Tesla has launched a powered liftgate retrofit for the Mannequin 3 on its on-line store.
Priced at $800 together with delivery to the shopper’s most popular Tesla Service Heart and set up, the powered liftgate retrofit allows homeowners of older Mannequin 3 sedans outfitted with a guide liftgate to open and shut the rear liftgate with the contact of a button.
“Retrofit your automobile with digital elements that permit you to management your liftgate from the Tesla app, your automobile’s touchscreen or with a button on the liftgate itself,” reads the product’s description on the Tesla Store.
Whereas having to tug the trunk down by hand to shut it is not a giant deal for most individuals, having a powered liftgate may be extra handy when loading and unloading issues out and in of the trunk or for customers with diminished mobility.
The powered liftgate retrofit additionally allows the choice of distant management by way of the Tesla app, which permits the consumer to open and shut the truck electronically by merely tapping in your smartphone’s display. This turns out to be useful when an proprietor is way away from the automotive and has forgotten to shut the trunk, for instance.
In the event you’re fascinated about shopping for this improve, you are able to do it both from the Tesla Store web site by scanning a QR code or instantly from the Tesla app by choosing Upgrades, then Equipment, and Inside.
Tesla didn’t supply a powered liftgate when the Mannequin 3 first launched, as an alternative choosing a standard pneumatic extender. There was no energy possibility even supposing this was probably the most requested options from early Mannequin 3 homeowners.
Afterward, Tesla launched a powered liftgate on new Mannequin 3s in 2021, however older automobiles have been caught with the guide liftgate. The brand new powered liftgate retrofit takes care of that, bringing older Mannequin 3 sedans updated ought to their homeowners need that.
For now, the powered liftgate retrofit is obtainable solely in america and Canada, the place it is priced at 1,085 Canadian {dollars}.