Lately, Tesla announced an update for his Model 3. Among the news, also an increase in autonomy. Initially it was thought that this improvement was essentially due to the optimizations introduced by the American manufacturer on his electric sedan. In reality there seems to be more. In fact, the updated Model 3 Long Range features a battery pack with a capacity of 82 kWh.
This detail emerges from the vehicle registration document of a new Model 3 Long Range imported to Germany. Previously, such cars had a 79 kWh accumulator. It would therefore be an improvement of almost 4% that would justify the increase in autonomy declared by Tesla for the Model 3 2021. This would also mean that the electric car could have a battery pack containing the new cells developed by Panasonic which offer an improvement in energy density of about 5%.
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It would therefore be proof that the new cells are already used in American electric cars. At this point it will be interesting to verify another aspect. Panasonic, speaking of the new cells, had pointed out that they are capable of offer faster charging speed. Model 3 Long Range equipped with the new batteries should therefore have a better charging curve.
To understand the improvements from this point of view, however, we will have to wait a few more weeks when the new owners of the Model 3 2021 will carry out the first energy supply tests on high-power columns such as those of Ionity. Finally, remember that in Italy the Tesla Model 3 Long Range starts at € 57,920 and offers 580 km of autonomy (WLTP), a maximum speed of 233 km / h and an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in just 4, 4 seconds.
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