Shoulda bought a TESLA... YouTuber known for 'Anti EV Stance' goes FULL EV
Summary
TLDRAuto enthusiast Jeff reviews a Tesla Model 3 overnight, approaching it from a petrolhead's skeptical perspective. He appreciates the instant acceleration yet finds excessive touchscreens distracting and misses mechanical buttons and knobs. Jeff ponders the car's data gathering and links to dealerships for repairs. He demonstrates charging, reads about Tesla's history, and realizes range drains quickly during real-world family driving. Jeff notes the appeal for kids but questions long-term character and usefulness for his lifestyle. He determines that practicality varies person-to-person given home charging access, predictable commuting, and tolerance for a radical transition from old school autos.
Takeaways
- 😀 Jeff tests out a Tesla Model 3 to give an old car enthusiast's perspective on living with an electric vehicle
- 👎 Finds multiple things he doesn't like about the Tesla, including too much tech/screens and unfamiliar regenerative braking
- 😕 Points out concerns about privacy, hacking, and control due to so much technology reliance
- 🤔 Questions some design choices like button door handles and central touchscreen placement
- 😀 Likes the acceleration and thinks it can be useful in certain commuting situations
- 😕 Doesn't see Teslas suiting his lifestyle or having the character/longevity of old cars
- 👍 Appreciates some convenience features like preheating cabin and seats
- 😕 Finds range disappointing after normal driving, questions real-world usefulness
- 👎 Dislikes how everything from locks to glovebox relies on tech, expects issues
- 😕 Sees people accepting Teslas without realizing the control and monitoring by companies/government
Q & A
What cars does the narrator typically drive?
-The narrator typically drives older cars like old Volvos and BMWs.
What does the narrator think about the amount of technology in the Tesla?
-The narrator thinks there is too much technology in the Tesla, like the large touchscreen interface. He prefers simpler, older car dashboards with physical dials.
How does the narrator feel about electric cars in general?
-The narrator is skeptical of electric cars. He loves old gasoline cars and doesn't fully buy into the benefits of electric vehicles.
What does the narrator think about the Tesla Model Y?
-He did not like the Model Y, finding it too big, bulbous and high off the ground. He said it felt like driving a fast elephant.
What was the narrator's experience accelerating in the Model S Plaid?
-The Model S Plaid acceleration was so fast it made the narrator nearly pass out. He said it rewrote the rules for what a car can do.
What does the narrator think about Tesla door handles?
-He dislikes the electronic button door handles, preferring old-fashioned mechanical pull handles. He sees them as unnecessary and prone to breaking.
How does regenerative braking work?
-When you lift off the accelerator, regenerative braking uses the electric motor to slow the car down rapidly, recharging the battery in the process. This differs from standard cars that coast.
What safety concern does the narrator have about the touchscreen?
-He finds the large touchscreen distracting and does not think it should be legal to interact with while driving, unlike a cell phone.
How does the narrator simulate charging the Tesla?
-He pretends to charge by parking, eating sandwiches, drinking coffee and reading aloud from a book for about 20 minutes.
What does the narrator think about the car's recorded trip data?
-He believes Tesla technicians can access more detailed trip data like acceleration and top speed, even though it is not shown to the driver.
Outlines
😊 Intro and first impressions of driving the Tesla Model 3
The author test drives a Tesla Model 3 long range. He finds there is too much technology and the screen is too distracting while driving. However, he likes the simplicity of the cabin design and the glass roof. He does not like the regenerative braking which makes it feel like riding a jet ski when you come off the gas.
😕 Dislikes about the Tesla driving experience
The author discusses several dislikes about driving the Tesla including the strange door handles which are buttons rather than levers, the trunk taking longer to close than manually, the distracting screens, and the lack of tangible keys. He feels there is no need to reinvent certain things like door handles that have worked well for a long time.
😃 The Tesla rewrites rules of car performance
The author describes his experience test driving a Tesla Model S Plaid. When he floors the accelerator pedal, the insane acceleration makes him nearly pass out and realize the Tesla rewrites the rules for what a production car is capable of regarding performance.
🤨 Author expectations and approach to trying the Tesla
The author explains he does not plan to praise electric cars. As a petrol head who loves old cars, he wants to try a Tesla to understand the best one from a petrol head's perspective and advise others who need to transition to electric cars.
😕 More dislikes found while driving
Additional dislikes mentioned include reaching speed unintentionally due to quiet acceleration masking speed, other cars pulling out unexpectedly due to electric car acceleration, regen braking stopping the car fully rather than coasting downhill, and heated steering wheels feeling strange.
📖 Reading about the history of Nikola Tesla and suppressed technologies while pretending to charge
To simulate charging, the author reads aloud from a book about the history inventor Nikola Tesla who conceptualized wireless electricity. He sees irony in Tesla's name now being used by Elon Musk who wants to charge for electricity and implant brain chips.
😊 Son enjoys the Tesla, but author sees it as just a fast, quiet tool
The author's son loves the Tesla and has already figured out how to use features like the heated seats. However, the author views the Tesla more as just a fast, quiet tool rather than a car with character that sparks emotional connection.
❓ Confusions over recording features and privacy implications
In testing the screen options, the author finds camera recording features confusing regarding what exactly is being recorded, where the clips are stored, who has access, and whether the car is recording continuously in the background.
😕 Range and reliability concerns for longer term ownership
After 147 miles of mixed driving, the estimated range has already dropped substantially to just 141 miles remaining. The author questions if the complicated electronics can remain reliable for the long haul and how much repairs might cost out of warranty.
🙂 Overall enjoyable to drive but not convinced it is the future
In concluding his first day impressions, the author says he cannot betray his love of old cars. While enjoyable to drive and serving a purpose for some drivers, the Tesla does not suit his lifestyle and he is not convinced electric cars are the definitive future.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Electric Car
💡Tesla Model 3
💡Regenerative Braking
💡Range Anxiety
💡Charging Infrastructure
💡Door Handles
💡User Interface
💡Acceleration
💡Sustainability
💡Social Credit Score
Highlights
Petrol head's initial skepticism about electric cars and the decision to test drive a Tesla Model 3 for a genuine experience.
Critique of Tesla's unconventional features such as the door handle design, favoring traditional car elements.
Experiencing the Tesla Model S Plaid's acceleration, challenging the driver's expectations of electric car performance.
The narrator's commitment to evaluating electric cars from a petrol head's perspective, despite a preference for older vehicles.
Discussion on the practicalities and challenges of living with an electric car, including battery range and charging.
Comparison of driving experiences between Tesla Model Y and Model 3, highlighting differences in size, design, and driving feel.
Exploring Tesla's technology and user interface, with mixed feelings about the reliance on touchscreen controls while driving.
Reflections on the environmental and ethical considerations of electric cars, questioning the broader impact beyond driving.
Critique of Tesla's regenerative braking system and its impact on driving dynamics compared to traditional vehicles.
The importance of vehicle design simplicity and usability over technological overcomplication.
A humorous look at making triangle sandwiches for a car adventure, blending everyday life with car testing.
Concerns about Tesla's door design choices, questioning the necessity of re-inventing established car features.
The narrator's personal journey from dressing up for the Tesla test drive to returning to normalcy, symbolizing the blend of excitement and reality.
Speculations on the future of car ownership, social credit systems, and the potential control over individual mobility.
Final thoughts on the Tesla driving experience, acknowledging its speed and innovation while expressing reservations about its fit for everyone's lifestyle.
Transcripts
so I thought I would test drive the one
which is the best one and give you a
petrol head's opinion on what it's like
living with an electric car but that's
exactly like a Volvo 850 well they found
me yesterday and said would you like to
test drive a model Y at the same time
just put a normal door handle on it why
have you got to be different and I said
why not you just flash your ID card at
the car like that and then it opens if
you've said something naughty on social
media it ain't going to work see that's
the way they're going to get you why the
heck is the door a button and not a
handle and a lever I don't like any of
these features it like driving a fast
elephant and it takes longer for the
boot to go down than if I'd just been
able to put it down with my hands the
model S plaid rewrites the rules of what
a car is capable of so it's used 29
miles to go 13 miles and it made me feel
all weird tell you what Le should have
bought Tesla you can go really really
fast in places that you couldn't
previously go really really fast and I'm
not sure that's a good thing morning
viewers I'm off on a bit of an adventure
today so I've got some sandwiches
unfortunately had to make them myself my
wife uh didn't make my sandwiches for me
I've gone for cheese and pickle uh with
proper butter now um I've got some
instructions from a friend of mine that
has said that when you do the kind of
thing that I'm doing today you have to
cut your sandwich into
triangles so across
there quite hard to do this with one
hand and then across
there that's what I'm going to do okay
so we have triangle
sandwiches I'm ready for my adventure
ladies and gentlemen this is the moment
that you've all been waiting for it's
Jeff bu cars
in a Tesla I am in a Tesla Model 3 and I
have this car overnight for an extended
test drive I'm finished playing a fancy
dress now so I can take my watch off uh
I need to get back into my sort of
normal routine um I'm wearing my beige
trousers I'm not going to take those off
oh it's been ages since I dessed up
smart but I dressed up smart to go and
get my test drive didn't want them to
recognize me basically I didn't want to
walk in and have people be like oh
you're Jeff boys cars what are you doing
here test driving at Tesla anyway went
over for the test drive and well they
found me yesterday and said would you
like to test drive a model Y at the same
time and I said why not I see I did that
so test driver model y earlier on all
the staff are great by the way very
helpful and I got back to the dealership
and I said wow that's fast and the
gentleman said let me take you out in
the model S plaid right hang on while we
do this one
I mean this is fast
but that is pretty
slow by the standards of
um right the model S plaid I was on this
road nice and straight and the gentleman
said to me before you put your foot down
just take a deep breath and prepare
yourself and I thought what utter
bollocks there is no way
that there's a car that is so fast that
it requires me to biologically prepare
myself for the acceleration so I scuffed
at him and I went and then I planted my
foot into the carpet and I nearly passed
out the model S plaid rewrites the rules
of what a car is capable of hello and
welcome to the video if you're expecting
me to come over as an EV evangelist um
then you'll be happy to know that that
is not going to happen come on regular
followers uh you will know that I don't
really believe in cars that were made
after about 2009 however for someone
that has spent quite a lot of
time flashing electric
cars I did think it was time to try one
so here we are I'm going to spend um the
afternoon and the evening and the
morning with my Tesla having an affair
with an electric car
and I'm going to tell you what I think
honestly and I'm hopefully going to be
able to advise anyone who is in a
position where they have to have an
electric car what they should get
because there are people who are in a
position where they are forced to have
an electric vehicle usually by their um
companies many company car drivers are
forced to have an electric car they have
no choice and a lot more companies are
going that way but also from a tax point
of view depending on what you do for a
living it might make Financial sense for
you to have an electric car now if you
could charge your car at home and if you
can suspend in your mind all of the
pitfalls that electric cars come with
children mining Cobalt in the Congo if
you can suspend all of that which you
have to to drive an electric car you're
going to want to know which is the best
one so I thought I would test drive the
one which is the best one
and give you a petrol head's opinion on
what it's like living with an electric
car my first impressions are uh there's
far too much technology the screen is
too big there's too much to do on it and
there's a lot of interference when I'm
driving but the other side of that is
it's quite a nice place to sit I quite
like the Simplicity of the design
cabin's nice big glass roof which as you
know I really like and um it feels nice
to drive I'm also shouting at my
camera because you can hear me because
it's quiet I got to admit I drove the
model y earlier on and I didn't like the
Y it's too big it's too bulbous it feels
like you sit too high the car's too high
it's too wide I didn't like it at all
and I don't like the regenerative
braking I don't like the way you come
off the gas it's like riding a jet ski
you know with the jet ski you come off
the gas and it just face plants um
that's kind of how it feels in this
Tesla but this one is a model 3 long
range so I've got they've given me 70%
battery which gives me where's my range
I need to get back into my car see I'm
touching the screen why is it legal for
me to do this and mess with this screen
while I'm driving but it's not legal for
me to Whatsapp my
friends it should this shouldn't be
legal the these are so distracting um if
I had a dashboard everything I would
need would be in front of me right now
it's not even in front of me it's over
there at least if I'm looking down here
I'm glancing at the road as well but my
screen is off and to the left so I'm
concentrating on everything that's going
on over here and crashing directly into
the car in front so that is just
ludicrous so right now and I'm going to
go through all of these screens with you
I'll take the camera off later on and
I'll talk you through all of the screens
and many of you will also agree with me
that there there's just too much on them
so at the minute it's showing me 70%
battery it's not actually telling me how
much range I've got because 70% means
nothing to me I know that it's a
longrange car um I'm charged to
80% I can set my Char but like just tell
me all right there you go then so that
will be the corrective steering applied
so as I looked at my screen I started to
drift off into the
Verge and then it starts to steer for me
but what's hilarious is if I go into the
middle and try to cross the white lines
nothing
happens so it doesn't allow you to crash
into trees but it does allow you to
crash into oncoming traffic excellent
time 12h Hour Energy hey there you go
energy display percentage distance I got
248 M of range however when I read the
small print earlier on when they scan my
driving license I'm only allowed to do
200 miles so annoyingly I don't have to
charge this car because I got to hand it
back for 11:00 tomorrow morning
but maybe I'll do a longer road trip
with a a Tesla maybe I won't felt a
little bit sick in the model y I don't
know maybe that's the uh maybe that's
the radiation coming off the batteries
but maybe that's just in my head go on
son off you go in your golf fastest car
in the world anybody that's using trade
plates um oh mate you don't want to be
overtaken in there jeez
Louise anyway as I said maybe I'll do a
longer road trip in a Tesla maybe I
won't um didn't like the model wire at
all didn't like the way it felt um just
too big too bulbous it was like driving
a fast elephant not a fan of that and it
made me feel all weird I couldn't put a
finger on it and maybe it was like like
I said maybe it was the EMF that
frequencies being put out by the
batteries were jarring with the
frequencies that my body is naturally
vibrating at
uh but maybe it wasn't so I don't know
I'm going to take you along for the ride
with me in the Tesla while I get used to
it um we need to put it into like fast
mode right so when you click the
indicator stalk which is a stalk uh it
was a button in the model S which is
just crazy when you click the indicator
stalk I get rear view cameras switching
on on the screen but all that does is
distract you from what's going on in
your wind screen so again what is the
point in that I love that Tesla have
very much reinvented the wheel with the
way they approach cars because it really
does rewrite the rule book as to what is
capable on four wheels the model S
really does do that the Plaid
particularly but there's certain things
that they have they've reinvented
certain wheels that didn't need
Reinventing like the doors why the heck
is the or a button and not a handle and
a lever we've had it since the beginning
of time there is nothing wrong with a
big sturdy pull lever on a door it works
and we like it why change that same with
the weird poppy oute handles on the
outside you can't tell me that there's
so much range that is being saved by the
fact that the handles pop in and out
it's just ludicrous and if you're
carrying shopping or something like that
the door handles actually quite tricky
to to get on with um just there's
nothing wrong with the door handle with
door handles we like them they work they
didn't need
Reinventing so we're 10 minutes in and
I'm already finding things I don't like
about it but generally I mean God it is
nice driving something this fast it
really
is it's quite refreshing now actually
most the cars I drive are old and slow
so it is it's pretty amusing driving
something that is this insanely
quick I don't hate it I I don't hate it
I know you all want me to hate it but
I'm not going to hate the Tesla and as
I've said I am going to suspend all of
the context that electric cars dwell
within this this screen right I just
want to mess with it but I'm driving a
car but I I would never in my I'd never
think about mounting a 12in iPad onto my
d dashboard because if I had a 12-in
iPad on my dashboard on any car I'd want
to be messing with it and that's what
I'm finding with this like this is just
nuts test the people always driving
along like this constantly messing with
their screens even when you're doing
nothing there's something to mess with
isn't there right I've got a camera here
so like I can see behind me I can see
next to me I don't need to see any of
that that's what mirrors are for again
we've had mirrors since the beginning of
time um and they just work so I don't
know no need for any of that heated
steering wheel right I'm going to say
this now I said it when I had the Range
Rover I hate heated steering wheels they
just feel weird um maybe it's because it
is quite warm today but I I don't like
them I don't like a heated steering
wheel no need heated seats I can live
with but and again it's clicked into
automatic mode I turned the heated
steering wheel off earlier on and it's
come back on so I find that a bit
strange uh right come out of the camera
again I'm driving along messing with the
screen and it's perfectly legal
how is that
right it's just
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mental back into the car settings right
have we got different mode controls
charging autopilot locks lights display
trips navigation safety service
software so where is I can change all of
the CH locks and
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everything should have bought Tesla
should have bought some
sunglasses right I know this road really
well now and I bet we can make some
serious progress on
it I so I picked this car up from the
statford baven dealership I used to work
out this way and I used to drive on this
road every day so I know this road and I
know what it's like and I've driven it
in multiple cars so I know how long it
takes me to get home from Stratford in a
normal car question is is it faster in
an electrical
car
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okay a little bit further down the road
then um I've got to a point where
there's all traffic in front of me and I
can't make any more progress um it is
fast but you're still at the mercy of
all the other drivers yes you can
overtake in gaps where you can't in a
normal car that's not as
quick uh and I I enjoy the quiet but the
quiet as
well it gives you I don't know I don't
think you realize how fast you're going
when you accelerate to get around people
and I just feel like there could be
moments where you'd think oh I could pop
around here and go past this guy I know
there's a corner coming up but then the
speed that you go into the corner is way
more than you anticipated I can
definitely see that happening um but it
is it is undoubtedly quick the controls
and everything are pretty
straightforward so first impression
having driven it for approximately 24
miles it's all
right you come off the gas I still can't
get my head around that you come off the
gas and it dies it's so
weird it's odd because you you come off
the gas and the car acts as if it's
braking but the brake lights don't come
on so if you had someone who was right
up your chuff as Clarkson would say they
could quite easily Ram into the back of
you because your car is stopping at a
much faster Pace than the person behind
was
anticipating also on roundabouts like
it's quite funny people in old-fashioned
fossil fuel powered cars they pull out
cu they don't think you're going to be
at the point that you're at at the point
that they pull out but the acceleration
on this is so fast that it rewrites the
rules of where your car is actually
going to be on the
road
it's just nuts
like and I said the same when I had my
um when I test drove the
Volvo
xc30 recharge or C30 or C40 rechar
whatever it's called C40
cities get into that next time when I
test drove that I said that you can
achieve speed speeds on stretches of
road where you would never normally
consider achieving those kind of speeds
you can go really really fast in places
that you couldn't previously go really
really fast and I'm not sure that's a
good thing I'm really not convinced that
that Isen like that that's not a good
thing same with the N to 60 you know a
lot of these cars are sold on their n 60
like who cares it's not really about
that is it but we've got 216 M range
left um and I'm about my business I
think this is going to be quite a long
video cuz you're just on you're you're
with me for the journey I want to take
you on this journey with me you know I'm
a petrol head you know I love old cars
and you know I'm only um you know I
might be cheating on my Volvos and my
BMWs right now but you know it's not
going to last and hopefully you've
followed the channel for long enough
that you know that um I'm going the
wrong way hopefully you follow the
channel for long enough that you know
that I would never betray my roots uh um
however I'm happy to know your enemy
basically know your
enemy I'm happy to fraize it with the
Enemy but it's not the enemy is it
because as I was discussing just the
other day this whole thing was a plan to
get everybody out of their cars and
destroy all cars electric or petrol or
diesel so we need to all club together
and fight tooth and nail to ensure that
the car industry is allowed to carry on
as it needs to carry on is what I was
trying to say it it is fast like like
you can't deny that you can make
incredible progress because you get to a
dual carriageway where you've got good
visibility and you can just plant your
foot down and you just disappear but now
okay here's here's a good example I'm in
a 30 mph zone I'm doing 29 M hour
there's nothing behind me and I'm on a
downhill section if I take my foot off
the gas we should roll all the way down
here but no already
uh that's it we
stopped we've stopped completely the car
should be rolling downhill I find that
really odd it goes against everything
that you know about cars and motoring
because in a petrol or a diesel at that
point you'd have been coasting so and
you can't turn that off on these Teslas
you cannot correct me in the comments if
I'm wrong but you can't turn off that
regenerative braking which means you're
always on the gas or off the gas so
you're either going h or you stopped so
I guess it takes a little bit of getting
used
to
um I'm already used to where the speedo
is that's okay that's in the top right
hand corner of this big screen but it is
odd not having a speedo directly in
front of
you and the screen's all right I mean
there's a lot going on on it but I guess
with time you wouldd understand all of
the little Bob bits and Bobs that are on
the screen
however if I go into into the trip
settings which I can legally press on
this great big touch screen which is
over here because I can do that legally
while I'm driving apparently um in trips
it shows me my most recent trips so I've
done 32 miles I reset the other ones but
there's four recent trips on there sorry
two recent trips and then there's trip a
and trip B now on those it tells me my
distance and my duration and my average
energy
consumption and for example
um I shouldn't have reset the other one
cuz that would have told me how my
driving is on average but my driving on
average has actually been
okay
however two things there one you can
guarantee that the technicians are able
to get more information on those trips
and I'm willing to bet that they can get
stuff like g-forces acceleration and top
speed and two they've told me that if I
ow if I exceed a certain speed then the
gentleman who's booked the test drive
for me gets an
email so his inbox is full no I'm joking
um I'm told that the model S plaid can
do 200 M
hour and I can believe it because the
way that thing accelerated was like
nothing I've ever experienced it was
nuts however I have arrived at my
destination with 18 minutes to spare now
Lee would say A B C all oh hit the curb
terrible driving Jeff uh dead right in
the road Lee would say ABC always be
charging so I'm going to simulate
charging by doing the things that I
would do if I was charging I've got 20
minutes uh so I'm going to read you a
story whilst I charge pretend to
charge these Skies today are
absolutely mental crazy crazy Skies
today but we're not not talking about
that today we're
uh parking here so I'm going to park
here and I'm going to read you a
story I want to I want to press a button
or turn a key to turn the car off but
there is no button or key I just click
it into park like that and then that's
it it's very strange so how do I switch
the car how do I switch the car off at
this stage does it just carry on doing
its thing cuz now it's consuming it's
still running the
aircom and it's still doing all of the
things uh right anyway let's um let's
simulate
charging good afternoon this is my
charging stop I've got my coffee I've
got my sandwiches cut into triangles um
I'm already wearing my bige trousers
what else did Lisa I have to do oh yeah
take a book for any charging so we've
got this one this is the falsification
of history and funnily enough because I
am driving a Tesla there is a section
about Tesla let me find it this is by
John heer and it is a fantastic book
actually uh essentially he runs through
everything so in part one we're talking
about Evolution and the real origins of
the human race we talk a little bit
about Atlantis the ancient Bloodlines
Freemasonry and The Great Library of
Alexandria with a touch on false flag
operations part two we go from the Dark
Ages up towards all sorts of things like
the gunpow the Gunpowder Plot World War
I World War II part three we're into the
world of today uh a subheading our
distorted reality useful idiots
corporations Bohemian Grove USA
Incorporated the elite controll
mainstream media the illusion of
democracy uh harp weather and geological
manipulation check uh mind control
Fukushima Chemtrails our toxic Skies
check but the bit I want to talk to you
about is right at the back here to do
with suppressed Technologies so if we go
to page
616 we can talk about a man who you may
have heard of called Nicola Tesla and I
find it ironic that the Serbian inventor
Nicola Tesla who allegedly came up with
free
electricity his name is now used by the
man that wants to charge you for
electricity to drive your car and
implant a chip within your brain so stay
with me for this one wireless
electricity the Serbian inventor Nicola
Tesla whose contribution to subsequently
suppressed Technologies cannot be
underestimated was the Undisputed father
of many of the inventions that defined
the modern electronic era and was the
first person to demonstrate this
principle in
1890 Tesla based his Wireless
electricity idea on a concept known as
electromagnetic induction which was
discovered by Michael Faraday in 1831
and reports that electric current
flowing through one wire can induce
current to flow in another wire nearby
to illustrate that principle Tesla built
two huge world power towers that would
broadcast current into the air to be
received remotely by electrical devices
around the globe few believed it could
work and to be fair to the doubt it did
not work that well when Tesla first
switched on his 200 foot 200t tall 1
million volt Colorado Springs Tower 130
ft long bolts of electricity shot out of
it Sparks played around the toes of
passes by and the grass around the
laboratory glowed blue despite this
initial failure there is little doubt
that Tesla eventually succeeded in his
quest to produce wireless electricity
but it has remained commercially unused
and dormant for more than 100 100 years
largely duee to the energy cartel
suppression of the technology to protect
their own profit
systems however after a gap of greater
than a century several companies are now
coming to Market with technologies that
can safely transmit power through the
air a breakthrough that prends the
literal untethering of our abundant
electronic devices until this
development the phrase Mobile
Electronics has been somewhat of a
deception how portable is your laptop if
it has to feed every 4 hours
or your milk float like an embryo
through a cord how mobile is your phone
if it shuts down after too long away
from a power source the technology about
to arrive upon the electronics Market
this is an old book is an inductive
device much like the one Tesla designed
but much smaller it looks like a mouse
pad and can send power through the air
over a distance of a few inches a
powered coil inside that pad creates a
magnetic field which as Faraday
predicted induces current to flow
through a small secondary coil that's
built into any portable device such as a
flashlight a phone or a computer the
electrical current that then flows in
the secondary coil charges the device's
integral rechargeable
battery radiant energy Nicola Tesla's
magnifying transmitter and T Henry Mor's
radiant energy device Edwin Gray's EMA
motor and Paul Bowman's testaa machine
all run on radiant energy this natur
energy form can be gathered directly
from the environment via static
electricity or extracted from standard
electricity by a method known as
fractionation radiant energy can perform
exactly the same functions as ordinary
electricity at less than 1% of the cost
it does not behave exactly like
electricity however which to be fair has
contributed to the scientific
community's misunderstanding of it the
mesena community in Switzerland
currently has five or six working mod
models of fuess self-running devices
that tap this energy then we get into
permanent magnets mechanical heaters
super efficient Electro electrolysis the
water powerered car we should probably
do that one shouldn't we water can be
broken down into its constituent parts
of hydrogen and oxygen using electricity
mainstream science however claims that
this process requires more energy than
can be recovered when the gases are
recombined this is true only in the
worst case scenario when water is
bombarded with its own molecular
resonant frequency using a system
developed by Stan Meers also by others
it collapses into hydrogen and oxygen
gas with very little electrical input
also using different electrolytes
additives that make the water conduct
electricity better changes the
efficiency of the process dramatically
it is also known that certain geometric
structures and surface textures are more
effective than others the implication of
this is is that unlimited amounts of
hydrogen fuel can be made to drive
engines for example in cars for simply
the cost of water even more amazing is
the fact that a special metal alloy was
patented by fredman in 1957 that
spontaneously breaks water into hydrogen
and oxygen with no outside electrical
input and without causing any chemical
damages in the metal itself this in
effect means that this special metal
alloy can make hydrogen from water free
of cost forever Stan Mayers the American
inventor of a working patented vehicle
that ran only on normal household water
was allegedly murdered by poisoning in
the late 1990s after successfully
demonstrating his prototype which was
capable of 100 mph he had been the
subject of harassment and threats by
Elite Big Oil interests and his death
was perhaps the not too surprising
culmination of his refusal to Cease the
project so what is happening today
regarding mea's great invention
absolutely nothing nothing the patent
still exists and is available to view on
the internet so therefore the technology
or at least the wherewith all to
recreate the technology still exists so
why is this invention not being
manufactured today simply because it
will solve all the world's energy
problems instantly and almost literally
overnight eliminate oil as an essential
fuel as we know and that is not how
politics and commerce works it's always
money that rules and Common Sense is not
the determining
Factor if you would like to see me read
more of this book and if you quite like
the audio book style format let me know
because I quite enjoy doing that reading
aloud um and there's plenty of other
books that we could read so I think that
is where we're going to need a second
Channel Jeff tells stories um so there
we go that is me simulating charging my
car I've only done it for8 minutes and
I'm bored are you board um it's time to
eat my sandwiches and have a
coffee okay then 259 I have 20 minutes
before the kids finish school and I need
to pick them up so um distance 14 miles
duration 23 minutes I think that was the
drive that I just did but since the last
charge it was charged at Stratford um so
15 kwatt hours average energy 318
someone in the comments can tell me if
that's any good so so far I've done 47
miles in this Tesla um trip a and trip B
I reset halfway home so I've used 7
kwatt hours for half yeah basically this
is the one that we're interested in
because it's since last charge over here
I've got search I don't really know what
I can search for there controls so I can
mess with all this sort of stuff um
lights off lights on headlights and I
can do all of that or automatic which
I'm obviously going to have uh automatic
is Handy but it's good that you can
manually change that I can fold the
mirror in there we go mirrors folding in
unfold mirrors uh child lock is all
managed from here the window locks
managed from here and the glove
box that is absolutely mental
why oh I can't close it so it's just a
release all right that's cool that's old
fashioned I click a button and my glove
box
opens uh fair enough then we've got
wipers here mirrors up and down and
recording now the recording thing I
don't understand this because if I click
it it does that and then it goes back to
where it was
before now it says green uh so is it
recording all the time and if it is
recording where is that information
going and who's got access to it
questions there absolutely steering I
can then mess with my wheel on here when
I'm in this mode and I can move it up
and down however I would say the
steering wheel seems to be slightly over
to the left um and not Central so that's
the steering then we've got Sentry mode
which is to do with um like locking the
car up so that's fine I'm not going to
mess with that today right let's just go
back on trips a second because if the
car is recording all of this information
then it's also recording more I think
this car is also recording lots of other
stuff including fastest speed reached
and acceleration and all that sort of
stuff but it's not shown on the car but
I'm willing to bet that the technicians
have got access to all of that so what
are my notifications basically just
windscreen washer fluid um got some
limited features there so that's
basically all the alerts that have
popped up on the car pedals and steering
we've got acceleration chill or standard
I mean standard is prenty plenty fast
enough steering mode has gone back to
standard I was using sport on the run
back earlier and it was fine now in
stopping mode we've got creep roll and
hold creep roll and hold um that is to
do with what the car does when you're
stopped and roll effectively makes it a
little bit like an automatic I.E the car
will creep forward even though creep is
named creep but I found all that a bit
strange charging I got 187 mil range I
started with 238 mil range I think um so
we are running down the battery
autopilot I'm not really messing with
but you've got stuff like traffic aware
cruise control Auto steering traffic
light stop sign control speed limit
and all sorts of stuff that really I
don't like you've got a blind spot
camera that switches on when you click
your indicator I don't like that so I'm
going to take that off you got the blind
spot Collision warning chime I've not
actually had to use that yet clearly
because I haven't tried to pull out with
someone in my blind spot speed limit
warning on the display you can set that
to chime so that it makes a noise when
you're going over the speed limit speed
limit relative or absolute not quite
sure what that means but then you can
set an off set as well so I assume that
you can make the car tell you when
you're going a couple of miles an hour
over the speed limit forward Collision
warning late early medium so again you
can set the point at which the car warns
you you're about to have a crash Lane
departure avoidance the most annoying uh
feature on a car um I can set it to
assist or it'll pull the wheel back over
or on warning mode and then I've got all
this stuff as well emergency Lane
departure automatic emergency braking
obstacle aware acceleration traffic
aware cruise control charm green Traffic
Light charm obviously I like old cars I
like being aware of what's going on
around me I don't like any of these
features clearly so that's that then
you've got the locks you can mess with
with the key card so you can see who is
connected to
who um which again I just find weird
because I can guarantee that if Tesla
straford upon I wanted to they could
just shut me down um heck they could
probably call the car back to the uh
dealership um but then you got lots of
different stuff I do find it weird that
you don't have have a key you just quite
simply have this key card and you
balance your key card around about here
and then the card does what you want it
to do and you waggle this near the door
camera um when you want to get started
145 mph top speed I haven't done that
speed yet and if I had the dealers
would know about it lights uh we've done
that one already the display so
different settings light dark Auto I can
reduce the blue light um warmer colors
at night yeah I like the idea that we'll
have that on brightness is on 100% but
it's quite a bright day clean screen
mode I guess keeps it simple scroll
wheel function so I can change the
function of the scroll
wheel temperature fan speed wide speed
brightness dash cam acceleration mode
steering wheel heat see it would make
sense for me that that scroll wheel
would be temperature um ask each time no
don't want it to do that touchscreen
language voice recognition it does do
voice recognition as well which I've
been playing around with but I'm only
fairly early in my journey with the car
I've already changed the percentage the
the energy display from percentage to
the distance cuz I don't really see the
point in having a percentage you really
only want distance on there and
obviously we're in miles and not
kilometers and Celsius and PSI trips
we've talked about a little bit I can't
click into these trips that's what I'd
like to be able to do I'd like to be
able to click into this trip and find
out more about what I did on that trip
that's where I was thinking I could
click that and it would say right on
this trip of 14 miles your top speed was
X your fastest 0 to 60 was X and maybe
there's a way that you can get into all
of that I don't know tell me in the
comments uh we just clicked into low
battery mode on my phone which is
hilarious navigation I've not really
used the navigation yet but I mean it's
basically just a saav isn't it and you
can tell it to do everything you want
safety uh like the irony of the safety
when I'm looking at and flipping massive
iPad on the middle of my car delete dash
cam clips right so I can delete all of
the dash clim Clips so we can get rid of
that all Clips stored on the USB flash
drive and save locally to onboard memory
will be permanently deleted you can't
undo this action right but where did you
get those from and where do they go
because you can guarantee those are
backed up centrally somewhere so I find
that a bit interesting uh keyless
driving pin to drive so you can set up a
PIN to drive the car I quite like that
that's cool cabin overheat H that's
interesting maybe if you leave your dog
in the car or a
child passenger front airbag tilt
intrusion Park CH gear chimes
Joe mode what on Earth is that enabling
Joe mode reduces the volume of your
car's Chimes the quieter Chimes continue
to alert the driver effectively and
minimize disruption to passengers in the
rear seats are you Joe's kids all right
okay fair enough um yeah I like that cuz
I find all of the Chimes and everything
quite intrusive and annoying um so I
would want to just turn everything off
service uh 44 44 43 and 43 so my tires
are okay owners manuals Towing Car Wash
mode not see I mean there there's just
so much here so this is the thing with
having a test drive of a Tesla let's say
you go test drive Tesla for half an hour
it's not long enough to familiarize
yourself with all of this because this
genuinely is a completely different type
of car to anything that we've been used
to before especially if like me you're
coming to a Tesla from an older vehicle
yes modern cars would have a screen and
they would have all these menus and all
these different options but old cars
don't so it's honestly it's it is a
completely new world you've got all this
stuff and I have to say the obvious
which is at some point all of this is
going to go wrong all of it the whole
lot mess with my steering wheel heat
down there look I got my heated seats
down here um so I've got everything I've
got my airon mode there it's great don't
get me wrong it's great and it does a
lot but my only question is how long is
it going to do all of this for is it
capable of doing this for 30 years and
how much is it going to cost to fix all
the software on this when it goes wrong
because the fact of the matter is you
cannot do anything with this car without
knowing that there's a dealer a phone
call away you know you couldn't take
like my old Volvos you can take them on
a road trip and you don't have to think
about your dealer or the software or
getting in touch with anyone you just do
it this this car you cannot do anything
with unless you are completely connected
all of the time I'm not going to go into
on this 10minute video um all of the
stuff about who I think should have a
Tesla and who shouldn't I don't mind the
car I don't think they're for everyone I
don't think they're the future I will
not be getting rid of my old Volos I
just wanted to try a Tesla from the
point of view of someone that is not on
board with electric cars and absolutely
loves driving old cars right 10 minutes
passed through time to go and fetch the
small child who's going to be absolutely
thrilled to bits that I'm picking him up
in a
Tesla right a little bit further on with
my journey with the Tesla I hate the
door handles why does that need to be a
button just give me a great big pull
handle cuz you know that that's just
going to break and then how are you
going to open your door there'll be some
sort of emergency thing underneath here
there'll be some form of handle or
something there it is I found it look at
that in an emergency
that's all you need hey that's like a
Volvo 850 it's a pullback one look at
that we found the secret button on a
Tesla so you can use the button or you
can just use the Vol they copied a vol
we 50 didn't they I don't want to do a
whistling diesel here and open the door
that many times that I actually break it
but that's exactly like a Volvo
850 right okay let's just talk about the
outside for a moment oh look there's a
beetle um right this is the dumbest
thing ever imagine you've got some big
heavy bags you have to press that and
then oh actually you can just pull it
like that
so it's like a soft cloth on a
Mercedes but I don't know I'm just I'm
I'm not sure I'm not convinced but it
does kind of work doesn't it hey Jeff
was all talk the door handle does make
sense I still think that's going to
break though at some point don't
you yeah I don't know let me know what
you think of these door handles and the
interior ones which as I've just proven
are a little bit like a Volvo
850 I'm glad I found that that's much
easier than I bet you know when Lee got
stuck in his Porsche tie can I bet it
wasn't as easy as that tell you what Lee
should have bought
Tesla right trying this again look if I
push that in the whole door pops out so
I can pull it open okay that's okay I'm
all right with that but the back door if
I push that in it doesn't open I can't
pull that open so if I've got bags of
shopping I can't just do that I've got
to do that and like I'm filming now I'm
using one hand imagine my other hand is
actually a bag of shopping I got to do
that get my hand around there just just
no need for it it's just an unnecessary
awkward movement just put a normal door
handle on it why have you got to be
different no need for it cuz this got a
door handle in the back as well so this
doesn't have the emergency door handle
there so where's the emergency door
handle in the back must be in here
somewhere there must be an emergency
door handle in the back a manual handle
there has to be I'd absolutely want
there to be one in the back for my kids
I really really would is that it no
that's a screw all right leave this one
with me and I'll find out later in the
video If there's no manual door handle
in the back of this
car then that's just an insane safety
breach there's got to be one hasn't
there there has to be right and to open
and close the car you just flash your ID
card at the car like that and then it
opens obviously if your ID card isn't up
to date with your Jabs or your social
credit score or if you've said something
naughty on social media it ain't going
to work see that's the way they're going
to get you I mean they get you with oh
look isn't the technology great isn't it
a fast car isn't it wonderful you could
charge it from home it's fantastic but
the end goal is oh you didn't have all
your Jabs and your social credit score
wasn't up to date and you haven't been
very nice to the government on the
social media so when you do that it's
not going to do anything that's where
we're headed but people don't see it
because as I said early last year the
people didn't
see mine still works for the moment
little bit later on in the evening now
just been for a swim with my little bean
you had a good swim yeah and um climbed
back in the car and he'd already got the
heated seats on for both of us music's
trying to look it's flashy why is it
doing that see we paused that so why is
that coming back on then that's strange
isn't it no I'm not blaming you I'm just
saying he shouldn't be doing
that like we've paused it we've clicked
pause so why did it come back on then
it's not right is it it even switched
the song and it even switched the song
as well so it did that by itself isn't
it so that's a bit odd anyway uh we come
out from our swim and my 7-year-old had
already got the heat of seats on for
both of us before I'd even sat down and
like put my stuff in the car and got the
key ready so I like that that's a good
feature
but wow it's still doing it why that's
interesting isn't it we've paused it and
it keeps coming on um so but but that's
that's not like a Tesla feature any car
could have that any modern car with Good
batteries internal combustion could have
a feature whereby you can pretty warm it
so you know that that that's not like
a right so when you mess with the heated
seats the radio comes on didn't it
that's what happened then press your
heated seat
button no what about if I press
mine that's really weird so the radio is
kind of just doing its Spotify is doing
its
own is it why I don't know is it cuz we
said Spotify no it's not play you can
talk to this Tesla though you can say
Tesla temperature
25
I think or you hold that down hey Tesla
temperature
25 no Tesla tell me 25 navigating to
Tesla now it's trying to take me to the
dealership I hate voice activation
because it's rubbish because if you have
a slight accent it just doesn't work so
what we've worked out is that um you
like the big touchcreen don't you yeah
but I just don't like why' you need that
like it's dark now all I want is a
speedo all I want is a speedo so what
I've decided is modern cars need to have
a very simple dashboard I like the
wooden dashboard I like the Simplicity
of the dashboard okay but I want dials I
hate
screens uh drove a brand new Mercedes
recently where where the whole thing is
screens there's no dials anymore bring
back dials but then just give me a very
simple array of buttons that can be
touched at any point without draining
the battery so we could turn the heated
seats on before we start the car that
makes a lot of sense
um but this big screen business doesn't
make any sense and we don't really like
the door handles do we no but you found
an emergency but I'm glad I found the
emergency door handle it it's like a
Volvo cuz that one's like a Volvo but
you really like the look of the Tesla
don't you and all your mates were really
impressed with the Tesla and I think
that says a lot about Tesla's marketing
and like the the the sort of um Aura of
that Tesla have what does Aura mean well
it's like the kind of I don't know the
thing the chi the energy that Tesla
funny I said that have created um the
kids just love them but it is a totally
different way of
driving it's completely disconnected
from any type of driving you've done
before um like it's it's wonderful in
everything but I'm not thinking oh
wouldn't it be great to get one and
lower the suspension and do such and
such with the wheels and maybe you know
change the look of it or whatnot you
just think oh what a great tool and
that's the point like it is a great tool
but it doesn't have the so or the
longevity of a car with real character
because really when you break it down
all it's got is that it's fast and quiet
and there's lots of other cars that
could do that and it's got a big screen
and it's got a big screen so it's fast
and it's quiet and it's got a big
screen right um headlights are great but
then it's a it's a modern car so you'd
expect that the headlights are great uh
and the acceler Have I mentioned the
acceleration oh yeah it accelerates
really fast range though um we left the
swimming Bass with 154 mil left and
we've already gone through 13 mil range
we've only done about 3 miles so I've
only got 141 miles left and I haven't
even got home yet so it's going to be
interesting cuz tomorrow I've got to do
the school run and then I've got to get
this car back to Tesla I reckon I'm
going to be returning back to Tesla with
like 40 m range on the clock and I'm
only driving it like a person drives a
car I'm accelerating here and there
because you can and if you're going to
say oh you could get more range by
accelerating less then what's the point
of having a car that could do U to 60 in
so few seconds if you're not going to
drive it like that so you can't use the
argument just drive the car less hard
cuz if you're going to drive the car
less hard then there's no point having
an electric car so these
arguments like the arguments to to to
the pro electric car arguments you like
tie yourself in hoops with it you tie
yourself in hoops tie yourself in Loops
you tie yourself in
knots to justify it to
yourself right that's us out for the
evening we're going to go home I'm going
to put you to bed and wellow I am in a
bit and um then I'm going to summarize
my thoughts and then tomorrow I'll take
to school in this and then I got to whip
back over to Tesla in Stratford on 140
Mi range yeah it really has eating the
range up um and like I say you can't say
that that's because I've been driving
too hard cuz what's the point you know
I've just said it what's the point if
you can't drive it hard I love that you
can get out in gaps that you just
couldn't in a petrol or diesel car but
you can accelerate onto roundabouts and
away from Junctions in a way that was
previously never possible that's good so
if you have to be somewhere or if it's
your commuting car spot on nice and
quiet and if you can guarantee the range
and if you could charge at home but I
I'll do all this in my conclusion cuz I
these work for some people but not
everyone wouldn't work for me cuz it
doesn't suit My Lifestyle but I like it
for a day it suits mine suits your
lifestyle does it yeah cuz you haven't
got a job or any responsibilities but
don't worry all of that is coming soon
and when they used to say that to me as
a kid I never really understood what
they meant enjoy it mate these are the
best days of your
life does it feel like they're the best
days of your life yeah good thanks for
watching this little nighttime section
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