Lower than per week after unveiling the brand new 2024 Tesla Mannequin 3, Tesla has launched the proprietor’s handbook in sure markets of its upcoming quieter, extra environment friendly electrical sedan.
The newly launched handbook showcases a blind spot indicator positioned close to the A-pillar which is nearer to the drive-side mirror on the within of the brand new Mannequin 3. In case there’s a automobile within the automotive’s blind spot, a pink gentle will illuminate to point it.
Tesla places it within the new Mannequin 3 proprietor’s handbook by writing: “Your automobile is supplied with a blind spot indicator positioned within the higher speaker grill of the driving force door.”
House owners can flip the blinds spot indicator from inside their autos by touching:
Controls > Lights > Blind Spot Indicator
Beforehand, Tesla autos indicated autos and objects within the blind spot by displaying numerous radiating colors from the animated automobile on the contact display.
White color signifies objects that aren’t in shut proximity, in the meantime yellow, orange and pink colors are displayed, the nearer the thing is.
Based on the handbook, these colors don’t seem when the automotive is driving slower than 12 km/h or better than 140 km/h.
For blindspots, particularly, Tesla has additionally rolled out a chime that may be activated together with blind spot cameras that activate when indicators are switched on or by way of the digital camera icon discovered within the menu.
Tesla is understood for having among the most secure vehicles available in the market and with the up to date Mannequin 3, the protection options record continues to develop.
One among these new options consists of additional reinforcement within the doorways of the brand new Mannequin 3. This was famous in a latest evaluation by Robert Llewellyn, who acquired to check drive the most recent Mannequin 3 on the streets of Oslo in Norway.
This got here within the type of facet impression safety within the doorways which has improved in comparison with the present technology Mannequin 3. This alone takes security issues by Tesla to a different stage for its entry-level sedan.
It can additionally assist the brand new Mannequin 3 fare properly in ANCAP testing to assist it enhance the already gorgeous five-star rating the Mannequin Y acquired in 2022 from EuroNCAP.
With a powerful concentrate on driver and passenger security, the brand new blind spot indicator is one other characteristic that may please present and future patrons of Australia’s second-best-selling EV.
Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception stories and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, significantly EVs and needs to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at the moment drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.