The video was taken by Casey Spencer, a Model S owner who set a new record for the longest distance traveled on a single charge in a Model S last year. He “hypermiled” his car to 550.3 miles in 26 hours.
During his test ride in the Model 3 on Thursday, Spencer asked a Tesla representative:
“Do you think that the fact there’s no instrument cluster will make it to the production model?”
The Tesla representative answered:
“Yes. This is not a show car. This is an engineering prototype. This is our first engineering validation car that we are working on. We are getting accustomed with it and we really want to make it production representative,”
You can watch the full video below.
Another representative said that the center display was made with assisted and autonomous driving in mind, and for being used by both the driver and passenger.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that “some important elements will be added and some will evolve.”
@rossbin You will see the car very clearly, but some important elements will be added and some will evolve.
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Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2016
A HUD (heads-up display) could be on of the “important elements” that will be added and would explain why there’s no instrument cluster.