The upcoming new Tesla Mannequin 3 is anticipated to make use of a brand new bigger battery pack that can present as much as 550 km of WLTP estimated vary.
The brand new battery pack is anticipated to bumped up by 10 per cent from the present 60 kWh Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery pack. The pack will even be provided by CATL and use the battery big’s new Lithium Iron Manganese Phosphate (LFMP) battery chemistry.
That’s in keeping with reporting from a Tesla fanatic, Chris Zheng, who typically shares Tesla China-related developments. The most recent shared replace on Twitter consists of using this bigger 66 kWh battery pack from CATL.
The brand new Mannequin 3 will use CATL’s LFMP materials battery, 66 kWh, and the EPA vary is about 480 km.
— Chris Zheng (@ChrisZheng001) June 29, 2023
Though the Tweet states 480 km of EPA vary, it’s value noting that the present EPA vary of the Mannequin 3 in markets like Canada the place metric models are used is 438 km.
The WLTP vary on the Australian web site is 491 km for a similar very fashionable single-motor variant of the Mannequin 3. Transposing the anticipated improve in EPA vary, that can ship a results of round 550kms WLTP.
CATL is at present the primary provider for all of Australian-bound Tesla Mannequin 3 single-motor EVs. This consists of each the Tesla Mannequin 3 and the bigger Mannequin Y SUV in rear-wheel-drive (RWD) configurations.
Though the present studies recommend that the change might be coming to the Mannequin 3, to start with, it’s additionally prone to observe in a subsequent Mannequin Y improve down the monitor.
Not loads is thought when it comes to the charging efficiency of the brand new pack, nevertheless it’s value noting that in keeping with Tesla’s web site, the present LFP 60 kWh battery pack in Mannequin 3 has a specified peak charging pace of 170 kW Max.
That is additionally not the primary time Tesla has bumped the vary on the Mannequin 3. Again in November 2021, Tesla elevated the vary of the identical single-motor variant from 450 km to the present 491 km by growing the dimensions of the battery pack.
This time round, the extra 6 kWh will imply barely fewer charging stops on lengthy street journeys and peace of thoughts because the vary/charger anxiousness is lowered for potential house owners.
We sit up for seeing if the brand new Tesla Mannequin 3 that’s codenamed Undertaking Highland does embody this bump at preliminary manufacturing or if it’s one thing that can trickle in after the manufacturing on the brand new mannequin is scaled.
Both manner, that is excellent news for EV adoption given Tesla’s reputation within the Australian market. As of Might 2023, Tesla Mannequin 3 has been the best-selling EV mannequin for years. The brand new replace with extra vary could even persuade a couple of extra patrons to stick with it there slightly longer within the gross sales chart.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception studies and developments. 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 automobiles, notably EVs and needs to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a crimson Tesla Mannequin 3.