Expected by many since its disappearance from the online configurator in the summer of 2023, the return of the Tesla Model 3 Performance would be very close. According to the latest indiscretions, the Fremont factory in the United States is getting ready to test production. Enough to allow the first customers to be delivered in spring 2024?
The generally knowledgeable account Teslascope on X has just posted some interesting information for those waiting for the new Tesla Model 3 Performance. According to them, since the beginning of December, the Fremont factory in California has started production, and they expect a release in early spring. The opportunity to remind you of what we can expect from this electric car.
No Model 3 Performance for 4 months, but it’s almost the end
It is no longer possible to configure a Tesla Model 3 Performance
in Europe and China since the beginning of September. Indeed, when the new restyled Model 3 Highland was made available on the online configurator, only the Propulsion and Long Autonomy versions were offered. 16 weeks later, the observation is the same.
Finally, all this is only valid for the rest of the world, given that North America has for the moment kept the old Tesla Model 3 in the catalog, and is deprived of the restyled version. All this left us thinking that the release of the Model 3 Highland was far from over, especially with the little hiccup at the beginning which left visible a front camera which could prove very useful.
In any case, the information available today on this new Model 3 Performance remains rumors, but it is hard to imagine Tesla continuing in this situation for long, and especially depriving the USA of the Model 3 Highland for many more months. Some photos are also circulating on Reddit where we can see numerous Model 3 Highlands in the parking lot of the Fremont Gigafactory, where engineers are dissecting what is currently manufactured in Shanghai to be able to reproduce it on site.
Many customers who ordered a Tesla Model 3 Performance in France before September 2023, and who have therefore not been able to be delivered until now, have a forecast delivery date of until April 2024. This would correspond with a start of marketing at the end of the first quarter, time to transport the vehicles by boat to Europe.