{"id":357931,"date":"2020-02-16T18:07:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=357931"},"modified":"2024-04-13T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T15:05:36","slug":"a-tesla-model-3-owner-put-snow-tracks-on-his-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/a-tesla-model-3-owner-put-snow-tracks-on-his-car\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: A Tesla Model 3 Owner Put Snow Tracks On His Car [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Squarely from the &#8220;What the mechanical hell?&#8221; section of YouTube, a video has emerged of user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCS2wTyuD0XW5sVVL-1-s-2Q\">LowLifeDuramax<\/a> (yes, that is his actual channel name) driving his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tesla-model-3-supercar-masses-ways-one\/\">Tesla Model 3<\/a> in the snow.<\/p>\n<p>Not in any ordinary fashion however&#8230; he put snow tracks on the rear axle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"I PUT SNOW TRACKS ON MY TESLA *WARRANTY VOID*\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChUw02872Xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"I PUT SNOW TRACKS ON MY TESLA *WARRANTY VOID*\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChUw02872Xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The model in question is a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which only comes with the electric motors on the rear wheels to reduce battery drain and extend driving range.<\/p>\n<p>The snow tracks also didn&#8217;t fit at first, and had to have custom mountings fabricated to be able to reach the hubs. A company named Mullin Manufacturing helped out, and I have to say, the strength of their solution is impressive.<\/p>\n<p>By having the tracks sit so far out from the car, one can imagine the pressure that was being put on the lug nuts and the hub carriers, as a Model 3 is not particularly the lightest car in the world.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the car never really goes quickly, but it <em>does<\/em> go. That, at the very least, makes this an important video showing that a Tesla Model 3 can indeed drive on snow no problem.<\/p>\n<p>Although you would think that a nice set of studded snow tires would do the trick just as well? Then again, people have done stranger things with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1984-porsche-959-rally-gallery\/\">Porsche 911&#8217;s in the snow<\/a> than just adding snow tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squarely from the &#8220;What the mechanical hell?&#8221; section of YouTube, a video has emerged of user LowLifeDuramax (yes, that is his actual channel name) driving his Tesla Model 3 in the snow. Not in any ordinary fashion however&#8230; he put snow tracks on the rear axle. The model in question is a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which only comes with the electric motors on the rear wheels to reduce battery drain and extend driving range. 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