Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Just read last night that the price in China for Oct delivery has dropped, and the thinking was that it was to tie in with the first refresh deliveries there. It’s just some random website, hard to read much into it.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tesla-Model-3-Highland-to-see-14-price-drop-per-Chinese-report-citing-October-deliveries-and-in-progress-trial-production.739796.0.html

the m3 has gone 6yrs between first deliveries July 2017 and this upcoming refresh (the current design was announced March 2016), and now only accounts for 20% of tesla volume as the Y grows and dominates.

add in the fact that the tesla CEO says they will prioritise volume over margin, and my humble opinion is that there’s no way the price can increase, and this refresh might well just be some new bumpers and a few trinket functional changes. If it’s any more than that, and also cheaper, then I think Tesla will have once more shat on all its previous customers.

Place your order now if you will be buing a model 3. You lock in the price and if you want or need to, you can delay delivery. You then get pushed back in the queue if you want to wait for the face-lift model.

Need to go on a long return trip cross country. When I navigate there on the car it says I will arrive at 37% battery, but after a short stay I will be turning around & coming home. (Funeral home removal, no nearby charger).

I can’t see how to navigate for the return trip - I thought there would be an easy ‘return’ tab. Need to figure best options for charging. Am I missing something?

Ok. So I’ve done that and it re routes me on my return trip via Athenry supercharger, adding a bit of distance. I may well take this route, but will it navigate via other fast chargers eg esb or IONITY? Or do I need to use abetterrouteplanner? App for this (have never needed to use such an app to date - can download easily though).

Thanks for quick reply, by the way👍.

The TM3 can be quite economical but 1% for 100 km sounds a bit too good to be true...

@Fingleberries Did Tesla cover the crack in your window? I've just found a crack in glass roof of Model Y. It looks as if it was struck by a stone. Insurance company won't cover it as they say it's not a windscreen/window. Tesla agent on phone said they'd discuss amongst themselves, then sent a service appointment with 1700 euro fee! Any tips on getting Tesla to cover this would be much appreciated!

You're dropping 1400 m though. You also have some motoway so I d say aboit 15% would be used. Looking at previous drives they are quite uneconomical. A GOM would have estimate based on those something like 50%.

Good to hear that AXA covered the damage. Model Y roof is a seperate pane of glass that is not connected to the rear window or windscreen. We'll go back to our insurer - evinsurance.ie, some smart branding by powersinsurance.ie. The durability of the glass roof was something I was not sure of when deciding on the Model Y. I imagine it probably could withstand a tree falling on it, as we were assured. But if I had known the glass roof cracks so easily I would have made sure we had a policy that covered the roof without losing our no claims bonus.

further 5% price cut in China today for 3 & Y, following v poor July deliveries there, apparently.

Has anyone else had their tesla referral removed from their signature? Supposedly against the rules, but it only happened after I commented on the feedback forum about threads being deleted by some mods.

That 1400 m was the reason alright. The charge actually dropped from 43->40% over that 100 km stretch.

The full stats after returning to the base for this round trip were:

Interested in this also, as I renewed my policy on a Y recently and it was called out sunroof not covered. With no option to cover it, supervalue incurable underwritten by axa.

Leave it sitting for a few minutes with the windows open in case it's a fly causing it. It's a well known cause.

Try turning off the interior sensors if continues. You are a little behind on updates, I am on 2023.26.7

Or clearing stock as highlander in production