2026 Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary RWD in Malaysia – 750 km WLTP, indicator stalk, black badges, RM185k

Precisely one week after it launched the Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel DriveTesla Malaysia invited us to take a better take a look at the brand new vary champion. A part of the up to date 2026 mannequin 12 months that additionally contains the US-only Customarythe automotive is now the nation’s longest-range EV, beating out rivals just like the Mercedes-Benz EQS500 and BMW iX xDrive60.

This achievement is due to the LR RWD receiving the bigger battery – reportedly a 78.1 kWh LG nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) pack – from the prevailing LR AWD. Charged with powering only a single motor, it offers a major enhance in vary to 750 km on the WLTP cycle, in comparison with 660 km for the LR AWD variant and 520 km for the common RWD.

Equipping the extra energy-dense battery has additionally enabled the fitment of a extra highly effective motor, with reviews suggesting it makes 306 PS (225 kW) as a substitute of the same old 264 PS (194 kW); Tesla doesn’t present official battery capability or energy output figures. So geared up, the LR RWD shaves almost a second off the RWD’s zero-to-100 km/h time, taking 5.2 seconds. High velocity stays similar at 201 km/h.

One other beneficiary is in DC quick charging speeds, with the LR RWD in a position to help as much as 250 kW, versus 170 kW for the RWD. Tesla says that docking the automotive at a Supercharger will present as much as 311 km of vary with simply quarter-hour of charging.

Past the brand new variant, the 2026 Mannequin 3 additionally introduces a number of minor modifications. These embody black badges (“T” emblem on the entrance, Tesla script on the again) that lastly match the door handles and window surrounds. There’s additionally a entrance digicam lifted from the Mannequin Y Juniper facelift – replete with a built-in washer – that gives higher visibility when parking, albeit there being nonetheless no true 360-degree overview.

Probably the most vital replace is on the within, nevertheless. Right here, you now get the Juniper Mannequin Y’s indicator stalk, lastly dishing out with the much-maligned steering wheel buttons. We must always level out that this stalk solely operates the symptoms, because the high-beam flasher operate remains to be on the ‘wheel.

In any other case, the Mannequin 3 is identical as earlier than, with commonplace equipment together with LED headlights with adaptive excessive beam, 18-inch Photon alloy wheels with covers (the models you see right here journey on the elective 19-inch Nova rollers) and keyless entry and begin – together with an NFC keycard and a digital key through the Tesla app.

You additionally get triple-zone auto air-con, auto-folding door mirrors, a glass roof, power-adjustable entrance seats with reminiscence, heating and air flow, heated rear seats, fake leather-based upholstery, a 15.4-inch touchscreen, twin wi-fi chargers, an eight-inch rear touchscreen, 9 audio system and a powered boot lid.

By way of security, the Mannequin 3 comes with fundamental Autopilot, inclusive of autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management with cease and go, lane centring help and blind spot monitoring. On the choices checklist is Enhanced Autopilot that allows autonomous lane modifications and Dumb Summon distant park help, in addition to the (at present non-functional) Full Self Driving bundle that prices a whopping RM32,000.

Tesla additionally took the chance to chop costs throughout the vary by as a lot as RM13,000, now ranging from RM169,000. The upshot of that is that the brand new RM185,000 LR RWD is simply RM4,000 pricier than the outdated base RWD, whereas providing considerably extra vary and elevated efficiency.

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