Tesla UPDATED The Model 3 | ALL The "Made in China" 2021 Changes

right welcome to this video where we're going  to be comparing all the changes in the tesla   model 3 made in china 2021 model 3 compared to  my 2019 model 3. this is the long-range version   which means it's got the full premium interior  so we've got the heated steering wheel and it's   the best car to look at all the alterations that  been made in this latest version there was a lot   of changes that i've picked up on surprisingly  so actually so i'm going to be going through   them at quite a pace including the very end  where i'll do a like flight comparison journey   with the tesla model to be made in china  which has got the heat pump which should   improve efficiency versus my 2019 model to  see whether it actually makes any difference so the first thing you're going to notice  is the fact that the chrome has gone it's   been chrome deleted and we're now left with a  matte black finish on the majority of the trim   so you've got on the door handles under the  wing mirrors the door seals have got a black   trim now instead of the chrome so on this standard  white paint that you get with the car the contrast   works really well especially with the panoramic  roof as well and then the black aero wheels   talking of the aero wheels they have been updated  as well i'm guessing for aerodynamics not 100 sure   when i did the video on the aero wheels recently  i only found that they made two percent difference   in uh cold climates so it'd be interesting to  see whether they make any difference long term   but i actually prefer this look i think they work  really well going underneath the car the mud flaps   these were fitted when the car actually came  you've probably seen my video on the mud flaps   they they gathered loads of mud and effectively  just got blocked up well tesla tried to rectify   this underneath there now you've got some  rectangles so the drainage holes are a lot bigger   if you own the older versions don't worry i just  drilled massive holes in mine and that seemed   to do the trick so you can do that but yeah tesla  have addressed that as well so we'll pop the front   you'll see it's still not powered unfortunately  the cheek of it have to lift it with my hands   inside you probably won't notice it visually  but it is slightly narrower at this section here   the rubber part is exactly the same still 69  centimeters this is now 46 centimeters apart   as opposed to 46 which is in the older tesla  model 3. depth of it's still the same the reason   this bit is a bit thicker is to hide the heat pump  that's apparently where that's hidden in there so   yeah that's why that's a little bit smaller  but you're not really going to notice much of a   difference there i think the quality of the bonnet  is actually a little bit better as well mine feels   really thin whenever i close that that just felt a  little bit firmer and less likely you're going to   put your hands through it which is good um looking  at the front as well you've got slightly different   looking headlights again you're not going to  notice unless you're staring really closely at it   they're led matrix uh headlights now which  apparently in the future going to be software   controls so hopefully we'll stop dazzling other  drivers as you go around right moving around to   the back of the car we've got the trunk  which is now sorry boots we're in the uk   which is now thankfully power assisted so you  can open it on the app just by pressing the   button and it will go up obviously on mine i'll  fit the different boot struts so that will pop   up on its own but it's not power assisted so it  won't come down but now if i wanted to i can just   close the trunk through the app there's also a  button just on the inside that you can close it   so that's a much better feature we'll open it  once more just because we can the other thing   they've added on the boot is they've increased the  boot lip here common complaint from car reviews   on the previous model 3 was as you open the  boot all the rain tipped off the boot fell onto   the back window and then poured over into boot  they've extended this lip now so it doesn't do   that anymore which is pretty good and then you  just push this button and the boot will close looking around the car um another common  complaint was panel gaps now this model   three that we've got here looks pretty decent to  be honest you look around they're evenly spread   there's no massive differences and the general  consensus coming out of all the made in china   tesla model 3s is the overall quality of the  car is a lot better compared to the panel gaps   that you've seen on and you've all pointed out in  my videos when i've put a dodgy camera angle on   this this model 3 is actually a lot better  from that point of view the other big question   was about the paint now i used a really cheap  tool from amazon that didn't really do the job   um to measure the paint depth all i could  see was it was pretty much similar to mine   now i've done more research on this and  effectively discovered that the paint on this   is the same thickness as all the previous tesla  model 3's the difference is the paint quality   and the imperfections it's a lot lot better and  more improved so you're less likely to get stone   chips because in the past you'd always get stone  chips around this area here whereas now you're   not going to get that there's less imperfections  it's uh the curing process is improved and this is   something that elon musk has talked about how  they're trying to improve their paint process   so from what i can read on all the cards alien  forms and things like that the paint quality is   a lot better and i have to say if you're sitting  on the fence about choosing a white tesla model 3   go for it in the sunlight this paint looks awesome  and as i said already the contrast is fantastic so   i think that pretty much covers all the changes on  the outside let's have a look at all the ones on   the inside right i'm glad i'm inside because we're  getting a bit cold and we're out there the first   thing you will notice in the made in china tesla  model 3 when you get in it is the door cards have   changed and what they've done they've extended  the wooden trim that initially went across the   dashboard down the sides of the doors much needed  in my opinion because i've always felt that the   wooden dash just felt a little bit out of place  there was no other reference to it in the car   and i ended up buying actually a wireless phone  charger which i'll put the link in the description   if you want to see where i got that from that  had the wooden effect dash and i think that just   complemented it really well and it needed another  reference so now they've put this down the door   works a lot better they probably got the hint that  everyone pretty much just wrapped the wooden panel   um to more of a black effect uh because it fitted  more in with the car now staying on focus on the   door for a second they've changed the material  on the speaker to a metal material now on the   outside so i'm guessing that offers a little bit  better protection because i suppose you might   knock that with your feet as you get in and out  of the car now a huge huge update that was needed   even though it was really tiny and didn't cost  them much was the fact they've now put a logo on   the exit of the door so you can actually figure  out how to get out obviously as an owner i know   how to get my car and my friends that come in my  car quite often they know how to get out but any   new people in the car just couldn't get out all  it had was a button with a line on it so people   thought it was the windows or they actually used  the windows to chunk out now it's got a little uh   icon which has a door opening on it massive people  can finally get out of a tesla model 3 which is   brilliant what i like all the features that  they've put in this car it looks like they've   just listened to the owners um and made all  the tweaks which is perfect talking about the   speaker by the way on the back door panel it's now  a circular grille as opposed to a rectangle so not   quite sure what the rationale for that change was  if anyone knows let us know in the comments below   but um yeah that's the only features on the door  now moving across the big change they've removed   all piano black which is brilliant because it was  a scratch magnet in the center console this is the   same as the 2021 model 3 that was made in fremont  so this isn't a unique to the made in china   version but they've completely redesigned the  center console gone are the what some people said   were difficult to close hatches and doors where  if you if you close them gently they close fine   but um in a lot of the car reviews people close  them a bit too firm and then pop straight back up   so all of those have absolutely gone now  what it's been replaced with is a lovely   soft felt wireless phone charger um that comes  as standard so you don't have to option that   really nice material i might just sit here and  start this for a while uh can charge two phones   i'm not quite sure what rate it charges i'm gonna  guess at 10 watts per phone whereas the latest   iphone can charge up to 15 watts and then the  main compartment is uh covered now by this lovely   sliding door and it's very satisfying to open and  close it's just it's automatic to close you could   do that for a long time um and as i said the piano  black has gone and it's kind of like this satin   gray effect on the top there which works really  well so love that inside there used to be two usb   a ports so for your standard usb and that's  also where you stored your sentry cam footage   downside of that is someone could break in  grab your usb stick and do away with it so   you lost all the footage that has been now moved  into the glove box which is secure because you   can only access that through the screen and  you can put a pin to access on it as well   so that's secured the centric cam footage perfect  and also leaves those usb ports under there   available and as i said they've moved to usbc  ports now which means um better power delivery   so if you do want to charge any devices when  you're on the go you can plug those in there   and they should charge a little bit quicker then  similarly in the back they've changed to usbc   as well so that's all the changes in there you've  still got the 12 volt cigarette lighter socket in   that section there that hasn't moved at all and  that part looks pretty much the same so moving up   from the center console and we've got the hazard  light button has now been made a lot bigger and   the sos button has been moved onto the screen so  at least if you need your hazard warning lights   when you're driving in a rush you can just kind  of reach around there especially if you can't like   take your eyes off the road and just push it and  not worry too much about pushing the sos button   not quite sure what happens if you crash and smash  your screen because then you can't press the sos   button moving along we've got this sun visor  which is now a magnetic rather than specifically   clipping in but the mirror is still the same  with a light that comes on as you flap that   down so that's good and then coming across the  steering wheel slightly redesigned fabric layout   on the steering wheel the stitching is now at the  bottom but the big huge improvement which i know   the owner of this model 3 has been using a lot  especially with this cold snap we've been having   is the heated steering wheel now i don't think  it comes as standard on the standard range plus   but it does with the premium interior on the  long range and the performance model threes   but yeah he's doing which you can turn on  through the app through the touchscreen as well   and then the scroll wheels have been updated  slightly i'm not quite sure again the rationale   for that if you know the reason why let me know  but they've got a slightly different material on   them and a slightly different uh contrasting it's  almost like the satin gray with a grid system on   there um so yeah not quite sure because i never  had any issues with the previous scrolling wheels   better than that the rest of the steering wheel  layout is exactly the same talking about heating   we've got a heated steering wheel the other thing  that might improve the heating is the fact that   we've now got double glazing on this window i'm  guessing it was more to remove uh wind noise   as opposed to keep the heat in the car because  obviously the rest of the panels aren't double   glazed but from my video that looked at like  reducing noise in your tesla model 3's cabin   in the uk at least i think our road surfaces are  so bad that its majority is road noise as opposed   to wind noise because the noise reduction kits  that i put on the tesla model 3 didn't really   change the decibels in the cabin at all the tone  maybe a little bit but nothing nothing substantial   so it might stop the noise of lorries that you're  overtaking coming through the window a little bit   but i don't think it's going to make a massive  difference to the volume of the cabin but as i   said it might help keep some of the heating  if you've got double glazing but it's not in   the back windows at all so it's free it's an  improvement not going to knock it but i don't   think it'll make a massive difference overall  and then i suppose i should talk about the seats   because i think they're more comfortable now it  might be that my 18 months as a model 3 is just   got wear and tear because i've obviously sat in it  a lot of filming and done a reasonable amount of   miles but even seeing in the passenger seat which  hasn't had much use in my car um felt better and i   know from watching a few interviews with elon they  really focused on making the seats as comfortable   as possible they've looked at all the pressure  points in the seats and they're custom designed so   it makes me think they might have subtly improved  the seats in the made in china tesla model 3.   but overall the general quality when i got in  this car i was properly excited because it all   feels just more solid i can't put my finger on  it but this just feels well put together like   a proper premium interior in here now the last  thing that we wanted to compare was the heat pump   because the model wise had a heat pump for a  while and the idea is that it doesn't use full   electric heaters to heat the cabin and it uses  some other heat that gets generated in the car   and brings it in that way so you should get better  range and efficiency this model 3 has it and   that's why the front is slightly smaller in width  does it make a difference or not to test it we   did it exactly the same journey exactly the  same time i just basically followed in front   of this long-range version um and it was just  above freezing i think it was like two degrees   we had the heating set on the same setting i  think it was 23 degrees we didn't have heated   seats on we had the lights on the same setting  tire pressures they both started from a cold   start so the regen braking was exactly the same  they were identical except the fact one is a long   range one is the standard range plus and there  is some differences in efficiencies with that   and then obviously this version had the heat pump  what we found consistently throughout that entire   journey it was a 35 minute journey was there was  a 30 watt hour per mile difference throughout   the whole journey so overall it averaged the  long range version averaged 270 watts per mile   whereas the standard range plus averaged 300  watt hours per mile that equates to 124 mpge   mpg equivalent for the long range version  versus 112 mpge for the standard range plus   to put it another way if you were to use 10  kilowatt hours of electricity this version   would go 37 miles whereas the standard range plus  would go 33.7 miles so not not massive difference   but an improvement and it's better than nothing um  and i imagine in even colder climates that's going   to really come into its own and save you a lot  more energy we then did exactly the same one in 12   degrees just because we did it on different days  and we found there was a 20 watt hour difference   overall so the heat pump definitely plays  a role in reducing the energy that's used   when you're using the heating system so yeah again  another improvement the other thing that i forgot   to mention is the boom box has it come with a  boom box i think the answer is no unfortunately   i've looked underneath and the grill is there and  i shone my camera in there and i couldn't see that   there was a speaker underneath so it looks like  it's got the grill but without taking it all apart   which i'm not gonna do because it's not my car um  i don't think there's a speaker under there i have   no idea why i thought it was going to be law from  june 2020 that all new models came with one but   doesn't seem like it's got one for  some reason so that's all for this   week let me know in the comments below  what your thoughts are did tesla miss   anything um have i missed anything that tesla  introduced that wasn't that i haven't covered   um i've also put the referral code in the  description below so if you're buying a tesla   model 3 don't forget to use the referral code it's  actually the owner of this model 3's referral code   so you get 1000 free supercharger miles and so  will he if you use it don't forget to subscribe   if you like videos to do a tesla because that's  what this channel is all about and if you enjoyed   that a thumbs up wouldn't go and miss as well  thanks for watching i will see you again soon

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Length: 15min 13sec (913 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 11 2021