Launched in November 2023, the new version of the Tesla Model 3 features numerous improvements. And on this point, the electric sedan had not revealed all its secrets.
As you probably know, Tesla officially presented a brand new version of the Model 3, its flagship electric sedan, in November 2023. Codenamed Project Highland before its presentation, this reissue benefits from numerous improvements.
Of course, the design of the car has benefited from a welcome touch of the pencil, with sharper and sportier lines. These modifications also allowed the Model 3 to display a better drag coefficient of the order of 0.219 (compared to 0.255 on the previous model), i.e. the lowest Cd ever recorded on a vehicle from the manufacturer.
On board, the American brand has also made sure to erase one of the main faults of the first Model 3 of the name: noise pollution. To do this, the door seals have been fitted with more effective insulation, while all the glass surfaces were made using acoustic glass. On the safety side, the Model 3 2023 also benefits from some new features such as a blind spot indicator or even an active hood, i.e. a pedestrian protection system.
The new Model 3 has a secret to making commutes more comfortable
But what will interest us here is the work carried out by Tesla on new sedan suspensions. Designed by the specialist Koni, they offer, according to the manufacturer, a reduction in ambient noise by 30% and rolling noise by 20%.
But that’s not all. As our colleagues from the Electrek site reveal, this depreciation has another advantage. According to Lars Moravy, Tesla’s vice president of engineering, the 2023 Model 3 has “of a unique shock absorption technology called Frequency Selective Damping (FSD)”.
To summarize, this technology makes it possible to improve on-board comfort by isolating the frequencies of the shocks that the driver could feel in your stomach. Generally located between 4 and 6 Hz, these vibrations can therefore be completely canceled thanks to these Koni suspensions.
As the company explains on its official website, “Frequency Selective Damping” presents itself as a hydraulic amplifier that delays pressure build-up in the shock absorbers. Furthermore, this technology has the advantage of being inexpensive since it “This is an integrated part of the hydraulic valve system inside the shock absorber. No additional cables, sensors or other electronic devices are required to operate an FSD shock absorber.
Source: Electrek