They seized dozens of Tesla Model 3 Highlands parked at a gigafactory in Shanghai, and more data about their batteries has come to light.

Tesla Model 3 Highland launch seems imminent, and evidence of this is the unusual movement at the Gigafactory, which the company has located in Shanghai. As the portal collects Teslaratithe facilities have significantly increased the number of vehicles involved that may belong to the aforementioned model.

The images, in particular, were taken from the air and show large car park with an awning at the top which has grown significantly in recent days. Although there are no details on which models are hidden under this packaging, everything points to the Model 3 Highland, which the company may launch in the coming weeks, since the rest of the Teslas that are shown at the facilities and which are already available on the market are not have any coverage.

The photographs also show that Initial production of this updated Model 3 has already begun.. They arrive just a few days after some stores in China accepted orders for the next generation of this Model 3.

In addition, after CATL provided Tesla with samples Batteries M3P so that the company can carry out tests, which is confirmed CarsNewsChina.com. So everything points to the Tesla Model 3 Highland being able to ship with an M3P cell battery, which offers significant advantages over NMC batteries. Among them, better energy density and better behavior during charging. Also the probability that allow you to reach a range of up to 700 km.

Tesla Model 3 Highland may arrive with other important improvements

In addition to the battery, which will be one of the Tesla Model 3 Highland’s major improvements over other models, this new generation of vehicles will also have other relevant changes. One of them is new manufacturing processwhere the company will use a technique called gigacasting. This allows for a significant reduction in the number of parts needed to produce a vehicle, helping to make production faster and cheaper.

Therefore, it is expected that another improvement of the Tesla Model 3 Highland will be lower production cost compared to current model 3although it is not clear whether the company would prefer to lower the price or instead keep it and thus make more profit.

At the moment, yes, the exact launch date of this Model 3 Highland is unknown, although, again, everything indicates that it will take place at the end of this month.