The Dual-Motor Tesla Model 3 Is Almost Upon Us
Even in its most basic form, a Tesla Model 3 isn’t exactly going to leave you wanting for performance. But if you want more off-the-line poke to enjoy whatever the weather, worry not: a dual-motor version is on the way.
It’s something we’ve sort of assumed ever since the Model 3’s reveal, but now we have two clear bits of proof that the twin-motor version is happening, and happening sooner than you might have expected.
Exhibit A comes from the configurator. It’s available by invite only, but users have posted screen grabs showing a dual motor option listed that’s now listed as arriving “Spring ‘18.” To go with that, we have the image above, which depicts a Model 3 fitted with two motors that are handily highlighted in red. It was found lurking in the HTML code of the recently updated configurator by a Reddit user, and posted on the Tesla Motors subreddit for the world to see.
‘Spring 2018’ is a fairly big window that could mean the option is arriving as early as March or as late as June. However, exhibit B might suggest that the all-wheel drive cars are coming sooner rather that later: Tesla has already registered 19 Model 3 Vins with the NHTSA. Could these be test vehicles? Quite possibly, but we’re speculating here.
On the other hand, Model 3 production isn’t exactly going smoothly. The manufacture of Tesla’s 3-series rival has been blighted by bottlenecks, causing the company to miss its original production targets by a huge margin.
So, it’s entirely feasible that the all-wheel drive 3 won’t be happening this Spring at all. At the very least though, we’d anticipate a debut at some point during 2018.
Sources: Reddit, Electrek
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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this is going to be the first of its kind - a small-sized, electric performance saloons.
By the time it will be out, other manufacturers will already have designed something to rivalise with it
“almost upon us” lol. The single motor model 3 is barely upon us…
it’ll be quite shocking if it doesn’t make it this year
Yes, that´s the way to go!
Instead of actually focus on delivering what you promised and is long overdue just keep on making new stuff.
Can´t wait for 2023 to see the first reviews!
How many electric cars have you made? Give him a break, how many new environmentally good things is Elon Musk working on at the moment, give him a bit of slack.
“Almost upon us”
Why did you make that sound like the end of the world?
It’s CT, most of the site seem to think EV’s spell the end of days.
Well, see you in 2058, twin-motor Tesla Model 3.
How much did you pay for your Lambo?
Is it possible that there is no actual production lull, but rather Tesla is waiting to finish developing the dual motor model so that people will decide to upgrade, given the chance?
“Almost upon us”
Hmmm… With Tesla’s reputation, I think that that “almost” will be a long time