{"id":49527,"date":"2023-05-12T12:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49527"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:03:32","slug":"refreshed-tesla-model-3-steering-wheel-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49527","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model 3 Refresh Steering Wheel Spotted: Is It The Real Deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been publishing articles about Tesla&#8217;s reported &#8220;Project Highland&#8221; Model 3 for some time now, and we didn&#8217;t even start covering the potential project until long after Tesla reportedly launched it. That&#8217;s because there weren&#8217;t any images or videos, at least initially. However, now we have loads coming in, and the most recent shows what appears to be a refreshed Model 3 with a new steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <em>Reddit<\/em> post brought our attention to an image of the reportedly refreshed <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/model-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Tesla Model 3<\/a> with the driver&#8217;s side door open. It&#8217;s zoomed in nicely, so you can see the steering wheel pretty well, and it&#8217;s clearly not the one we&#8217;re familiar with from the current Model 3. While you can&#8217;t see much of the rest of the car or its surroundings, that&#8217;s all very clear in the video above, from which the screenshot was captured.<\/p>\n<section class=\"embed-item\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"embed\" data-embed-code=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22reddit-embed-bq%22%20style%3D%22height%3A500px%22%20data-embed-height%3D%22500%22%3E%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fteslamotors%2Fcomments%2F13ezh99%2Frefresh_model_3_steering_wheel_credit%2F%22%3ERefresh%20Model%203%20steering%20wheel%20(credit%3A%20%40hector6969696969%20on%20tiktok)%3C%2Fa%3E%3Cbr%3E%20by%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fuser%2Fwroniec498%22%3Eu%2Fwroniec498%3C%2Fa%3E%20in%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fteslamotors%2F%22%3Eteslamotors%3C%2Fa%3E%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%3Cscript%20async%3D%22%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fembed.reddit.com%2Fwidgets.js%22%20charset%3D%22UTF-8%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E\">\u00a0<\/section>\n<p>The YouTube video comes to us from <em>Caliber197<\/em>. It&#8217;s a 14-minute drone flyover showing the refreshed Model 3 testing under wraps. Reddit user <em>wroniec498<\/em> credits <em>Hector (@hector6969696969)<\/em> on TikTok for the image.<\/p>\n<section class=\"embed-item\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"embed\" data-embed-code=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22tiktok-embed%22%20cite%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40hector6969696969%2Fvideo%2F7231673383891635498%22%20data-video-id%3D%227231673383891635498%22%20style%3D%22max-width%3A%20605px%3Bmin-width%3A%20325px%3B%22%20%3E%20%3Csection%3E%20%3Ca%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20title%3D%22%40hector6969696969%22%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40hector6969696969%3Frefer%3Dembed%22%3E%40hector6969696969%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20title%3D%22tesla%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Ftag%2Ftesla%3Frefer%3Dembed%22%3E%23tesla%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20title%3D%22teslamodel3%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Ftag%2Fteslamodel3%3Frefer%3Dembed%22%3E%23teslamodel3%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20title%3D%22elonmusk%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Ftag%2Felonmusk%3Frefer%3Dembed%22%3E%23elonmusk%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20title%3D%22%E2%99%AC%20original%20sound%20-%20Hector%22%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Fmusic%2Foriginal-sound-7231673408751405870%3Frefer%3Dembed%22%3E%E2%99%AC%20original%20sound%20-%20Hector%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3C%2Fsection%3E%20%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%20%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Fembed.js%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E\">\u00a0<\/section>\n<p>Regardless, it appears the video shows a Model 3 testing, it&#8217;s certainly covered at the front and back, and you can even see the driver use the touch screen to put the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Tesla<\/a> in reverse, since there may not be a stalk. Check out the full YouTube version of the video at the top of the page and start watching at 3:22.<\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22666555%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Tesla%20Denies%20Rumors%20About%20New%20Model%203%20Production%20Starting%20Soon%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-denies-rumors-new-model-3-production%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FxqbgAw%2Fs5%2Fmodel-3-project-highland.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22662619%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Tesla%20Model%203%20Facelift%20Confirmed%20By%20Trusted%20Source%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-model-3-facelift-confirmed%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FxqbgAw%2Fs5%2Fmodel-3-project-highland.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n<p>There are some details suggested in the Reddit comments. While most have to do with the potential lack of stalks, along with peoples&#8217; opinions about that choice, one user says the steering wheel looks like the one in the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/semi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Tesla Semi<\/a>, We agree that it&#8217;s similar, but almost certainly not the same.<\/p>\n<section contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"image\" data-border=\"\" data-id=\"6822690\"> <span class=\"svg-search\"> <svg> <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/design\/dist\/critical\/icons\/sprite-common-4-743b3903bf836f418bcf69f192b6a86f.svg#search\"\/> <\/svg> <\/span> <picture class=\"lazyload\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\" https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s5\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 213w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s6\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 445w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s4\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 889w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s3\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s2\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s1\/tesla-semi-new-photos.webp 1920w \" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 30px), (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 50px), 649px\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-srcset=\" https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s5\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 213w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s6\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 445w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s4\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 889w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s3\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s2\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/8AAO7o\/s1\/tesla-semi-new-photos.jpg 1920w \" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 30px), (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 50px), 649px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" alt=\"Tesla Semi new photos\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/source><\/source><\/picture> <\/section>\n<p>What&#8217;s your take on a refreshed Model 3? Is Tesla moving forward with it but trying to keep it under wraps? Is it simply that Tesla doesn&#8217;t &#8220;refresh&#8221; its models, and it will soon launch a Model 3 with some notable updates that it refuses to call a refresh? If all these sightings are of Model 3s that aren&#8217;t real or weren&#8217;t produced by Tesla, where are they coming from?<\/p>\n<p>Leave us your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been publishing articles about Tesla&#8217;s reported &#8220;Project Highland&#8221; Model 3 for some time now, and we didn&#8217;t even start covering the potential project until long after Tesla reportedly launched it. That&#8217;s because there weren&#8217;t any images or videos, at least initially. 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