What you didn't know about Tesla.

Summary

This video script delves into the intriguing world of Tesla, highlighting its innovative electric cars, unique company culture, and the eccentric CEO, Elon Musk. From the car's always-on feature and Sentry mode for security, to the playful Easter eggs like 'romance mode' and customizable farts, Tesla offers a blend of technology and fun. The company's unconventional approach, including its employee handbook and Musk's ambitious ventures like SpaceX and Neuralink, showcases a drive for innovation beyond traditional automotive boundaries. The script also touches on Tesla's financial milestones, legal battles, and ambitious projects like the Gigafactory and the Tesla Bot, all underlining the brand's commitment to a sustainable energy future.

Takeaways

• 🚗 Tesla's logo represents a cross-section of an electric engine invented by Nikola Tesla, who is also the inspiration for the company's name.
• 🔒 Tesla cars are always 'on' and can be controlled via a phone app, making them difficult to steal due to their Sentry mode and continuous camera recording.
• 💕 The car features 'Easter eggs' like Romance mode, which creates a cozy atmosphere with fire visuals, warm air, and romantic music.
• 🎨 Teslas come with creative tools such as 'Tracks' for music creation and a sketch pad for artistic expression.
• 📢 The car has an external speaker, initially a government requirement for safety, which Tesla humorously uses for various sound effects.
• 💨 Tesla cars have a 'fart' menu with customizable sounds that can be triggered in various ways, adding a playful element to the driving experience.
• 💰 Despite being the most valuable car company by stock price, Tesla's revenue and car sales are significantly lower than traditional automakers like Toyota.
• 🏭 Tesla is building the largest battery production plant, the Gigafactory, aiming to meet the demand for electric vehicles and run on renewable energy.
• 🛠️ Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, is known for his unconventional management style and has a colorful history with other ventures like SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
• 🚀 Musk famously launched his personal Tesla car into space as a payload for a SpaceX rocket test, which is still orbiting our solar system.
• 🤖 Tesla is expanding into non-automotive areas with projects like the Tesla Bot, designed to perform dangerous, repetitive, or boring tasks.

Q & A

What is the origin of Tesla's name and logo?

Tesla's name and logo are derived from the inventor Nikola Tesla, who invented the alternating current that powers our homes and gadgets today. The logo is a cross-section of an electric engine he invented.

How do Tesla cars remain connected even when turned off?

Tesla cars are always on standby, allowing owners to control them via a phone app, which also contributes to making them hard to steal by enabling tracking and monitoring.

What is Sentry mode and how does it work?

Sentry mode is a security feature that turns a Tesla car into a home security system when left unattended, using all the cameras around the car to record and alert the owner if anyone interacts with the vehicle.

What is the purpose of the external speaker on a Tesla car?

The external speaker was a government requirement due to the quiet nature of the cars, to make noise so pedestrians are aware of their approach. Tesla also uses it for fun features like making animal noises or playing sounds.

What is 'Romance mode' on a Tesla and what does it do?

'Romance mode' is an Easter egg feature on Tesla cars that provides a fire visualization with crackles, warm air through the vents, and plays romantic music, creating a cozy atmosphere.

What is the significance of Tesla's 'anti-handbook' for new employees?

The 'anti-handbook' is a unique document given to new Tesla employees that encourages them to ignore nonsensical rules, take unlimited paid holidays as long as work is done, and communicate openly with anyone, including the CEO.

Why did Tesla overtake Toyota in stock value despite selling fewer cars?

Tesla overtook Toyota due to the growing sentiment that electric cars are the future and that Tesla is leading this transition, resulting in a high stock price despite lower revenue and car sales.

How did Tesla's financial situation change in 2020?

In 2020, Tesla made its first full-year profit of $720 million, largely due to receiving $1.6 billion in regulatory credits for producing low-emission vehicles.

What was the near acquisition of Tesla by Google and why didn't it happen?

Google nearly bought Tesla for $1 billion when Tesla was struggling. However, Tesla's sudden improvement in performance led Elon Musk to decide against the sale.

What is Elon Musk's salary as the CEO of Tesla?

Elon Musk famously takes $0 as his salary as the CEO of Tesla.

What is the Tesla Bot and what is its purpose?

The Tesla Bot is a fully humanoid machine announced by the company, designed to perform dangerous, repetitive, or boring tasks, aiming to improve efficiency and safety.

What was the controversy between Tesla and the TV show Top Gear?

Top Gear aired an episode in 2008 that portrayed a Tesla car failing during testing. Elon Musk claimed the show was scripted to make the car fail, leading to a lawsuit for damaging Tesla's brand.

What is the significance of Tesla's safety rating and how does it compare to other car manufacturers?

Tesla's Model S scored so high on safety tests that it was unofficially rated 5.4 out of five, indicating a 7% chance of injury to the driver in an accident, which is significantly lower than the standard five-star rating benchmark.

How does Tesla's brand value per car sold compare to other major car manufacturers?

Tesla's brand value per car sold is $1.44 million, which is 70 times the amount of the closest competitor, showcasing its exceptional market value relative to sales volume.

Outlines

00:00

🚗 Tesla's Innovative Features and Company Culture

This paragraph introduces the Tesla brand, highlighting its mission to transition the world to electric vehicles. It discusses the company's unique car features, such as always-on standby mode, Sentry mode for security, and Easter eggs like 'romance mode' and customizable farts. The paragraph also touches on Tesla's company culture, which encourages rule-breaking and open communication, contributing to its rapid growth and high stock value. The narrative mentions Tesla's market success, despite selling fewer cars than traditional giants, due to the growing belief in electric vehicles as the future.

05:01

💰 Financial Insights and Elon Musk's Influence on Tesla

The second paragraph delves into Tesla's financial achievements and challenges, noting the company's first profitable year in 2020, largely due to regulatory credits. It also recounts a near acquisition by Google and the unconventional salary of CEO Elon Musk, who takes home $0. The summary provides a brief on Musk's other ventures, including SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, emphasizing his role in taking multiple companies to over a billion-dollar valuation. The paragraph concludes with Musk's personal anecdotes, such as his impulsive business decisions and his Tesla car's current orbit around the Earth.

10:03

🏭 Tesla's Expansion and Controversies

This paragraph covers Tesla's ambitious projects, such as the construction of the Gigafactory, the world's largest battery production plant, and its plans for future vehicles and technologies. It also discusses Tesla's early days, using the AC Propulsion tZero as a testbed for their technology. The narrative moves on to Tesla's product line expansion, including the Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, and the Tesla Bot. The paragraph touches on the company's rivalry with Top Gear and the safety records of Tesla vehicles, particularly the Model S. Finally, it highlights Tesla's market valuation, which surpasses not only Toyota but also the next 11 largest car manufacturers combined, and its extraordinary brand value per car sold.

Keywords

💡Tesla

Tesla is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company known for its innovative electric cars, solar energy products, and battery systems. In the video, Tesla is the central theme, with discussions about its cars, company culture, and the visionary leadership of Elon Musk. The script mentions various Tesla car models and their features, emphasizing the company's role in advancing electric vehicle technology.

💡Elon Musk

Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla and is portrayed as a key figure in the company's success and innovation. He is known for his ambitious goals and unconventional approach to business and technology. The script references Musk's leadership style, his other ventures like SpaceX, and his personal life, illustrating his influence on Tesla's culture and direction.

💡Electric Cars

Electric cars are vehicles powered by electric motors instead of internal combustion engines. The script discusses Tesla's mission to transition the world to electric cars, highlighting the environmental benefits and technological advancements of Tesla's electric vehicles. Examples include the Model S, Model 3, Model X, and the upcoming affordable electric car priced at $25,000.

💡Sentry Mode

Sentry Mode is a security feature in Tesla cars that uses the vehicle's cameras to monitor and record any activity around the car when it is parked. The script describes how this feature can deter theft and vandalism, and how it can alert the owner if someone interacts with the car, showcasing Tesla's focus on security and technology integration.

💡Easter Eggs

In the context of the script, Easter Eggs refer to hidden features or fun surprises in Tesla cars. The video mentions several Easter Eggs, such as 'Romance Mode' which creates a cozy atmosphere with fire visualization and romantic music, and the ability to play custom farts sounds, demonstrating Tesla's playful approach to car features.

💡Gigafactory

The Gigafactory is a large-scale battery manufacturing plant developed by Tesla. The script explains that it is the largest building of its kind and is designed to produce more lithium-ion batteries annually than the entire world has ever seen before. This highlights Tesla's commitment to sustainable energy and the massive scale of their operations.

💡Regulatory Credits

Regulatory credits are financial incentives provided by governments to encourage the production of low-emission vehicles. The script mentions that Tesla's profitability in 2020 was partly due to receiving $1.6 billion in regulatory credits, illustrating the financial mechanisms that support the growth of electric vehicle companies.

💡Top Gear Controversy

Top Gear is a British television show known for its automobile reviews and challenges. The script recounts a controversy where Tesla sued Top Gear for allegedly scripting a failed review of a Tesla car, which Tesla claimed was rigged. This incident is used to discuss the challenges and perceptions faced by electric cars and Tesla in particular.

💡Safety Ratings

Safety ratings are scores given by regulatory bodies to vehicles based on their performance in crash tests. The script highlights that Tesla's Model S received an exceptionally high safety rating, even being humorously referred to as '5.4 out of five' due to its performance, emphasizing the safety of Tesla vehicles.

💡Brand Value

Brand value refers to the worth of a brand in terms of its reputation and customer perception. The script discusses Tesla's brand value per car sold, which is significantly higher than competitors, indicating the strong market position and consumer trust in the Tesla brand.

💡Tesla Bot

The Tesla Bot is a proposed humanoid robot designed to perform repetitive, dangerous, or boring tasks. The script mentions this as an example of Tesla's expansion beyond electric vehicles into robotics, showcasing the company's ambition to innovate in various fields of technology.

Highlights

A Tesla car is currently orbiting our solar system, showcasing the company's innovative reach beyond Earth.

Tesla is constructing the world's largest building, the Gigafactory, emphasizing their commitment to sustainable energy production.

Tesla cars feature a built-in bioweapon defense mode, highlighting the company's focus on passenger safety.

The Tesla logo represents a cross-section of an electric engine, reflecting the company's dedication to electric technology.

Tesla's mission parallels Nicola Tesla's work, aiming to transition the world from reliance on engines to electric cars.

Tesla cars are always on standby, allowing remote control via a phone app and enhancing security against theft.

Sentry mode in Tesla cars acts as a home security system for vehicles, using cameras to monitor and record incidents.

Tesla's 'Romance mode' is an example of the company's innovative Easter eggs, providing unique in-car experiences.

Tesla cars have an external speaker, initially a government requirement for safety, now used for entertainment and pranks.

Tesla's playful approach includes a customizable fart feature, demonstrating the company's sense of humor in their car designs.

Tesla's unconventional company culture includes ignoring nonsensical rules and an 'anti-handbook' for employees.

Tesla became the most valuable car company by stock price in mid-2020, reflecting market belief in electric cars' future.

Tesla's profitability is influenced by regulatory credits for producing low-emission vehicles, highlighting government support for sustainable tech.

Elon Musk's leadership at Tesla, despite not being a co-founder, has been instrumental in the company's success.

Tesla's ventures extend beyond cars to include projects like the Tesla Bot, aiming to automate dangerous or mundane tasks.

Tesla has a contentious history with Top Gear, involving a lawsuit over a misrepresented vehicle breakdown.

Tesla's brand value per car sold is exceptionally high, reflecting the company's strong market positioning and consumer perception.

Transcripts

did you know that there is a Tesla car

orbiting our solar system right now or

that Tesla is constructing the largest

building on the planet or that their

cars have a built-in bioweapon defense

mode that has actually saved people's

lives welcome to my top 40 things about

Tesla the company the cars and the man

behind them and each one I think is more

fascinating than the last so that logo

contrary to popular belief is not the

nose of a cat sorry Milo it's actually a

cross-section of an electric engine

invented by a man called Nicola Tesla

he's the inventor of the alternating

current that runs through our homes and

Powers all our gadgets even today and

he's also where Tesla's name came from

in the exact same way that Nicola took a

world that relied on candles and led

them to light bulbs Tesla's mission is

to take a world relying on engines and

lead them to electric cars yeah I have

managed to borrow a Tesla for this video

so let's forget the name and logo and

let me show you the cool stuff it can do

so first up I get that this car looks

like it's off but tesas are actually

always turned

on they sit on standby when you're not

using them so that you can always

control them via the phone app and this

is part of what makes Teslas so hard to

steal the fact that I can literally see

if someone else is driving my car and

exactly where they are means that if I

was a criminal stealing a Tesla would

practically lead the cops to

me but what also undoubtedly helps is

Sentry mode when left unattended Tesla

will basically set up the equivalent of

a home security system it'll use all the

cameras around the car to make sure that

if anyone so much as leans on it you're

going to know about it and then they're

going to know that you know about it

plus the cameras around the car they're

recording continuously anyways so if

anything does happen you can save that

footage but most importantly the actual

fun stuff are the Easter eggs like this

right here is romance mode it gives you

a little fire visualization with

authentic crackles it'll actually send

out warm air through the vents and even

if you tap it we'll start playing

romantic music probably a bit early for

that in this video though you've just

effectively got a whole load of toys

like this right here is tracks which

lets you Loop your own instruments to

make a song or just a full-on sketch pad

for all your artistic desires I didn't

actually know this till yesterday but

Tesla's also have a speaker on the

outside it was actually a government

requirement because the cars are so

quiet that they needed to add noise so

that pedestrians know when they're

approaching and of course Tesla also

turned it into a joke you can use this

outside speaker to shout at strangers to

make wild goat noises or even to release

an explosive fart and let's talk about

farts actually because these cars have

an entire section dedicated to them you

can choose from an entire menu the type

of fart you want and then how you want

that fart to be triggered for example

I've set mine up so that every time I

indicate my car will let out a neuros

stink Ripper

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don't want to know how these were

recorded but maybe the coolest Easter

egg of them all was actually discovered

by a fan he realized that if you hug

your Tesla from the back the charging

port will open up and it will show a

heart symbol as a sign of affection this

went semi viral until people realized

that he actually had made it up and that

the only reaction you do get is visible

concern from the public fascinating fact

but not even close to what our top 10 is

going to be but okay cars aside Tesla

just as a company is not exactly what

I'd call normal for example how they

actively tell their employees that they

should ignore nonsensical company rules

and that they should leave meetings if

they feel like they're not contributing

how they let these employees take an

unlimited amount of paid holiday so long

as they get the work done or how when a

new employee joins the team they are

given a handbook that's actually called

the anti-hand book handbook and it's

filled with all sorts of wording that

you just don't expect from an official

company document like how it says that

if you do certain things you're a jerk

how it literally says you can talk to

anyone without anyone's permission

including literally the CEO Elon or even

how if you feel like you might be about

to do something stupid do us all a favor

and leave

now

it's almost unnerving how direct they

are but clearly something's working

given that how in mid 2020 Tesla

overtook Toyota to become the most

valuable car company by stock price they

only have a tenth of the revenue they

literally sell a 30th of the cars but

their stock price is so high just

because of this growing sentiment that

electric cars are the future and that

Tesla is leading electric cars but it

gets Wilder because it's not just car

companies that are falling by the

wayside Tesla is actually the fastest

growing brand in the world full stop

according to Brand value growth rate for

some perspective if I'd put $100 in

Tesla in 2010 it would be worth1 19,000

now and they've managed to do all this

with just 70,000 employees which might

sound like a lot but it is Tiny when

compared to Toyota's 360,000 or

something like Volkswagen's 670,000

right the next five Factor all about

money we've got 90 seconds on the clock

let's go the most expensive Tesla in the

world right now is actually not $50,000

or $100,000 but in fact 300,000 and it's

a custom version of their Model S with

actual gold plating all around both the

outside and the inside of the car 23

even though Tesla is growing really

quickly their costs are so high that

2020 was the first full year that they

actually made a profit and even then it

was only $720 million not even a sliver

of the 50 billion that Apple made what

an amazing day and it gets murkier

because the only reason they even hit

profitability is because they received

1.6 billion in regulatory credits which

are basically grants from governments to

encourage the production of low emission

vehicles but something I was even more

surprised by is that Tesla was very very

nearly bought out by Google for $1

billion Tesla was having a really rough

time it literally got to the stage where

the contracts were ready and both

companies were about to press the

trigger but then all of a sudden started

doing really well and Elon Musk one day

just decided actually we're good but

most interesting of all this guy Elon

CEO famously takes a grand total of $0

as his

salary he seems to be doing all right

though but let's talk about Elon

actually because this guy has a

very really has a very colorful history

is what I was going to say so even

though he is the current CEO and Believe

by many to be the founder Tesla was

actually co-founded by two people called

Mark tarpening and Martin eard and Elon

only then came in later as an early

investor in fact Elon never wanted to be

the CEO he was already working an

80-hour work week at his other company

SpaceX when he got involved and he just

saw it as a massive faf he only ended up

agreeing to be CEO when he felt like

there was no other option but actually

yeah let's look at musk's other

companies because as well as Tesla which

makes electric cars he also owns space

SpaceX whose mission is multi-planet

colonization to save our species

neuralink who's trying to implant

Wireless brain computer interfaces

inside of us and the boring company who

well they dig holes in the ground as

well as other Ventures he's actually

been so successful with these projects

that he is only the second man in the

history of Silicon Valley to take three

separate companies to over one billion

dollar valuations and no doubt at least

some part of the success boils down to

how he just does things like this boring

company they dig holes yes but they

actually have a huge Vision to dig

enough Transportation tunnels that they

can end traffic on the roads but do you

want to know what the trigger point was

for him to start this enormous Venture

he just got stuck in traffic one time he

tweeted that traffic is driving me nuts

I'm going to build a tunnel boring

machine and just start digging an hour

after this he named the company and then

an hour after that he replied to his own

tweet saying I am actually going to do

this this almost impulsive attitude he

has to things combined with an almost

Limitless budget leads to some genuinely

bizarre outcomes like how in 2018 his

boring company released a flamethrower I

think the goal was to just do something

crazy to get headlines but it worked and

I find it hilarious that they decided to

call it not a flamethrower as if that

would somehow unlic them when something

inevitably went wrong or how with Tesla

the model S model 3 Model X and model y

are all named as part of a quest for the

Carline to spell sexy oh and hey if you

are enjoying this video then a sub to

the channel would

be 13 musk is sometimes referred to not

as a billionaire but more as a

thrillionaire because of how he seems to

make sweeping decisions often for no

other reason than just the fun of it

like how he's named one of his sons

Xavier which he's admitted to being

based on Professor Xavier from XMen or

more controversially his most recent son

well this

the name is a combination of a bunch of

things that him and his partner are just

fond of like their favorite aircraft and

it's pronounced X Ash

A2 good for them or how this is probably

the craziest Elon fact of them all as a

way to test his SpaceX Rockets he

decided to launch his own personal car

as a payload it sounds ridiculous but as

we speak right now his old car is

orbiting us it's already gone past

Mercury past Mars in fact this thing is

traveled so far that it's done the

equivalent of driving on every single

road on the planet over 50 times okay

we're in the top 10 10 of the wildest

things about one of the wildest

companies so possibly the biggest hurdle

that Tesla's faced is that this company

I sat here wanting to accelerate the

world's transition to sustainable energy

fine except to actually produce as many

cars as they'd need to get there Tesla

alone would need the entire world's

supply of lithium ion B batteries so one

day they just decided screw it we're

going to build our own and started

production of the gigafactory the

largest battery production plant and

also the largest building in history so

large that this building will produce

more lithium ion batteries than the

world has ever seen every single year

and do you want to know the crazy part

thanks to a never beeen density of solar

panels the entire thing has been planned

to run on renewable energy number AIDS

Tesla's first car wasn't actually a

Tesla before they built anything of

their own the company actually took this

Ultra Niche handmade electric car at the

time called the t0 and replaced its

internals with Tesla's own effectively

using it just to make sure that all the

theoretical Technologies actually had a

practical benefit before committing to

building their own model from scratch

but now that they know those

Technologies work Tesla is planning to

apply them to everything like as well as

cars they've got cyber truck they're

working on the Tesla semi which is a

huge transport machine they have a quad

bike they have a potential van in the

works they're even working on a fully

electric car that will cost just

$25,000 I might actually get a semi when

that comes out but it's not just

Vehicles a few weeks ago the company

also announced the Tesla bot a fully

humanoid machine which they're hoping

will rid the world of dangerous

repetitive or just boring tasks number

five Tesla has a huge huge and quite

amusing rivalry with a TV show Top Gear

as well as its ex-host Jeremy Clarkson

oh no anyway last week all the way back

in 2008 topke made an episode which

basically showed a Tesla having an

absolute nightmare not performing How It

Should Have and breaking down during

filming but according to Elon Musk

they'd planned it that way they'd

scripted the show in such a way that the

Tesla was made to fail and even checked

the logs of the car they used to find

that its battery level had never dipped

below 20% to any point even though they

claimed it would run out so Tesla sued

them for damaging their brand I can't

really speak for the reliability myself

but one thing that does seem pretty

indisputable is that these are safe cars

the model S is actually so structurally

sound that in the safety

administration's crash testing it wasn't

the car that broke but the machine that

was testing it in fact Tesla's Model S

has scored so high on safety that you

might have seen it being given a rating

of 5.4

out of five that's obviously not exactly

right but where that came from is that

according to the official board if a car

could make sure that there's only a 10%

chance of injury to a driver during an

accident it is given a five-star rating

and so given that Tesla managed to do

these tests with just a 7% chance they

like to claim that they were better than

five stars but then they understandably

got told off for saying this okay these

top two fats are just nuts so I

mentioned earlier that Tesla are worth

more than toy Toyota and that in itself

is pretty cool however they are actually

so much more valuable that they are

worth more than not just Toyota but them

and the next 11 largest car makers put

together but it gets even crazier when

you start to factor in the brand value

per car sold like how much the brand is

worth proportional to how much business

they've done well Ford sits at $6,000

Volkswagen at 9,000 Toyota at 20,000

Tesla is at 1. 44

million per car sold that's 70 times the

amount of the closest competitor this

chart is not even really a chart and

there you have it funny company ultimate

goal let's see if we can get Elon

himself to see this video anyway my name

is Aon this is Mr who the boss and I'll

catch you in the next

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