به گزارش ميهن پست – در حالی که همه منتظر معرفی نمونه نهایی از کراس آور الکتریکی تسلا مدل X هستند، این شرکت برای رقابت با ب ام و سری 3، مرسدس کلاس سی و آئودی A4 در حال برنامهریزی است تا مدل 3 بعد از مدل قریبالوقوع X وارد بازار كند
البته انتظار میرفت که نام آن را مدل E بگذارند اما به گفته آلن ماسک، مدیر تسلا، به واسطه کپیرایت فورد روی این نام، تصمیم گرفته شد که نام این مدل را به صورت یک عدد انتخاب کنند.
بنا به گفته ماسک، مدل 3 حدود 40 هزار دلار قیمت خواهد داشت و میتواند با یک بار شارژر باتریها تا مسافت 322 کیلومتر را بپیماید.
تحقق این اهداف جاهطلبانه برای یک خودروی تمام الکتریکی لوکس که نمادی از تکنولوژیهای مدرن محسوب میگردد، میتواند باعث توجه بیشتر به این کلاس از خودروها شود.
در حال حاضر، تسلای مدل اس به نمادی از خودروی مدرن آمریکایی تبدیل شده است. خودرویی که آخرین فنآوریها را در محیطی جذاب و لوکس و با طراحی اختصاصی خود گرد هم آورده است.
مدل 3 نیز که توسط یک مهندس سابق آستون مارتین طراحی شده، یک تسلای مدل اس کوچکتر و ارزانتر میباشد. اما تسلا نمیخواهد به آن به شکل یک مدل مینی اس نگاه کند. بنابراین قابلیتها و تواناییهای آن همچنان در خور توجه خواهد بود.
فروش و اقبال بیشتر خودروهای الکتریکی نیاز به گسترش شبکه شارژرهای خودرو دارد. با توجه به محدودیت برد مسافت این خودروها باید فاصله ایستگاههای شارژر نیز از یکدیگر کمتر باشد.
تسلا امیدوار است تا سال 2017 که این خودرو را وارد بازار میکند، به هدف تولید 35 هزار دستگاه از این خودروها در سال دست یابد.
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Tesla Model 3 to challenge BMW 3 Series - World Exclusive
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has exclusively revealed to Auto Express plans for a new electric BMW 3 Series rival, including its name – Tesla Model 3.
There were rumours that a new smaller Tesla Gen III model was to be called Model E, but in one of his most candid interviews yet, Musk revealed why he had to have a rethink on the name.
“We had the model S for sedan and X for crossover SUV, then a friend asked what we were going to call the third car,” Musk told us. “So I said we had the model S and X, we might as well have the E.
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“We were going to call it model E for a while and then Ford sued us saying it wanted to use the Model E – I thought this is crazy, Ford’s trying to kill sex! So we’ll have to think of another name.
“The new model is going to be called Model 3, we’ll have three bars to represent it and it’ll be S III X!”
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The new Model 3 is set to be unveiled in 2016 and on sale by 2017. It’s most likely to be based on an all-new platform rather than a cut-down version of the one underpinning the Model S and Model X. The new technology will be the brainchild of Tesla’s British engineering chief Chris Porritt, who used to work with Aston Martin.
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Musk announced on his recent trip to the UK that he planned to set up a research and development base over here and it could be up and running in time to feed into the Model 3 project.
The new car is rumoured to be about 20% smaller than the Model S and our image shows how it could look. Key to the new model, which Musk said should retail for around $35,000 (likely to equate to around £30,000 in the UK), is cheaper battery technology made possible by Tesla’s forthcoming Gigafactory.
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This new plant will produce batteries for all Tesla models, plus customers (rumoured to include Mercedes and Nissan) and a stationary storage programme to store energy from solar and wind farms. A decision on the location of the new Gigafactory is imminent, with US states Nevada, Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas all in the running.
Tesla Model 3: realistic range of over 200 miles
Musk also confirmed that he expected the new car to have a realistic range of over 200 miles with strong performance, like the Model S. “We want people to fall in love with their car and look forward to driving it,” he told us.
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As with the Model S and the upcoming Model X, the Model 3 will come with free use of Tesla’s Supercharger network, which Musk said will enable Tesla owners to drive the length and breadth of the UK by the end of 2015. And if you want to buy a Tesla, you have to buy it direct from one of the company’s own retailers rather than through a traditional dealer.
It’s a recipe that’s obviously working – Musk plans to sell around 35,000 cars this year, but the Model III is likely to propel sales well into six figures by the end of this decade.