The 2024 Tesla Model 3 Is The Best EV. Here's Why

After spending a week with a 2024 Tesla Model 3 Long Range I have completely fallen for this car more so than for any other EV I've ever driven. It's not quite perfect, and some of its flaws are just design or cost-cutting choices made by Tesla, but the overall experience was an overwhelmingly positive one. It's a fantastic car and it shows Tesla is still ahead of OEMs in the EV game.

Written, presented, shot, and edited by Andrei Nedelea.
Special thanks to Dan Mihalașcu for his help during the shoot.

[Lost_In_LA]

I’ve been driving the 24 M3P for a month now. I love this car. I found this review thorough and fair. Bravo.

[PenkoAngelov]

This is one of the most accurate and honest reviews of the Model 3 I've ever seen. Keep it up, You're awesome!
Greetings from Bulgaria!

[ericn]

You can use audio controls to handle many day to day things like the HVAC. One push of a button on the steering wheel is all it takes.

[jful]

Great review! Will keep an eye out for your performance review too if you end up getting your hands on one.

[whatthe]

Man this is a thorough and accurate review, and I’ve watched a lot. Even prepared to point out major shortcomings of the rear seats. Well done sir.

[seanjohn]

Great review! I've driven a 2021 Model 3 Performance the past 3 years and I'm picking up my 2024 Model 3 Performance tomorrow in New York. We had to wait longer than the people on the West Coast for our Performance versions. But I can't wait!

[parsifal]

Great review and fantastic vocabulary! And I liked your mention of Spotify - that you do not use it because they exploit by paying most artists next to nothing. Likewise with me. Keep up the good ethics and reviews!

[tnczm]

I just wanted to say I'm very impressed by your English. Such a great and detailed review too!

[jjones]

With regards to the “missing” stalks, I can tell you that having driven my Model S refresh with the yoke and no stalks, I don’t miss them at all. I actually prefer not having the stalks. When I drive my wife’s 2018 Model S with all of the stalks sticking out everywhere it looks cluttered. I even like the yoke better than the wheel, even though I didn’t think I would.

[hardypahardypa]

Fantastic review. I have the exact same model/color 2024 LR. My wife just got a red RWD. Best cars we ever had. What a car. The overall experience of ownership is simply next level. Thanks!

[SaviorOfthee]

I think when people talk about tesla in general, they forget that there is voice activation in the car for a reason but people just don't use it. all the no button problems and taking your eyes off the road can be solved with voice activation.

[sheryltrainor]

Great review and very informative. I own the new 2024 Rwd Model 3 in Pearl White and I absolutely love everything about it. You can customise the 5 centre icons along the bottom of the screen and also move the seat icons down to the bottom to the right and left of the others and they will stay there so you end up with 7 icons that you can get to easily. It was nice to hear such a positive review for a change and one that actually speaks the truth about the car and knows all of the features etc.

[lubomirkalchev]

One of the best reviews man, on par of the Australian once. If you allow me one small correction. One of the key differences of the updated version is that you don"t get all the options included as it used to be. The sound system in RWD had a big hit in performance and it isn't as immersive as in AWD and Performance variants. Anyway, great review mate!

[flyingdutch]

Excellent review in excellent English too! Subscribed! I drive the Model 3 Performance September 2021 delivery. Never had a better car, including ICE. What you did not mention if I am correct are the free OTA (over the air) upgrades, about once a month. They make a good car better, e.g. by enabling matrix LED which considerably improves the sight at night. Looking forward to your testing the new performance version!

[athli]

Hmm.. you think that ultrasonics would pick up that gate? I would be surprised given that they are positioned usually quite low..

[Narcissist]

Regarding supercharging speeds - are you sure you went to a site that's capable of reaching 250 kW? Topping off that around 150 kW sounds like you went to an older site that's not capable of the higher rate.

[fedderd]

Had to laugh a bit (but also cry) when you said that the interior is remarkably well screwed together and that there are no rattles or creaks. Got my new Model 3 AWD two months ago. I immediately noticed a rattling noise coming from the dash. Scheduled service, but the rattling was intermittent, and even though the service team thought they had resolved the issue, they did not. Scheduled a second service appointment; this time they took apart the dash and found and removed two screws that were rolling around. Drove the car home (90 miles from Tesla service center) and was very pleased that the annoying rattling noise was gone. But next day it was back. It comes and goes with no rhyme or reason that I can discern. I now have a third appointment scheduled for next week. I do enjoy my Model 3, but that annoying rattling noise has been a royal pain.

[williampaulrogers]

A great review 👍I’m a convert I’ve switched from BMW to a Tesla model Y and I love it. It’s great to drive and so economical to own, I particularly like that there is no service interval. I completely agree with you in respect of the regen braking the car seems to know where it needs to stop. 👍🇬🇧

[thomasbihn]

FSD works well in populated areas, but it doesn't work well in many rural areas. I transferred my FSD over from my previous vehicle to my new Model Y and can confirm it is regional. I would not recommend purchasing FSD right away at least. When it becomes available, pay the monthly fee to try it out and see how well it works in your area.

Regarding charging, the charging curve only gives you 250kw between around 10% through 25% then it starts to ramp down. Not preconditioning for the full time, outside temp, and higher start SoC could've impacted your speeds. The best strategy for any road trips is to target driving to 10% then charging to 50%, repeat if you have enough chargers along the route. It may be more frequent stops, but the total time will be lower.

[YuenanCao]

Very smart review and commentary, thank you from USA