Pictures of production Model 3s

[SageBrush]

No need to guess, here's the VIN decoder Tesla submitted to the NHTSA back in May. https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mid/home/displayfile/33802

Only 6 places for VIN. How is car 1,000,000 designated ? Letters ?

 

[MP3Mike]

Only 6 places for VIN. How is car 1,000,000 designated ? Letters ?

They could start the numbering over for each year when they change digit 10.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Only 6 places for VIN. How is car 1,000,000 designated ? Letters ?

For North America:
4-8 are vehicle attributes
10 is model year.
11 is manufacturing plant (I guess they could split some European ones that are "made" in Holland).
12-17 is the sequence/serial number. 13-17 must be numeric, 12 can be anything else.

I suspect that Tesla would be very happy to have the problem of producing 1 million of the same vehicle in the same place per year. But I think it'll break down enough that they'll be able to use 6 digits.

 

[Model 3]

12-17 is the sequence/serial number. 13-17 must be numeric, 12 can be anything else.

According to this posted by Winston above all 12-17 is supposed to be "digits". I'm not a natural English speaker, but I read that as it will be all numeric? Or did I misunderstood this? Yes, I do know that they are allowed to use alpha-numeric at position 12, and they have done so in the past (not sure if they still do or not).

 

[AssortedBread]

Some photos of Elon's ride. Production car number 1

 

[MP3Mike]

Some photos of Elon's ride. Production car number 1

What no picture of the VIN number so we know what a production VIN looks like?

 

[viperboy]

Can't believe homeboy tried to open Elon's door. The ka-ho-nes on this guy....

 

[smak]

The controls on the steering wheel are definitely different right?

There was no silver on the previous shots like this

 

[Runt8]

The controls on the steering wheel are definitely different right?

There was no silver on the previous shots like this

I’m not seeing any silver on the steering wheel of either one other than the Tesla symbol. What am I missing?

 

[smak]

Unless it's an optical illusion.

 

[Alketi]

Some photos of Elon's ride. Production car number 1

Boy the fender gaps look really large. Any thoughts as to whether they're testing the suspension settings or if this is standard?

 

[Runt8]

Unless it's an optical illusion.

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I don’t see any additional silver there, just the sunlight. I very well could be wrong...

 

[206er]

so much for the "SN1 is headed straight to a museum" crowd... equally hilarious and awesome to think of Elon possibly using such an important car as his daily commuter

 

[skitown]

Boy the fender gaps look really large. Any thoughts as to whether they're testing the suspension settings or if this is standard?

It appears to be sitting like a Model S that has its SAS on high or very high. Same with the blue Model S that's in the background of one of the pictures. That's my guess.

 

[jsrawa]

It appears to be sitting like a Model S that has its SAS on high or very high. Same with the blue Model S that's in the background of one of the pictures. That's my guess.

Maybe but if you look at the S vs 3 comparison page on the Tesla website it says smart air suspension for the S and coil for the 3 which implies no SAS for the 3. That being said they could always surprise us.

 

[Neo_fd3s]

Great to see 001 out in the wild.
So the steering wheel has 2 scroller wheels? Controls both sides of the screen quickly?

Can't wait to see the final specs on the website

 

[skitown]

Maybe but if you look at the S vs 3 comparison page on the Tesla website it says smart air suspension for the S and coil for the 3 which implies no SAS for the 3. That being said they could always surprise us.

Fair enough. I think it's curious just how different the stance in this photo looks compared to the SN1 photo shoot however.

 

[anonim1979]

Teslarati forums:
Tesla Model 3 Sightings & Spy Shots

A Teslarati app user sent us the following photos of a black Model 3 charging at Tesla HQ this morning.

Jeff tells us that he's a Model S P85, Model X 75D and Model 3 reservation holder, and was at Tesla HQ for a meeting nearby when he spotted the Model 3 charging. Here are the photos he sent in through the app (shared w/ permission).

My notes as follows:

• There was no Release Candidate number affixed to the car's rear window.
• Parking sensors throughout the car.
• The center console looks very finished.
• There appears to be either a rubber bumper or rivet beneath the door handle (thoughts?)

 

[sports4eva115]

Teslarati forums:
Tesla Model 3 Sightings & Spy Shots

DID SOMEONE LEAVE A MODEL 3 UNATTENDED????
hope he/she doesn't get canned.........

 

[TerrapinThief]

Unless it's an optical illusion.

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Looking at the first image in the series, you can see the steering wheel and it doesn't appear silver on top. As Runt8 suggests, probably sunlight.