Model 3 Mule Sightings

[hockeythug]

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?

It will be competing directly against whatever BMW it was. I assume 3 series.

 

[S'toon]

I like the new nose better than the original.

 

[alseTrick]

Can we get a Reddit edit comparing the trunk, similar to the one comparing the nose?

 

[zenmaster]

That center screen looks very high up in the profile pic where the driver is looking at the guy taking the pictures.

The center screen is the same height as in the prototype.

 

[Thomas Edison]

Is the rear spoiler longer and sharper or is it just me?

 

[Super_Popular]

Too small for me.

 

[Sonny Daze]

Is the rear spoiler longer and sharper or is it just me?

Too me it looks longer from the rear angle but the same from the side.

 

[Puppy7505]

Sure looks like another camera on the "C" pillar. Looks like the driver side is covered with tape but the passenger side is not.

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?

Clearly these cameras are to take photos of any passengers that enter the car using the Tesla Taxi Service so that we can photo I.D. for proof of TTS membership. /s

 

[geoffreak]

Is the rear spoiler longer and sharper or is it just me?

I thought so too until I took a second look at the original renderings. I think there just haven't been many pictures at that angle to show it.

 

[LectrikPower]

Definitely a longer nose. You can see from the hood panel line and the tip of the nose.

 

[Thomas Edison]

Look at the side tail light sections, the drivers side isn't a final piece. It apprears they still haven't finished the charge port.

 

[alseTrick]

3rd brake light is working.

Yes. But the two main brake lights aren't fully illuminated, either.

 

[Puppy7505]

Look at the side tail light sections, the drivers side isn't a final piece. It appears they still haven't finished the charge port.

Go back and look at the original renderings of the red and silver cars. The side rear taillights have always been black except for a small rectangular red reflector in the center.

 

[alseTrick]

Can we get a Reddit edit comparing the trunk, similar to the one comparing the nose?

Not quite what I wanted. Not sure I see a difference. Harder to make out the trunk lines on the black vehicle, and the silver car is also angled slightly further away from the camera, which may explain the minor shape/size difference (trunk opening looks more horizontal on the black car) in the tail light area.

I also didn't view the trunk as a major issue after the first reveal.

 

[Thomas Edison]

I'm saying that the pass side is an actual tail light section (red reflective behind clear plastic) and the drivers is just flat black finish.

Go back and look at the original renderings of the red and silver cars. The side rear taillights have always been black except for a small rectangular red reflector in the center.

 

[Sparky22]

The display looks thicker than the reveal models.

And also it looks like it's mounted from below not back like the alfas.

 

[sunilsf]

That trunk looks nonexistent.... for anyone at the reveal-- is it really that tiny?

 

[Thomas Edison]

I'm guessing they don't have the charge port light sections from the supplier yet. So they just have a 3D printed filler piece. The original mule cars had matching on both sides from what I remember. This is the first car that has non matching finish side tail light sections on both sides.

 

[Sonny Daze]

I'm not sure I notice a difference with the nose, maybe it's the color.

 

[Puppy7505]

I'm not sure I notice a difference with the nose, maybe it's the color.

The distance between the hood and the front point of the car looks longer in the RC. Apx 4" vs. 6"