Tesla Model 3 vehicles produced at its Fremont, Calif. factory will reportedly arrive regular with a wireless charging pad and USB-C ports, upgrades that were first noticed by Drive Tesla Canada.
Electrek also reported on the modifications.
The upgrades now attach U.S.-made Model 3s on par with the identical vehicles made at Tesla’s factory in China.
The wireless telephone charger and USB-C ports first looked within the more recent Model Y, which customers began to receive in March. Tesla has since taken steps to bring about a of these unusual Model Y aspects into the older Model 3. The upgrades originally confirmed up in vehicles assembled in China. Drive Tesla Canada acknowledged the upgrades grew to develop into regular in Model 3 vehicles assembled after June 4.
Tesla mute presents a $125 enhance (viewed below) for those that possess pre-June 4 2020 Model 3 vehicles. Aftermarket company Jeda Products also sells a Qi wireless telephone charger for roughly $99.
The upgrades are seemingly share of Tesla’s unbiased to present its car meeting more efficient as successfully as produce its vehicles more ravishing to doable customers who’ve slowed purchases throughout COVID-19 pandemic.
Tesla delivered 88,400 vehicles within the first quarter, beating most analysts expectations despite a 21% decrease from the previous quarter because the COVID-19 pandemic attach downward tension on inquire and created logistical challenges. Tesla produced 103,000 electrical vehicles within the first quarter, about 2% decrease than the previous interval.
COVID-19 disrupted the supply chain and world sales in China and Europe within the first quarter, which ended March 31. The pandemic spread its economic gloom to the U.S. in direction of the tip of the first quarter, and then dug in its heels within the 2d interval. Tesla basically experiences quarter production and supply figures about a days after the tip of the quarter. The 2d quarter ends June 30.