Tesla Model 3 autos produced at its Fremont, Calif. factory will reportedly reach standard with a wi-fi charging pad and USB-C ports, upgrades that were first spotted by Power Tesla Canada.
Electrek also reported on the adjustments.
The upgrades now put U.S.-made Model 3s on par with the identical autos made at Tesla’s factory in China.
The wi-fi phone charger and USB-C ports first seemed in the more moderen Model Y, which potentialities began to uncover in March. Tesla has since taken steps to lift about a of these new Model Y facets into the older Model 3. The upgrades in the starting put showed up in autos assembled in China. Power Tesla Canada said the upgrades grew to alter into standard in Model 3 autos assembled after June 4.
Tesla level-headed provides a $125 upgrade (viewed below) for folk who beget pre-June 4 2020 Model 3 autos. Aftermarket firm Jeda Merchandise also sells a Qi wi-fi phone charger for roughly $99.
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The upgrades are likely phase of Tesla’s goal to rating its automobile meeting more ambiance pleasant apart from rating its autos more absolute perfect to skill potentialities who beget slowed purchases at some level of COVID-19 pandemic.
Tesla delivered 88,400 autos in the necessary quarter, beating most analysts expectations despite a 21% decrease from the old quarter because the COVID-19 pandemic put downward stress on expect and created logistical challenges. Tesla produced 103,000 electric autos in the necessary quarter, about 2% lower than the old duration.
COVID-19 disrupted the provision chain and world gross sales in China and Europe in the necessary quarter, which ended March 31. The pandemic spread its economic gloom to the U.S. in the direction of the tip of the necessary quarter, after which dug in its heels in the 2d duration. Tesla in most cases experiences quarter manufacturing and transport figures about a days after the tip of the quarter. The 2d quarter ends June 30.
