Speculations suggest that the upcoming Tesla Model 3 electric car will feature a high-tech head-up display (HUD).
The Tesla Model 3 is subject to many rumors. Even if the sedan EV isn't on the road yet, the upcoming car from Tesla enjoyed one of the biggest car launches in years. However, according to Autoblog, there are still many questions about the Model 3.
The upcoming EV sedan from Tesla Motors lacks at this point a traditional instrument panel. From the images leaked online we can only see that on the center of the dashboard is located a huge landscape display
On Tesla Motors' forum, the fans of the company have expressed their interest in a head-up display for their electric vehicle. Boy Genius Report speculates that the Tesla Model 3 will indeed feature a cutting-edge HUD.
BGR's theory is based on the fact that Tesla Motors hired recently Milan Kovac, the engineer who worked previously to design Skully P-1 motorcycle helmet. The high-tech helmet features in its visor a Bluetooth-connected HUD.
Before his Skully P-1 motorcycle helmet project, Kovac worked for a Belgian company specialized in 3D vision and gesture recognition. With these qualifications of Tesla Motors' new talent acquisition it is easy to put the pieces together and speculate that Kovac was hired to work on a cutting-edge head-up display for the upcoming Model 3.
Kovac can use this background to design a similar system on a larger scale for the new Tesla EV. If this speculation is proved to be accurate, this would explain why the Model 3 lacks an instrument panel. It could also explain what Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk means when he declared on his Twitter account that the Model 3 "takes things to another level."
Another clue to what are the plans of Tesla Motors for the final production version of the Model 3 comes from Teslarati. The publication reports that Tesla has also recently hired Félix Godard, the designer for the interior of the Porsche Mission EV.
The minimalistic dashboard seen in the Model 3 could be a hint that the vehicle will feature a full head-up display inspired from the Porsche Mission E prototype. Instruments could be operated intuitively by gesture control and eye tracking.
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