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Tesla Model 3: The Pros And Cons Of Extreme Innovation

Tesla Model 3: The Pros And Cons Of Extreme Innovation

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By: Bradley Berman

Sep 2, 2019 at 5:59pm ET

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Tesla is reinventing the fundamental aspects of driving. But there’s a learning curve.

By now everybody knows that Tesla vehicles are fast and offer long-range capability. That was clear when I recently took a Tesla Model 3 Performance on a 515-mile drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. But what surprised me about my time in the car was how Tesla fundamentally reshaped the driving experience. It was a revelation about the benefits of thoughtful, user-oriented design applied to an automobile. But extreme innovations also can present challenges to users behind the wheel.

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Pro: App-Based Entry and Start-Up

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Con: App-Based Entry and Start-Up Pro: Flush Door Handles Con: Flush Door Handles Pro: Huge Center Screen for Everything Con: Huge Center Screen for Everything Pro: Scroll Wheels on Steering Wheel

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