YIKES

Fall has officially kicked off with rain season in full force.
Remember as kid you have the urge to stomp on puddles? Well please don’t do the same with your Model 3. Many drivers are reporting their bumper was stripped from their car when water is allowed to accumulate inside it!


For all those who purchased their model 3 after May 2019 you are most likely not going to experience your bumper flying off.

Tesla acknowledges the flaw and have since corrected the design on model 3’s produced after May 2019.

“In rare instances, certain components on Model 3 vehicles built at the Fremont Factory before May 21, 2019, might be damaged when driving through standing water on a road or highway with poor drainage or pooling water. In these rare instances, the rear fascia might detach from the vehicle and harnesses and/or body fasteners/mounts might also be damaged. This document clarifies that damage caused during these instances is covered under warranty.”

The question now is…will the Y’s experience the same problem?

Future is now?

Unlike the Model S or Model X, the Model 3 has almost all of it’s controls on the screen. After all it wouldn’t be a Tesla with out it’s iconic touch screen console.

The  controls for the heated windshields, heated seats and climate are all permanently displayed at the foot of the screen. When driving, your speed is permanently displayed in the top-left corner, putting it as close as possible to the driver’s line-of-sight.

You will soon begin to appreciate the company of a passenger when you want to adjust your mirrors or turn the wipers on while you drive 120KM/H. It might be challenging at first to navigate through the center console while keeping your eyes on the road.

Amazon is already selling screen protectors for your 15″ touch screen. It’s a great idea considering how much you’ll need to use it on a daily basis.

BC Incentives for EV vehicles

For those who are considering getting the Model 3 might need to hold back on going with the fully loaded option.

Clean energy vehicle for British Columbia offers up to $5,000 incentive for purchasing full electric or hybrid vehicles. However vehicles costing more than $77,000 are not eligible for this program.

BC Scrap-it program offers $6,000 towards the purchase of a new electric vehicle or $3,000 towards a used one.

Combining the the two incentives can potentially reduce the purchase price by $11,000!

Model 3 Pricing & Options Breakdown

As mentioned previously Canadians who pre-ordered the Model 3 can now start building the car. However they are only rolling out Model 3s with the premium interior package and long range battery upgrades

RWD option starts from $64,100 CAD with the premium package included.
– With $5,300 CAD more you can now choose the AWD option.
– Delivery estimate is roughly the same as the RWD option ~3-5 months.

Color Option:

If you want anything other than the included Solid Black colour, it will cost additional $1,300 CAD – $2,000 CAD.

+$1,300 CAD
-Midnight Silver Metalic
-Obsidian Black Metallic
-Deep Blue Metallic
-Silver Metallic

+$2,000 CAD
-Pearl White Multi-Coat
-Red Multi-Coat

Wheels:
Standard option is the 18″ Aero Wheels.

For $2,000 more you can opt in for the 19″ Sport Wheels.

Interior:

There isn’t an option to customize the interior. Here is a list of what is included in the Premium Interior Package:

    • Premium heated seating with 12-way, power adjustable front seats
    • Center console with covered storage, 4 USB ports and docking for 2 smartphones
    • Premium audio system
    • Tinted glass roof with ultraviolet and infrared protection
    • Auto dimming, power folding, heated side mirrors
    • Custom driver profiles
    • LED fog lamps
    • Premium Connectivity (1 year included)
    • Satellite maps with live traffic visualization
    • In-car streaming media
    • Over-the-air updates via Wi-Fi & cellular

Autopilot

Enhanced Auto Pilot:

-Auto Lane Change
-Autosteer
-Auto Park
-Summon

$7,900 upgrade if added after delivery

Enhanced Autopilot includes additional driver assistance features. Every driver is responsible for remaining alert and active when using Autopilot, and must be prepared to take action at any time.

Full Self-Driving Capability:

In the future, Model 3 will be capable of conducting trips with no action required by the person in the driver’s seat.

Requires Enhanced Autopilot

$6,600 upgrade if added after delivery

Final Remarks:

Definitely by the end of this long post you can already tell the car might not be as affordable as advertised. My build ended up being $80,000 CAD (excluding sales taxes).

Model 3 popping up in Canada!

We’ve definitely started citing a few Model 3s in Canada within the past 2 weeks.

After the end of second quarter, Tesla has opened up the flood gates to allow all US and Canada reservations to customize their Model 3. Unfortunately the basic $35,000 (~$43,517 CAD) model won’t be available until end of this year/early next year. There will also be an AWD option that will be available next year!

 

Production Production Production

Tesla’s model 3 electric car, the car that’s been built to change the auto industry forever is taking a little longer to reach customers than Tesla had originally hoped.  With production coming to a halt earlier last week to ramp up the volume of output cars Tesla was under a lot of heat.

Tesla has actually up their ante to target 6,000 production units in Q2.

Bloomberg actually has a ‘Tesla Model 3 counter‘ that documents their production rate.