I think the best you can say is that they will be at least the same as what was delivered to Europe last quarter. They will certainly be made in China.
The long range from China comes with the slightly smaller LG battery, there are rumours of that being increased in size slightly to match the Panasonic (extra 20 miles WLTP). Pretty minor but not to be sniffed at.
Other potential updates include:
AMD chip
Revised rear windows
Swap to lithium low voltage battery (who cares?)
Personally I wouldn’t worry about the window change. The model 3 had no tangible difference when the fronts changed.
I knew about the AMD chip change before I got mine, I’m not sure if I’m bothered or not. I’ve not played the games or used the web browser so I don’t know how much difference it would make day to day. It could limit potential future updates though.
There isn’t really anyway to know if any of these updates have happened until people start getting them.
Supposedly everything should be switching to their new cell form factor but who knows when that will be in reality.
Indeed it is. They'd be far better off selling the same thing year after year as the fast moving market makes their product less relevant and saleable.
Not really sure what you mean? The opposite should be the case, the more the car is updated, the more appealing it is to potential buyers against the competition. Ever couple of months it seems a new ‘Tesla Killer’ is launched.
In reality your average car buyer doesn’t care if they get Intel or AMD or would notice if the rear doors were laminated or not.
Most people are more bothered by perceived range and what number plate it has and if it’s the latest one issued by the DVLA or not.