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Tesla Model 3 (2017)

2017–2023

Centre display
15.4 in touchscreen
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2 generations · 2017–present

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  1. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 1Cockpit · “TeslaModel3-Mai2021-26” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Ot · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  2. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 2Cockpit · “20190203 01 Tesla dashboard (48100409022)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  3. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 3Cockpit · “Interior of Model 3” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Leo Nguyen · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  4. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 4Cockpit · “The Model 3 Interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Steve Jurvetson · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  5. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 5Centre display · “Tesla Model 3 Screen Dec 2020” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: SirAsdof · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  6. Tesla Model 3 (2017), photo 6Centre display · “Digital control screen Tesla Model 3 DCA 08 2018 0268” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Tesla Model 3 (2017)Cockpit · “TeslaModel3-Mai2021-26” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Ot · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
  2. Tesla Model 3 (Highland)Cockpit · “Tesla Model 3 (2023), long range, Japan, interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Kazyakuruma · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

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Summary

The Model 3 has no instrument cluster and very few switches, leaving one landscape touchscreen to run almost everything.

Specifications

Head-up display
None
Centre display
15.4 in touchscreen
Infotainment
Input
Touchscreen, Steering-wheel controls
Climate
On the touchscreen
Physical buttons and knobs
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Cockpit

Instrument cluster

Speed, gear, indicators and driving information appear on the driver's side of the centre touchscreen.

Centre display

Model 3 launch interface

Runs at 1920×1200, with the map filling most of the screen beside the driving information.

Software Version 9.0

Added a web browser, calendar and real-time energy monitoring to the Model 3.

Software V12

V12 and the Grok assistant (update 2025.26) need the AMD Ryzen computer.

Controls

Two column stalks remain, for the indicators and the gear selector, and the hazard button sits in the overhead console.

Facts

  • The touchscreen also sets the climate, the music and the wiper speed.[4][5]
  • The front vent is one slot spanning the dashboard with no visible slats; its internal louvres are aimed by dragging on the touchscreen.[5][6]
  • Two scroll wheels on the steering wheel replace the fixed buttons of earlier Teslas and also adjust the mirrors and steering column through the screen.[5]
  • Elon Musk said drivers would not care about the missing instrument panel.[3]

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