Tesla, SpaceX Material VP explains new Model 3 upgrades

Charlie Kuehmann, Vice President (VP) of Materials Engineering at SpaceX and Tesla shared reasons his team upgraded the new Model 3 electric vehicle (EV) with a new interior and exterior.

The company unveiled this model in North America earlier this year. It comes with a couple of new changes over the 2018 models.

In a 2-minute video uploaded on X social media site, Kuehmann walked us through his existing 2018 model 3 and its capabilities. However, he also shared the screen with the new Model 3 with new features.

It was sort of their first hands-on experience as he peeled off the front display’s film, which is bigger and better than the last generation.

The latest Model 3 offers a wireless charging pad for iPhones and other wireless charging devices. It has sports seats for better back support and comfort for an improved driving experience. Moreover, these seats are ventilated.

The company has installed a secondary screen for rear passengers with separate operational capabilities to manage climate control, play games, get entertainment, and more. The model comes with a new heat pump, providing better heating and cooling for passengers.

Coming to the exterior with a new outlook. It has a sleeker front fascia compared to the previous model. That is facilitated by those slim headlines, which modernized the front appearance. These not only improve the look but also expand aerodynamics for better performance.

Vice President (VP) of Materials Engineering at SpaceX and Tesla, Charlie Kuehmann (Source – Tesla)

Crash Tests

The Tesla VP also pointed out the new material that strengthens the vehicle during a crash. New small video snippets in the video show different crash tests that summarize the EV maker’s approach to simulate actual crash scenarios and improve the vehicle design.

“We not just test our cars against the regular crash test that the government requires us to but we actually look at how cars actually crashed in the real world, look at how do we design our vehicles to make sure that they’re the safest vehicles for every type of crash they can go in”

Watch the video linked below.