As long as it outperforms the Prius, Leaf, Volt, Bolt, Spark, etcetera crowd I don't care if it is only 100HP front and 100HP rear. Pick the most efficient motors (cost and range wise) that get the job done faster than the $20K-$30K crowd it will be better than and I'm fine no matter what the 0-60 time or top speed is. Just make sure it's nicer to drive and support supercharging and I'm good.
so the possible lists are
188 hp Model 3 xx 188 hp rear motor
221 hp Model 3 xx 221 hp rear motor
376 hp Model 3 XXD 188 hp front, 188 hp rear motor
409 hp Model 3 XXDY 188 hp front, 221 hp rear motor
442 hp Model 3 PXXD 221 hp front, 221 hp rear motor
568 hp Model 3 PXXDY 188 hp front, 380 hp rear motor
601 hp Model 3 PXXDKH 221 hp front, 380 hp rear motor
Pick 2 or 3 from the list and chop off the Y or KH for the poster that preferred that config and call it good.
I don't think there will be quite that many powertrain variations on the Model III. I think there will probably be three.
220 (ish) hp base - rear drive
300 hp - rear drive
400 hp - dual motor, AWD
Possibly a hotter one (500+ hp) down the road, but I think it will launch with at most three basic powertrain variations.
I'm sorry I'm not sure how much clearer I can be than to say "
Pick 2 or 3 from the list". What part of that is confusing?
OK so you think 220ish, 300ish, and 400ish the three closest would be
221 hp Model 3 XX 221 hp rear motor
376 hp Model 3 XXD 188 hp front, 188 hp rear motor
409 hp Model 3 PXXD 188 hp front, 221 hp rear motor
we don't have any other HP motors to choose from to give us something between 221 and 376 HP so to get your 200ish HP model you either have to go for a single motor at 188HP or 221HP and then jump all the way past 300ish to the 376HP option.
That is unless you think there is a motor in play that hasn't been covered in the thread. But if you think so you need to specify a source and not just be saying it because you want a round number or think they should do it. We've only seen 4 motors in use and the thread title specifies "(based on current drive units)".
I'd say the same but I would go with the 300, 400, 500 options.
Please
, you are already on record asking for a 601HP version, but lets assume for a second you really mean 300ish, 400ish, 500ish the nearest matches are
376 hp Model 3 XXD 188 hp front, 188 hp rear motor
409 hp Model 3 XXD 188 hp front, 221 hp rear motor
568 hp Model 3 PXXD 188 hp front, 380 hp rear motor
but I have a hard time believing they won't offer a single motor version.
I also think you are stretching things by asking for more than 2 dual motor versions.
My guess is the base trim will have a single motor, front or rear, 188hp or 221hp. Given the Model S60 has a 380 HP motor it'd make sense to go for something closer to 300HP in the Model 3 that is supposed to be 80% the size. Right now 221HP looks like the entry level option.
next trim would be a dual motor as cheap as possible, I'd expect the 376hp in that slot
finally a top of the line PxxD trim with the biggest rear motor they can fit in the design. Will the 380HP motor fit in the rear of the 80% smaller car? I'm thinking it will since they put a 470hp rear motor in the Model S P85D. So I'm thinking
221 hp Model 3 XX 221 hp rear motor
376 hp Model 3 XXD 188 hp front, 188 hp rear motor
568 hp Model 3 PXXD 188 hp front, 380 hp rear motor
I think it's overkill for to have the 380hp rear motor but I also think they'll do it because they have paying customers demanding overkill.