When posting the teaser poster in the "Electric Travel" section of Autology, it was mentioned that we once found polestar 2 (Polestar 2), Aeyn Y, Audi e-tron, Euler Good Cat GT, and a mysterious Easter egg model, a total of 5 pure electric cars.
Although we covered up the poster layer by layer, the well-informed riders recognized the real identity of the Easter egg model, a Tesla, at a glance from the wheel design.
The large rim highlights the sporty atmosphere
In fact, the wheel shape of the Tesla Model 3 Performance (high-performance all-wheel drive version) we found is not the same as the wheel hub on the poster - the wheel hub of the real car looks more sporty, or there is some performance car meaning.
Of course, the design of the Model 3 itself has elements of a coupe, low, streamlined, emphasizing the sense of progress, and the Performance version only emphasizes the "high performance" attribute through elements such as larger wheel hubs and red brake calipers in appearance - the ordinary version (rear-drive single motor) Model 3 adopts the tire specifications of the front and rear 235/45 R18, and the Performance version (front and rear dual motors) adopts the specifications of 235/40 R19.
The appearance part is good to look at the photos taken by our photographers, not to do more unfolding, only two points to express. First, the overall shape of the Model 3 (including the Performance version) does have a certain sporty style, and second, the car has a minimum ground clearance of 138mm, a body height of 1443mm, and the actual data and visual effects are lower than many cars.
The interior has a kind of simplicity back to basics
Then briefly talk about the interior of this Model 3 Performance, which can really only be said simply, because its interior design is really "simple" (and there is no obvious difference from the rear-drive version).
A large screen, behind the steering wheel even the instrument is not, the air conditioning outlet is a hidden design, but in fact, this design should be considered simple and not simple, especially after experiencing the interior of many new power models, but feel that this clean and pure design is actually good.
Of course, interior design and exterior design are also very subjective aesthetic problems, good or bad to see the wisdom, as long as there should be functions, others are secondary. Of course, many riders will feel that common functions such as temperature regulation should still use physical buttons to facilitate blind exercise, which also agrees, after all, voice control and touch screen control are indeed not as convenient as blind exercises at this point.
Slippery loach in a river of cars
Since it is the Model 3 Performance version, the key is to experience its performance and driving experience, and see how this Tesla "performance car" is a performance method.
First of all, in the initial stage of the traffic light, the "performance" of 3.3 seconds to break the hundred does not need to have any doubts, and the linearity shown by this acceleration and push back feeling is unmatched by many fuel performance cars, after all, the torque advantage of the motor and the characteristics of no gearbox shift are unmatched by any fuel vehicle.
Of course, it is precisely because of the characteristics of these trams that for some riders who love fuel vehicles to rise and rotate gears in the roar, there will be a so-called fast and soulless feeling. However, this is not a disadvantage of the Model 3 Performance, but can only be said to be a different feature of electric vehicles and fuel vehicles.
If our experience is just the above nonsense, then this article is undoubtedly a non-nutritious hydrology, so we still have to share some specific and slightly more detailed details of the manipulation.
First of all, in the highway in and out of the ramp and lane change overtaking link, the Model 3 Performance in the steering wheel and throttle (electric gate) comfort mode can be very easy to shuttle in the car river, if the steering wheel is adjusted to the sport mode, on the public road will be slightly biased, if you need to often hit the direction of the road, it will be easy to have fatigue.
As for the throttle, in fact, I recommend choosing the comfort mode on the city road and the sport mode on the highway, because for the Model 3 Performance electric performance car, the difference between the throttle comfort and the sport mode is actually mainly reflected in the fact that you control the acceleration range of 60km/h in the comfort mode, and directly correspond to 80km/h after switching to the sport mode, which is a very linear proportional relationship.
To some extent, this feature can make it easier for the driver to achieve the control of the integration of people and vehicles, but the premise of all this is to forget the fuel vehicle cognition that the vehicle will maintain the current speed inertia after releasing the throttle, after all, the Model 3 Performance has energy recovery, and loosening the throttle in a certain range will lead to a rapid decrease in speed.
Model 3 Performance and those can be simply adjusted to the brakes to start the energy recovery model is not the same, Tesla has a more unique algorithm, it is reported from a large number of car data accumulation and analysis, so the timing and strength of its energy recovery is determined by the AI according to the speed of the vehicle and the remaining power and other comprehensive factors to make a judgment - the so-called single pedal mode, in fact, there is still a bit of technical background.
It took me some time to familiarize myself with his energy recovery properties before I began to discover one of the fun road features of this low Model 3 Performance.
Because the battery pack, which accounts for a large proportion of the vehicle mass, is installed in the chassis, the vehicle center of gravity is located in the middle of the vehicle bottom, so when the Model 3 Performance quickly overtakes lane changes and enters and exits the ramp on the highway, there will be a performance that many sporty cars cannot achieve - others rely on the support of the suspension to control the roll of the vehicle, and the Model 3 Performance is directly due to the low center of gravity, directly eliminating the roll under the chassis.
After familiarizing yourself with the throttle characteristics of the Model 3 Performance, with this low center of gravity, it looks like a slippery loach when traveling through the river of cars, without considering the lag of turbocharging, and there is no need to worry about the transmission's shift logic is not smart and the wear and tear when transmitting power, this smoothness is more impossible to achieve than those brands and models that are known for power tuning and transmission matching.
Model 3 Performance, very slippery, very slippery, the original factory said what rollover risk is low, but it is indeed the truth, this center of gravity, this chassis height, really want to roll over is not easy.
The weight of the car is still reflected when cornering at high speed
After driving the Model 3 Performance around Guangfo, it was found that it did have enough performance, whether it was 3.3 seconds to break the hundred or re-acceleration on the high speed, there was a lot of room for a car with a guidance price of 339,900 yuan and could be charged for free at the Tesla supercharging station, it was indeed called excellent performance, but there was also a trace of lack of sports flaws.
In fact, many riders may be able to guess the key - weight, the 2022 Model 3 Performance Edition of the curb weight reached 1836 kg, 2020 model is 1875 kg. The Model 3 Performance is more comfortable in the urban road conditions of the chassis, in the encounter with a roundabout ramp or suburban winding road speed scene, the feeling of the vehicle being pulled outward by inertia, will be more obvious.
Of course, even so, the model 3 Performance's road driving performance is already good enough - the quality of the maintenance is comparable, the guidance price is often 800,000 or so fuel performance car, the corner performance is not necessarily better than the Model 3 Performance, and those B-class fuel performance cars with a guidance price of more than 800,000 are almost unable to achieve the zero hundred acceleration performance of 3.3 seconds.
The laws of physics are always unbreakable, and the Model 3 Performance's center of gravity is low enough to give the average driver more confidence.
Write at the end
Admittedly, the pure electric Model 3 Performance is fast, but I believe it is still difficult to impress those who like the engine's "wave-out" pleasure of the car, the Model 3 Performance is too quiet, which makes it less angry and then the driver can feel the engine more and more energetic and exciting fun, which is itself the happiness that many fuel car players crave most.
However, the Tesla Model 3 Performance, which has a guidance price of only 339,900 yuan, can give more riders a smooth loach-like driving pleasure in the car river, and the Model 3 Performance is also a green car with a comprehensive range of 675 kilometers in THE NEDC, which ensures that at least in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Model 3 Performance not only has a certain driving pleasure, but also has a considerable degree of car convenience.
Therefore, it is not surprising that it is all over the Guangzhou Ring Expressway and foshan First Ring Expressway.