Expected by many since its disappearance from the online configurator in summer 2023, the return of the Tesla Model 3 Performance would be very close. According to recent indiscretions, the Fremont factory in the United States is preparing to test production. Enough to be able to supply the first customers in spring 2024?
Tesla Model 3 // Source: Motor Trend
The general knowledgeable report Teslascope on X has just released some interesting information for those waiting for the new Tesla Model 3 Performance. According to them, the Fremont, California factory has started production since early December and they expect an early spring release. The opportunity to remind you what we can expect from this electric car.
4 months of no Model 3 performance, but it's almost the end
It is no longer possible to configure a Tesla Model 3 Performance
in Europe and China since the beginning of September. When the redesigned Model 3 Highland was made available in the online configurator, only the Propulsion and Long Autonomy versions were actually offered. 16 weeks later the observation is the same.
After all, all this only applies to the rest of the world, since North America is keeping the old Tesla Model 3 in the catalog for now and foregoing the redesigned version. All this made us think that the release of the Model 3 Highland was far from over, especially because of the small problem at the beginning that revealed a front camera that could prove very useful.
Fictional image of the online configurator as one could imagine it for the future Model 3 Performance // Source: Bob JOUY for Frandroid
In any case, the information available today about this new Model 3 Performance remains rumors, but it is difficult to imagine that Tesla will remain in this situation for long and, in particular, deprive the USA of the Model 3 Highland for many more months. Some photos are also circulating on Reddit, where we see numerous Model 3 Highlands in the parking lot of the Fremont Gigafactory, where engineers are dismantling what is currently being manufactured in Shanghai in order to be able to reproduce it locally.
Many customers who ordered a Tesla Model 3 Performance in France before September 2023 and have therefore not yet been able to have delivery have an expected delivery date of April 2024. This would correspond to a marketing start at the end of 2024. In the first quarter, the vehicles will be transported by ship Europe.