Model 3 RC sightings

[Petra]

although some of the newer Teslas look like:

The current Mercedes stalk is identical as well.

Not just some... that stalk became standard for Tesla sometime in 2014, as I recall.

 

[sports4eva115]

Two Model 3s spotted in San Francisco this morning • r/teslamotors

I'll be severely disappointed in anyone who doesn't name their white M3 anything related to stormtroopers...

 

[JeffK]

Not just some... that stalk became standard for Tesla sometime in 2014, as I recall.

Probably true, I wish I could say from first hand experience... { holding back sobs from not yet being a Tesla owner. }

 

[lunitiks]

They're standard across the board. On my (all) S there's a total of 4 stalks: Right gear shifter, left wiper/light stalk, left AP stalk and left steering coloumn adjustment stalk

 

[Twiglett]

They're standard across the board. On my (all) S there's a total of 4 stalks: Right gear shifter, left wiper/light stalk, left AP stalk and left steering coloumn adjustment stalk

I think the point is that the Model 3 stalks are different from the merc/S/X stalks.

 

[lunitiks]

I think the point is that the Model 3 stalks are different from the merc/S/X stalks.

They sure are. Supplier info is sparse, though

 

[BluestarE3]

I wonder why we keep seeing these downtown in San Fran... self driving testing?

That, and/or prime photo op locations?

 

[Model 3]

I wonder why we keep seeing these downtown in San Fran... self driving testing?

Someone just have to feed the paparazzi's? ... and the picture-hungry mob at TMC?

 

[S'toon]

For Peter Thiele?

Don't Musk and Thiele hate each other?

 

[S'toon]

Or... Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground : World leading winter testing facility

Hmmm. +5 degrees Celsius currently at the lodge near there. Not so much winter testing, as spring/autumn testing.

 

[ReddyLeaf]

I wonder why we keep seeing these downtown in San Fran... self driving testing?

Since the white one appears to be stopped on top of the cross walk, I doubt it was autonomous.

 

[JeffK]

Don't Musk and Thiele hate each other?

Not really, no.

 

[JeffK]

Since the white one appears to be stopped on top of the cross walk, I doubt it was autonomous.

It's light is likely green according to the opposite crosswalk (which indicates to walk) so it could very well be in the crosswalk legally. Its signal is on and it is about to turn right.

 

[Carl]

Don't think so. Peter Thiel's "Zero to One" is on Elon Musk's shortlist of five books you should read, and, in it, Peter Thiel praises Elon Musk's insights. One very interesting element is the praise of the power of monopolies to take technology further much faster than an ordinary competitive market could do - and that it something we seriously need to think about, as it also has its downsides, and the rule of five, six or eight mega-firms over a large portion of the economy of the earth could happen much more quickly than we think.

 

[BluestarE3]

With all the excitement last Wednesday over the Ann Arbor, MI and San Mateo, CA sightings and photos, this short video (posted on Youtube the same day) seems to have fallen through the cracks. Nothing new. Just a couple of Model 3s driving through SF Chinatown (Stockton & Clay). Although it seems the second car is emitting some kind of ICE-like noise as it made the turn onto Clay St.? Or is it from some source external to the car and just coincidental to the car passing by?

 

[BluestarE3]

Model 3 Spotted in New Zealand!


Note that it is left hand drive so its probably for a promo shoot.

All they have to do is flip the video and it'll look like a RHD car for the local market.

 

[anonim1979]

Video:
Model 3 Owners Club on Twitter

Teslarati:
First sighting of Tesla Model 3 release candidate in Los Angeles

 

[shrspeedblade]

First time I've actually been able to read the 235/45/18 on a car with 18" rims. At least some guesses on this forum are accurate!

 

[BluestarE3]

Different aero wheels than what we've seen before? This looks rather nice.

 

[WileyTheMan]

I wonder why we keep seeing these downtown in San Fran... self driving testing?

My guess is they are starting to gather autopilot data from an area that is nearby and where driving can be a challenge. Perhaps the front car is driven manually and the one behind is training the AP2 system?