The Tesla Mannequin 3 has gained a brand new variant in China referred to as the Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive, which many media shops are referring to because the Mannequin 3+ primarily based on the badge seen in a submitting with the nation’s ministry of trade and data expertise (MIIT).
Priced at 269,500 yuan (about RM159k), the LR RWD slots in between the bottom Rear-Wheel Drive that sells for 235,500 yuan (RM139k) and Lengthy Vary All-Wheel Drive at 285,500 yuan (RM168k). The highest-spec Efficiency All-Wheel Drive stays at 339,500 yuan (RM200k) however good points a variety enhance to 647 km from 623 km beforehand.
The Mannequin 3+ is Tesla’s longest-range mannequin up to now in China with a CLTC-rated vary of as much as 830 km. For context, the vary figures for the RWD and LR AWD are 634 km and 753 km respectively. Whereas it isn’t talked about on Tesla’ official web site, the submitting with the MIIT reveals the brand new variant is provided with an LG-sourced nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery with 78.4 kWh of capability.
That is mentioned to be the identical battery used within the current LR AWD and is an enchancment over the bottom RWD’s CATL-sourced 62.5-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. The web site does state a 0-100 km/h time of 5.2 seconds, which is faster than the RWD that requires 6.1 seconds. This is because of a extra highly effective electrical motor rated at 306 PS (302 hp or 225 kW), as acknowledged within the MIIT submitting, which is greater than the RWD that packs 264 PS (260 hp or 194 kW).
The specs of China’s new Mannequin 3 LR RWD look like much like the LR RWD that has been supplied in Germany since October final yr. The latter has the identical century dash time and provides probably the most vary in comparison with different variants within the line-up at 702 km – following the extra lifelike WLTP commonplace.
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