Some of the Tesla Model 3 design sketches

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   jurvetson

   Apr 7, 2016 at 4:40 pm

   some more photos I took during the unveil night: And photos from the Musk interview
   Dan Neil’s review in the The Wall Street Journal was poetic:
   "The thing to remember about the Tesla Model 3 … is that the architecture enables the aesthetics. Yes, it is lovely, with an uncommon grace of line and a body shape — a four-door fastback — that has long been under-represented in the American market. It dares to be modern, and frankly electric — note the absence of an air-breathing grille, a bit like the car has tape over its mouth — but it delivers what to my eye is the most agreeable, most romantic shape in the small-car class … The Model 3’s lithium ion batteries, promising at least 215 miles range, are concealed within a remarkably thin floor pan structure. The rear-situated electric motor is the size of a bathroom trash can (high-performance versions will get a second motor on the front axle). With much of the necessary hardware nicely tucked away, the Model 3 designers had free play in the design space that other carmakers can only envy … Also note how clean the surfacing is. Thanks to Tesla’s embrace of complex glass forming for windshields and rear glass, the Model 3 offers nearly polished surface to the wind. The rear glass panel extends to very nearly the middle of the car before it meets a transverse roof support. In the cabin, the experience is strangely like a minisub … The entire visual drama of the Model 3 comes down to the intersection of the rakish windscreen, the low scuttle and plunging hood line between two prominent front fenders. If it doesn’t look like a Model S, it looks like a fetal Maserati." — Digest of reviews in Automotive News

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   sbove

   Apr 8, 2016 at 6:30 pm

   Now, about those lithium mine contracts 😉

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