经过漫长的等待，特斯拉公司终于在当地时间3月31日晚上在位于加州霍桑的设计中心发布了Model3电动车，这款车也是特斯拉推出的第四款车型。Model3将于明年晚些时候上市，起价3.5万美元（约合人民币22.6万元）。目前特斯拉已经收到该车11.5万辆的订单。Model 3看起来就像一辆迷你版的Model S，其车头则类似类似Model X。不过，车辆内装则是Model S和Model X的融合体。该车采用了迄今为止特斯拉系列中最大的信息娱乐系统显示屏，似乎是采用了4K显示屏。马斯克宣布，Model 3的电池在美国国家公路交通安全管理局的各种测试中都获得五颗星评级。每辆车型，无论是何种版本，均标配车厂的自动驾驶仪（Autopilot）和安全设备。至于性能，行驶速度最慢的版本0-96公里/小时加速时间不到6秒，不过还有速度快得多的版本。根据美国环保署的测试结果，续航里程至少215英里（约合346公里）。换言之，该车与其最直接竞争车型——雪佛兰Bolt续航里程差不多，后者略高于200英里（约合322公里）。马斯克还强调，相对于很多相似尺寸的内燃机车型，Model 3的内部空间更宽敞，乘坐更舒适。这主要是由于，该车电动位于地板下，另外，前排座椅进一步前移，进一步压缩了仪表板体积，因此，后排乘客空间更充裕。车厢内不仅可以容纳五名乘客，而且可以装得下7英尺（约合2.13米）的冲浪板。
Tesla Model 3 finally unveiled
It’s finally happened. Tesla has unveiled its long-awaited affordable electric car, the Model 3, at its design center in Hawthorne, California this evening. The car is the fourth model from the upstart electric car company. The Model 3 will go on sale late next year with a starting price of $35,000, and company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk announced during the car’s unveiling that 115,000 pre-orders had already been made in the past 24 hours at $1,000 a pop.
The Model 3 looks like a mini version of the Model S with the grille-less front end of a Model X. It’s interior, however, does both the Model S and X one better with an infotainment screen that is the largest we’ve ever seen in a vehicle.It extends from the dashboard on an arm and looks like a 4K monitor from a graphic designer’s workstation.
Musk announced on stage that the Model 3 will earn 5 stars in every category of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s battery of tests, and that each Model 3, regardless of trim level, will come standard with the company’s Autopilot hardware and safety features.
As for performance, the slowest versions of the Model 3 will be able to reach 60 miles per hour in less than six seconds, though there’ll be significantly quicker versions available. It will also have an EPA-certified range of at least 215 miles. That should give the Model 3 just enough mileage to out-distance its closest competitor, the upcoming Chevy Bolt, with its range of only just over 200 miles.
Musk also remarked that the Model 3 will be more spacious and comfortable inside than similarly sized combustion cars. That’s because, with the batteries under the floor, there was room for Tesla engineers to move the front seats forward and compress the instrument panel, giving rear seat riders more space. The claim was given that the Model 3 will seat five adults comfortably, with an emphasis on comfort, and that a 7-foot-long surfboard will fit inside.
over as the Model 3 will be unveiled tomorrow night at 8:30 pm Pacific Time.