Differences between 2022 and 2023

I think the biggest difference is the removal of the ultrasonic sensors (USS) which occurred in late 2022 or early 2023 depending on where it was built. The other changes you mentioned such as low voltage battery (lead acid -> lithium) and double pane acoustic glass in the front are all present on the 2022-23 models. I thought HW4 only showed up from 2024 onwards? I’m in Australia so we are a bit different down here. The RWD will have a LFP battery from end of 2021 onwards. I hear they are extremely durable and you get to use the whole battery pack by charging up to 100% regularly which means they are very efficient. The LR and performance stick to the NMC chemistry for the 2022-2023 years. FWIW even though Tesla vision has improved a lot over the years, I prefer USS on HW3 purely for ease of parking. Therefore I’d suggest a 2022 with USS.

I’d hold out for a Highland. It’s a completely different car. If that’s not in the cards, at least get HW4. Suspect we’re going to get big updates to it soon, related to Robotaxi roll-out.

I've also been researching differences between 2022 and 2023 RWD & AWD. Check out these battery pack capacity vs miles plots. The RWD (LFP) pack appears unchanged YoY, but there are some stand-out differences with the AWD (LNMC) pack: [https://ev-inventory.com/tesla-battery-statistics.php?combo=model3-74d](https://ev-inventory.com/tesla-battery-statistics.php?combo=model3-74d) Edit: you can toggle each model year on/off by clicking it.

Woah, there is a huge difference between the 22 & 23 years for the long range! It looks like there is higher degradation and earlier pack failure in the 2022 AWD models. Is that correct?

They appear to track each other similarly. Around 100,000 miles, the 2023 packs seem to fall in one of three camps (note how the green clusters trifurcate). There are more high mileage entries for the 2023 model year, though, so it's possible that the 2022 packs will show similar behavior around then but those data aren't in yet.

JUST MAKE SURE TO GET A MODEL 3 2022 and newer!! Since they started coming with AMD chips!! Have had my 22’ model 3 performance since new 124k miles now, NEVER BEEN INTO SERVICE as I change my own wiper blades and filter in the car, other than that got 4-5 sets of new tires from America tires!!

Brand new I say 303-304 miles of range and right now I see about 278-280 depending on outside weather!! After $124k miles can’t complain one bit! I just lvl 1 change my car unless I’m driving down to LA then of course I have to supercharge as I live all the way in northern Cali!

There are no non-highland HW4 3s, they did not silent update it like they did the other cars.

2022 and 2023 are pretty similar. 2023s have amber turn signals (or most of them do anyway). 2022s have the older red taillights. Most 2022s still had the ultrasonic park sensors. Some people like these, although it is one more expensive thing on your bumper to damage (you know, the sacrificial part that tanks low speed impacts. Great place for sensors). If your car has both Ryzen MCU and USS, you can pick in settings if you want the USS or Vision (3D scan) parking guides. HW4 is tied to the “highland” facelift and 2024 model year. Some early 2022s still had the Intel MCU, outside of those all 22s and 23s are HW3+Ryzen for computers. Intel vs Ryzen is probably the most dramatic difference in user experience among all the 22/23 changes The LFP RWD was sold in the US from late 2021 to mid 2024.

I’ll offer my 2025 M3 Highland RWD. I’m in Southern California. 6550 miles and still in new condition. Just need to get out from the payments.

Interesting, didn’t realize that. Thx!