The facelifted Tesla Model 3, also known as \u201cProject Highland,\u201d made quite a splash when it debuted late last month, putting an end to all the speculation, spy shots, and rumors surrounding the most affordable EV made by the Austin-based brand.<\/p>\n
Some of the headlining comfort-related features of the new Model 3 are the improved dampers and the greenhouse that\u2019s now made up entirely of acoustic glass, as opposed to the non-facelift car that only gets noise-repelling glass on the windshield and front windows.<\/p>\n
Another thing that might have gone under the radar for some people who are looking to buy a new Model 3 (as long as they live in a market where Tesla is selling it \u2013 the US excluded, at least for now) is that the car has been developed mostly in China by the company\u2019s Shanghai engineering team.<\/p>\n
Discussing all these features and more is a new video posted on Tesla\u2019s official Weibo account (which later got reposted on X by @xiaoteshushu<\/em> \u2013 embedded below), where Lars Moravy, the Elon Musk-led manufacturer\u2019s Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, talks about how the biggest target of the team was to make drivers happier.<\/p>\n At the 17-second mark, the black prototype shown in the video is seen reaching its China-rated top speed of 200 kilometers per hour (124.2 miles per hour). With this being said, both the rear-wheel drive and Long Range versions are listed as having a 201 kph (124.8 mph) top speed in European markets, while the 0 to 100 kph (0-62 mph) sprint times are the same as on the Chinese-bound EV: 6.1 seconds for the RWD and 4.4 s for the Long Range.<\/p>\n Revealed six years after the original Model 3, the so-called \u201cProject Highland\u201d EV is already being built at Tesla\u2019s Shanghai Gigafactory with a redesigned exterior and an improved interior that features ambient lighting, a new infotainment touchscreen for rear passengers, and an improved sound system that can blast music from 17 speakers \u2013 three more than before \u2013 in the case of the Long Range.<\/p>\n