prototype and won't be anything?
That white rectangle on the back pillars are interesting. Additional sensors? Cameras? If cameras, for AP 2.0 (and what would that mean for current S and X models?) or for a 360 degree stitched view for parking? Or maybe they're just a strange design quirk of the prototype and won't be anything?
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