I guess you can call me an old Tesla fangirl, coming from Range Rover where I've looked into many other EV's since I was running out of anti bacterial wipes and gloves when visiting the dirty gas stations while the high test required for my RR model. Reasons to settle for a Tesla '22 MS LR was, ease of finding chargers on long trips, ease of instruments (just one) and of course the ability to be able to use either Auto Pilot or FSD on the interstates. Best thing since bread and butter, on the top of it all our power company offers super off peak hours at $0.01 per kWh so my monthly electricity rose by only $2 to $3.00.
Was in Dubai last week and had the privilege of leasing a Tesla Model 3 for 3 days... I'm a die hard combustion head, but that tesla is brilliant... the acceleration was mind boggling, battery charged relatively quickly... their nav-driver support systems are incredible and intuitive... i was blown away...
Glad you experienced the 3. As a Coventry kid who has lived in the USA for many years I never believed I could be into EVs. I own an E Type and another vintage Jag. But, boy oh boy...driving w one foot...and the raw power, no smell, no maintenance, it is something special. I currently drive a Model S Plaid ...mind blowing zero to 60 in 2 secs... Once you've had one ...nothing compares.
As weird as it may sound, I think that part of Tesla’s appeal is that the company just seems unnaturally confident in itself. It doesn’t seem to really compare itself to or acknowledge its competitors. As a result, I think consumers just sort of categorize it as its own “thing”. At least in the US, if you want an EV, you either buy a Tesla or deliberately make the choice not to. It’s an incredibly powerful position to be in.
@woolychewbakker5277 I wouldn’t say they had to slash them. They were doing fine without doing so, but it was obviously strategic. As for the S and X, I’m not a fan of them, but they’re not going away.
we don't have a factory in the UK, why would you be able to get one here, if they sell 100% of their product on preorder (with no marketing spend) in countries where they manufacture, why would they bother exporting to the UK? anyway. Teslas appeal is many fold - safest cars, highest performance, lowest maintenance, highest margin business, most rapidly increasing tech and margins sales and revenue, self driving technologies, competitive and soon to be the lowest prices. ( price reductions was always part of their business plan, they plan on undercutting ALL cars so that it is a no brainer and they take a massive share of CAR sales not only EV sales which they already dominate and slowly are taki9ng over regular gas vehicles too
Fact is that Tesla got a lot of things right straight away. They focused on the underlying technology YEARS before anyone else gave it any real thought and they've never stopped innovating and improving. Others are "catching up" but the simple fact is that they're still behind on the basic drivetrain tech. Until the price cut earlier this year, Tesla made a 15-20% margin on a Model 3 and Y while others struggled to make 4%, if they made any profit at all. Most petrol cars don't make that kind of margin. Technology is the reason: not the bells and whistles but the motors and batteries. Hell, they took a theoretical magnet arrangement that had never been physically put together and not only made it work but mass produced it. The very fact of its existence (and patent) makes their motors vastly more efficient than competitors'. Against this level of constant innovation, legacy manufacturers are always going to remain on the back foot. I say this as someone who doesn't own one or plan to (I'm an engineering geek). It's just the reality.
@@timaustin2000 Then you'd know what you've written is hopelessly outdated. The Chinese caught up and overtook Tesla with better technology, months ago.
I came from Bmw and Audi to Tesla and I love it. So easy to use, amazing efficency, with amazing fast software with no lag. Traveling long distance is easy. Es EV goes, Tesla is by far the best on the market.
@@jp3630 Not true, the US made cars - in 2019/2020 were poor, but Chinese built (and German) are very good - to the level of BMW/Audi - it is a USA problem NOT a Tesla problem, USA made cars universally are not up to the quality of Germany or asia.
Very well produced video, however Tesla FSD does not hit child size mannequins. The Dawn Project posted that video, a rival self driving company. It was tested by many independent journalist and none of them could reproduce those results. FSD isn't ready yet, but that part stood out as misinformation.
It’s interesting that Rory and the team put in the effort to dig up a whole mars catalog tweet on that false report, yet failed to identify that the report was FUD. Upsetting to see how selective they are in material to push certain agendas. Playing to their target audience to make more money is prioritised over the facts.
I got recommended this video by algo, checked it and was impressed until that part. There is fans who love and want anyhow love it no matter flaws. And there's genuine guys who own and love as well share good and bad. And saying WholeMarsBlog fan stan and making him appear bad... FSD hasn't killed any one (period) and it is so good at detecting humans.. and he proved it using it and was showing genuine video how that fricking old guy dan is the one who is going to kill the live saving technology by posting fud. He says things that are flawed, as well are genuine as a customer using the products. He posts experience with FSD whether it is bad or good. Elon in other hand, he says a lot of things and do deliver but timing is hit or miss as it is unpredictable. Autopilot and FSD both are in right direction and it is saving lives. People love pointing negative things and msm is constantly produces clickbait headlines saying fsd kill someone, fsd this that, but fsd - autopilot is working as designed. I still amazed that people don't see this... autopilot and fsd was soo bad at first but now there are many who are having perfect drive zero interventions, etc. It does mistake and it is more of embarrassment than of saftey lately. I have seen so many videos and yes world is weird there is so many edge cages which gets discovered only when using it in real world and tesla knows that and is constantly fixing issues and making things possible. And also, this channel team got wrong about tesla origin (see the John Wilson -comment scroll down to find).
Congrats on the Model Y, Rory! Hope it brings you lots of happiness, enjoyment and trouble free miles as my 3 has. Drove down to South of France (and back) last year and it was so smooth and easy!
The impact of regulatory credits is way overstated by the media. In the most significant year (2012) they made 10% of the total revenue of the company. In recent years, despite huge increases in credits sold, they make up only around 2% of total revenue. And the competition materialized somehow only in China (BYD). I don't think anyone else has a chance to catch Tesla anytime soon.
One of their strengths is integration. Open the bonnet on a model Y and look at the air conditioning and heat exchanger.. and it’s piping. Then look at a brand new Kia EV6. Tesla has a more efficient system that fits in a shoebox and manages the heat of the cabin and battery systems.. all in one. The Kia will have twice the components, multiple fluids in different colours pipes every where with no sense to them. …. And no space for a frunk! So it’s a stark contrast between even a well respected legacy car maker and what Tesla does with regards to integration design. On the new Model S, they’ve even built the front suspension strut bar so it doubles as air storage for the air suspension. Saves weight and materials.
Rory respectfully, there are some things missing context. Autopilot has been linked to a relatively small amount of fatalities, yes. But in the 9 years it's been in use, when compared to the average car and driver who get into fatal crashes by the hundreds of thousands each year, it's a tiny fraction of what would otherwise be the case. People need to look at these things statistically, if you have a technology that is reducing the likelihood of a fatal crash then it is saving lives, not the other way around. Nobody should expect it to never go wrong, the correct expectation is that it will be safer than a human without it on average and less likely to get into an accident, which it is by far. We can also take it a step further with FSD Beta (their advanced system), which now has upwards of ~500 thousand users, 150 million miles driven and 0 fatalities. That is an incredible achievement that the public don't truly understand or appreciate yet. Ignoring headlines that often misrepresent the tech, Teslas have proven to be the safest cars on the road. Beyond statistics, NHTSA, Euro NCAP, and other organizations have demonstrated their capabilities in this area, yet it's one of the areas that often gets overlooked/overshadowed when people talk about Teslas, even though they are always designed with safety first in mind. I would not want my family in any other car.
The fact is (for me anyway) that my M3P is the best daily I've ever owned. Don't get me wrong, my R-35 GT-R is unrivalled for drama on the weekend, but it doesn't get a look in for the sheer amount of fun, handling and practicality my M3P gives me. Can't wait for the refreshed model s to hit the UK.
@@808GT Wrong why are people full of shit. The model X and S were cancelled, but Y and 3 are made in left/right and available everywhere, if you read the comment you answered M3P = Tesla model 3 performance - which is available in RHD of course.
@@808GT "Not happening anymore. They cancelled all reservations and pre orders unless you want a LHD." I read it, now read the person's comment you replied to. And just went to my account and can order any model 3/Y and get it delivered in June/July 2023 in RHD
Not having to buy from a dealership is a big plus. I can have my grandmother buy a car from Tesla and don't have to worry about her getting ripped off by ths dealership. In the US dealerships add a markup because a car is popular. Good luck buying a c8 corvett at msrp. Tesla price shown is the price you pay. My time is too valuable to waste a couple of hours at a dealership.
Tesla is huge, not compared to what they will be in 2030. It is impressive how much they have grown in 20 years. Tesla has benefited from battery tech that evolved thanks to personal electronics demand and R&D. The GM EV-1 was the best of older battery tech. GM went for the short-term profits via ICE sales and dumped the EV-1. They crushed their EV future and it got ugly when they pulled the leases from the EV-1 customers. It really took a company which made no money in ICE to break open the demand for EVs. The Model S was one of the first electric vehicles people wanted, not just because it was electric. Those who said some other company would have broken open the demand, I would agree, but it might have taken another decade before that happened. Where Tesla also benefited from not being a legacy builder, is their company culture. They have less red tape. Many former Tesla employees speak of how Musk flattens departments/management ladders. In theory, just about any employee can contribute to other areas. There is not that rigid complex company structure and bureaucracy like GM or Toyota has. Part of what make Tesla still nimble is that lack of old fashion bureaucracy. Legacy builders have been blown away by Tesla's ability to update vehicles on daily basis if they wanted. Sandy Munro, of Munro Live, and his team, spoke of getting Tesla's built months apart and seeing great improvements when they do a deep dive on a vehicle. Model 3 costs have had massive cost reductions since going into production in 2018. Most legacy builders would be lucky to reduce costs by 10% on any model. Tesla is talking cutting costs in half. Tesla also looks at the whole picture of ownership. Having a large charging network was crucial and now they are known for the most stable and largest charging network in the world. Tesla offers Tesla insurance in many markets and hopes to expand it around the world. Keeping insurance costs down help to create more owners. Then factor in solar panels, battery backup systems for homes, and it helps make owning a Tesla a lower cost and positive expereince. Tesla adapting has been crucial in their growth. While most, if not all, legacy builders were stumped what do about chip shortages or lithium supplies, etc, Tesla has been working on their own chip design, adapting current vehicles to work with a range of chips and batteries. People focus on how vertical Tesla is, but it is adaptable. They are willing to outside for help or do it themselves. That is a powerful tool that few seem to be trying to mimic. BYD seems to be the main one following Tesla's lead. When Tesla revealed the next gen production line, which eliminated the assemble, paint, disassemble step, which everyone does, it showed they are willing to break tradition. This is going to save time and money. Production lines taking up less space and quality control will be easier as well. Then you look at the Tesla reducing wiring by over half through having a series of controllers and no need to run copper wires end to end over and over again. The process makes wiring easier and gives better control in many ways. The Model Y and 3 had actual rocket engineers involved in the design. These are people who put great focus on saving weight and making use of every inch of space. When you see comparisons of Y against competitors, Tesla is given high marks for plenty of space. Think about the frunk of most vehicles. Even if you just look at the back area of a Model Y, it usually has lots more space. I still remember when the Mach-E came out and how disappointed reviewers were when they popped the hatch of the Mach-E when stacked up against a Model Y. Tesla robotics, AI, and every expanding business divisions is going to help Telsa to truly be the largest corporation on the planet. I
Very well presented. Fact filled. Lean. The only thing missing was a quick discussion on one of Tesla's selling points. Industry leading crash protection. Thx Rory. I'm proud of you.
@@astarothmeExcept neither of those things are True. Tesla has released training for firefighters on how to cut apart their cars, and EV fires of any kind are extremely rare. In such a case, plain old water is used to cool the battery and stop thermal runaway.
@@astarothme whereas you'll be fine when your petrol car blows up (facepalm). In case you don't get it, if you're in your burning car waiting for the fireman, you're already dead. And either way, you're not going to save your car. And besides, fossil cars burn much, much more often than good EVs... like about 10 times as often.
@@mrmichrom An New-Zealand insurance company that hybrids were the most likely to burn - 1000 times more likely than and EV, while gas/petrol cars are only 500 times more likely to catch fire than an EV. Gas fires are explosive, and vary dangerous, battery fires are progressive - so you have time to escape - and less dangerous to the emergency services.
Brilliant, brilliant video! The only thing missing is that emission credits aren't the only thing that made Tesla profitable. They were actually loosing money each year until ~2019. Then for around a year and half they were profitable only thanks to emission credits, indeed. But then they managed to lower the cost of manufacturing and since Q2 2021 they are making billions in profit from selling cars.
Just hired a Model 3 long range. 2022 model for a week. i was quite impressed. range is no where near what they claim, but overall great car. right now, I will stick with my Prius & will get the new one.However EVs getting there & I think in 5 - 10 years, real world range & charging will be at a level that I would feel comfortable with.
Which one did you get and what wheel size? We got a Oct 2022 build Y LR with 19" Geminis. Smoother than the 21". And the recent Ys have better suspension. We love ours.
@@GudieveNing I own a 2022 performance Y. It’s Virtually impossible to sit in the back seat. The ride is that bumpy it’s nauseating. So yesterday we test drive the long range Y with 19” tires. Still not as smooth as a 2015 Honda Pilot or 2016 Acura mdx.
@@eyelovecolorado2195 people are installing $3k USD coilovers from unplugged performance because of them being so stiff. I imagine you wouldn’t want to do this but I’m just saying
Huge downside. I wouldn't buy a family SUV that's not comfortable. For £60k it's inexcusable and compared to a GLC it's a terrible investment and a downgrade.
Before them there had never been a company dedicated to EVs. All the EVs that predated Tesla failed miserably because they were usually more expensive and worse than an ICE car from the same brand.
I've been following Tesla since 2015, the year I known Saul Lopez. Since then, I cant't stop viewing content and collecting info from the company. I'm in love not only with their cars, but the meaning of the company from its origins. No one can deny that, without Tesla and the "peculiar" personality of Musk, electric cars would be in our lives just in alien comics and films. Big car groups and companies will be still arguing that they aren't profitables, the contamination of making batteries, the lack of rare materials for making them... One of best Model S and X selling argument was that, from first units to 2016's, free use of superchargers for the whole life of the car. By the way, many youtubers like Saul Lopez and Ben Sullins will have several free Roadsters (80 units max) because the referral program that Tesla launched in 2019, starting at 2% discount per referral code... Will be fun to find out, when Tesla will dare to launch the Roadster, if wether they decide to keep their promise... or don't 😂
I have owned well over 30 petrol and diesel cars, and still own 2 ICE cars. I've had everything from Audi to Pontiac. the old daily was kinda slow (VW polo) so I was going to test drive an Alfa Romeo Giulia when the seller canceled on me. with nothing better to do, I went and test drove a Tesla Model 3.... and i bought it. i was so happy with it that I bought another faster one. Driven about 90.000Km with them and had no issues. muscle car performance costing only pennies to run. i love it
Having read several books on the subject, we might debate the odd timeline and detail here and there, but overall that was pretty fair. Though I think Mitsubishi might feel a little left out with its discontinued iMiEV. So what is so cool about Tesla? Yeah, Musk is iconic, and overall that still helps. How many Auto CEOs can the average person name, for instance? And Tesla keep on reiterating relentlessly that they are on a mission to help take the world to sustainability. That's a very big message, and it isn't just Musk who says it. They're all in on it at Tesla. And they do so many things so much better and differently. The Supercharging network. The NACS connector. OTA updates. Efficiency. Performance. Interactive Car Software. Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot, Full Self Driving [FSD Beta]. The last one getting better and better as the months go by, but still in [Beta] development. And that's just the vehicles on the road. Then you have the developments. Zero cobalt batteries in most vehicles. Zero rare earth materials in motors coming. New generation production methods to make new products cheaper to buy. Lithium refining. Then there's the emerging Energy Storage business, and Solar. Oh, and the future companion robots. Nobody else does these things in quite the same way. And this is why Tesla is so cool. And I have a leased VW ID3 Performance Pro. But not next time.
I think the current phase of EVs with Lithium-Ion NMC chemistry has peaked at about 4 miles per kWh with Tesla and other EV manufacturers soon reaching that level of efficiency. The next phase of EV development has already started with the implementation of LFP batteries, but will really take off with reduced cost EVs with sodium-ion batteries and a combination of reduced cost and greater range with lithium-silicone. Reduced cost as 30kWh battery will give the same range as a NMC 60kWh battery with greater energy density and reduced weight or double the range of existing capacity batteries with the 60kWh going from 240 miles to 480 miles on a full charge. The lithium-silicone battery will also provide significantly faster charging speeds. Then it really is game over for fossil fuel ICE vehicles. 2030-2035 is now looking achievable for the ban of ICE vehicles in most market sectors.
I think the biggest Barrier for EVs is not battery technology; batteries are improving and will get cheaper over time, I believe that by 2035 we will probably have affordable BEVs capable of over 600 miles range. The real barrier is charging. I’m OK because I have a driveway and a Zappi charger. It’s people who live in terraced houses and flats who have the problem, that’s about 40% of the UK population and even more in other countries. Unless things improve dramatically they will be relying on an expensive and patchy charging network. Improving charging infrastructure is just as important as affordable BEVs. Also important is ramping up renewable energy and storage, we need more wind turbines, solar farms and energy storage.
@@hishamg You make a very good point, but public infrastutre charging is slowly but surely improving all over. When you combine this with EVs capable of 500+ miles and 80% charge times of
One of the reasons why they are were they are is simply they have no affiliation to petrol and diesel were they are frightened to take that Ev leap. It’s only because of Tesla that the legacy car makers are having to jump on the bandwagon and again as of Tesla proving that Ev’s work governments around the world are legislating co2 emissions.
The big thing with tesla company is that they do not have to deal with conservative bureaucrats like in any other company, who are too comfortable in well paid positions from huge margin combustion cars to do any transition and they are rather forced to produce EVs. And the result looks like it. They are not forced by government, they are forced by market but its hard to admit.
It started well but ended with a lot of mainstream negatively obsessed media BS about Tesla and FSD. FSD is there, thousands drive around and a car without FSD every 500.000 miles involved in a accident and with FSD every 2.5 million miles, millions and millions of logged miles. Anyone who thinks FSD goes from nothing to millions of cars at once is nuts, that would be dangerous, but FSD is here, not perfect, but it is working, it’s here and a matter of fine tuning that has been going on for years now with great steps. One more thing, the value of Tesla is bit more then making cars, Siemens is not a dishwasher company, not as bad as most old automotive reviews but a lot of important factors in trillion dollar businesses are missed as energy market and AI/robotics.Tip You should not invest yourself
What is exciting about the stock price is Tesla is multiple businesses within that have huge growth potential. Tesla Energy provides solar and battery for homes, Tesla insurance for it's cars, Tesla full self driving technology will one day enable you to go anywhere and even allow your car to act as an Uber and make money for you while it's not needed. Future tech like Robots are on the way. Tesla isn't a car company, it's a technology company investing in products for humanity to live in a sustainable manner, The future growth is limitless.
Good video Rory, you missed out that Tesla is not just a car company though, they do solar and power storage from individual home size to industrial country size, every Tesla product talks to Tesla HQ and gathers information on everything from energy consumption to road safety and mapping updates, it’s far more than just a car maker. It’s an innovator, inventor and mineral resources gatherer. Tesla alone has push battery technology far beyond what most would have thought possible, it’s forced other companies and manufacturers to push their limitations and designs to keep up, Tesla release most of their own software as Open-source so others can use it, they have innovated the manufacturing process with their Mega casting which others are also copying too, they have supply contracts with the worlds largest companies to guarantee delivery of parts, they have invested in mining companies to ensure mineral demand is met at a guaranteed price, CHINA changed their own laws so Tesla could build Giga factory Shanghai AND own the business outright, no other non Chinese business has ever been able to setup in China without a Chinese partner. Tesla has in a word, Revolutionised EV manufacturing over and over again to remain at the top.
You're probably right, and the fact that some of the best, unbiased content the media can come up with (such as this video) still gets the FSD and twitter/stock price stuff so horribly wrong is very telling. We still have some ways to go
Good video Rory. A couple of points you could have mentioned or elaborated on: The industry leading Safety Scores for the Tesla range across the board. And the child mannequin issue was a dodgy 'test' by an autopilot competitor who fudged the video to try and hide the fact that he was forcing the car out of autopilot to deliberately hit the mannequin.
I dream about tesla van - take model x - change falcon doors into sliding, make boxy rear end, put inside wheel as well as 7 / 8 proper seats 2 +3 +2/3 with childseat tilt in 2nd row. To lower the costs - delete air ride:)
Good piece. Main comment is that it's wrong to conflate Tesla the company with Tesla stock price. Tesla the company has been doing just fine since 2022 the stock price has obviously fallen a lot but as any savvy investor knows Mr Market is irrational, Tesla went too high and then fell too low and is now somewhere back near where it should be IMO. The other thing is that the decline in the stock price wasnt caused by Musk buying Twitter. Yes, that has likely had a contributory effect, but if you look at the stock orixes of other comparable businesses, they are all down by comparable amounts over the same period - it's much more to do with the global macro environment (i.e. interest rates and consumer confidence) than anything else.
Mr Reid. You need to explain. If you’ve just bought a model y you need to do a video to explain. As of your last video on the model y it sounded like you wouldn’t buy one. So you need to explain.
I hate how if you point out distorted facts, or outright lies against Tesla, you're considered a "Tesla Fanboi" or "Tesla Stan". How about just "interested in the truth"?
All reservations and pre orders for the model S and X RHD have been cancelled btw. Personally pretty unhappy to have had zero comms from tesla until the cancellation for over a year. Still keeping my shares but now ill look at the Audi after all.
Brilliant video! So well produced. I'm a Tesla Model Y owner since December. It's undoubtedly the best car I've owned, driven and sat in. But I'm not sure that will allow Tesla to achieve what Apple has in keeping such a strong loyal fanbase. The car industry is far more competitive than the smartphone one with huge amounts of new cars due this year. So it will be interesting to see how Tesla settles in to a much larger pack in the next few years.
Tesla still make the most efficient, safest cars in the world. Even BMW EVs are only scoring 4 stars on Euro NCAP, and Renault Zoe 1 star. Not much of a "pack" to chose from sadly.
Larger packs caming from where ??!!... the only ones "close" to tesla are the Chinese EVS CAR COMPANIES and even them are far away from tesla , after tesla the only company making profits on EVS is BYD BUT A SMALL MARGIN...
Rory IMO you missed some pertinent information and fail to understand that Tesla is a technology company more than a car company. You missed stating their goal is to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy and transport. EVs are their path to disruption of legacy auto and oil companies. They are working their way to providing mass market vehicles, progressively using profits to build factories globally, as evidenced by the upcoming Mexico giga factory. They are constantly innovating and relentlessly reducing cost, and Musk has open sourced their patents to encourage ev growth. Tesla is heavily into AI and robotics, solar, grid and domestic power storage, development of ai based virtual power plants, electric semi truck, supercharger network, insurance. They make batteries and are setting up a lithium refining plant in the US. They vertically integrate and make safe, efficient and compelling products with cutting edge software. My model 3 is a better car today than when I got it 2 years ago because of free OTA software updates. They are a very focused and well run business on a mission. Do you think you would even be talking about evs now if it wasn’t for Tesla?
The success of Tesla and the biggest reason it immediately became a big hit when it hit the market was TIMING!! If Tesla had entered into the market half a decade earlier, it might well have flopped, because the world and people's attitudes would not have been ready to accept the idea of a fully electric car. If Tesla had entered the market half a decade later, another brand could very well have had time to wedge into the market number one. TESLA, however, is exactly the brand that made the electric car mainstream...
Damn this was going really well until we got to the fake news section about FSD and the stock price/twitter saga nonsense. Granted, I'll give you kudos because this was still a far better job and watch than what most media come up with. Others should take note
@@robertp457 I posted this to someone else weeks ago about comparison between Plaid and Taycan: Tesla is made by best engineers in the world along with spaceX, apple maby... Guys working in Porsche are literally kindergarten in comparison which is evident by poor performance of the Taycan which was made knly to beat the Tesla from 2016... 2 speed gearbox in an ev is the stupidest thing ever along with poor battery design, cooling system that cannot handle the power (not to mention 760 is peak hp, normally 660) so result is a car that overheats after 2nd lap on track and gets beaten by Model 3 after that. Tesla was preparing the Plaid before Porsche even launched and decided to completely demolish it, Plaid has completely new battery with 2x radiators for cooling (along with heatpump and octovalve system), 3 motor configuration which enables true torque vectoring, completely new motors wrapped in carbon fiber to not lose torque on high speeds, completely new suspension system (watch in the vid, its also quite special) along with best euroNcap crash results, much more luxurious interior that matches the Porsche for quality (fact, sit in both back to back, difference is in layout), completely new amd computer for actual fsd, sound system that is better than 10k Burmester in the Taycan and all of this for 50k lower price, 8 years warranty and much more practicality (be that space or superchargers or much better range)... So irl Taycan takes 18s to 250kmh (270kmh top speed), Plaid does it in 9s (over 350kmh top speed, probably to 380kmh safely when unlocked) - and with that Tesla also decided to completely trach the Porsche on the track as well with cc brakes, completely new tuning for suspension and traction, f1 tires... So you see why is the Tesla so much ahead, frankly Lucid air that has 1111hp loses to the Model X Plaid that has 1020hp and is heavier and much less aerodynamic so Porsche needs to change the whole system or add kver 1200hp to compete which they won't do. Btw Teslas main business is energy problem solved by Model 3 and Y, and yet they still completely trash the company that has 75y of so called experience
@@robertp457 The over-the-air Updates; no other company uses this to this extent. The high energy efficiency of all Models, rarely matched by their competitors, combined with the raw power all Models are capable of bringing to the road. Just to name 3 examples off the top of my head.
Their competition is going to get pretty stiff with the legacy car manufacturers upping their game, and China planning to release their EVs in US and Europe.
I saw all the Chinese EVs at Fully Charged Live a week or so so. They are chintzy and the BYDs in particular boring. Best 'Chinese' EV is the MG4. In fact all MGs are sound. Sensible with good ergonomics. But Tesla still blow everyone out of the water. I have a Y and can testify to that.
@@richardlabeja Tesla Inovates so fast it's not even using the same motors it did 5 years ago, the Chinese are even having trouble reverse engineering them because Tesla uses a lot of custom tools. Funny enough Tesla was the only new energy vehicle maker in china to make a profit without subsidies last year.
How: Insane public money on the table around 2010 for anything "EV". Why: Silicon Valley nerds saw the flat panel TV in the dash of the 2012 Model S and had a 'gasm (as such persons usually do alone). It quickly became the "jewel encrusted iPhone" of the region; same car in say, New Jersey and none of us would have heard of it.
I appreciate that you explain the company’s history that others have tried furiously to deny, and you don’t ignore the negatives. You’re keeping it real. 👍
I've heard that dealing with maintenance is an absolute nightmare, never have parts in stock and nobody can work on them aside. Takes month to fix and they brake down often. Is that true?
Yes it is. Panel gaps, stuf gets broken, and worst of all when a battery goes wrong they need to pull a brand new car off the producation line to repair anothe rvihicle! Their batteries aren't modular.
Tesla is the only car company is re-thinking every aspect of transportation from the ground up, and innovating at a relentless pace. The hubris of the legacy OEMs let Tesla grow to a formidable giant, while everyone laughed off EVs. Jokes on them, now everyones trying to meet Tesla specs of 2012 with much more expensive loss making cars, while Tesla is now in another league- Making the bare minimum EV that;s still a great car, while making them affordable and at a mass scale, while doing so with industry leading profitability. The Supercharger network makes Teslas the only EV you can buy that can be a true road-tripping car, while legacy OEMs just push out a mediocre EV to you, leaving you to figure out the charging mess.
Even after all of this, Mercedes Benz ended up being the first car manufacturer…to get Level 3 Autonomous driving done correctly & US certified. So I wouldn’t say that Tesla is ahead in technology anymore really. Well they actually were ahead in EV tech, not actual car tech…because cars have been technologically advanced for decades
In 2015, I was on the anti-EV side of the fence. Then I drove a model S at a summer pop-up showroom. And holy s hit, that thing changed my world. Not only was it fast, it reimagined the concept of what a sedan should be. Then when the model x was launched, I finally couldn’t hold back. I bought one in 2017. Today I have a ‘22 Model X and a ‘22 Model Y. I’ve driven all of the other, EV’s, and aside from Rivian, none of them feel right. They are either buggy, or over styled, or lacking the sophistication that seems obvious in a Tesla. A critical area of improvement… Servicing and repair costs. The cost to repair minor body damage is staggering and absurd. But overall, they are the best road trip cars, the best daily drivers, and the most trouble free vehicles I have ever owned. I don’t miss the gas station one bit. I’ll always have love for 80s Mercedes, but other than that I won’t ever buy a new gas car again.
Great video Rory, extremely well presented and entertaining, thank you. So pleased you got a Model Y, great to have your seal of approval for such a wonderful car. I'm loving mine!
Lul whaaaat? They have Porche gross margins for car that they sell at 1/3 of the cost, meanwhile any other car maker that isn't BYD is losing catastrophic amount of money on their EVs ( Ford -102% margin, Rivian -280%, Lucid -500% VW e stellantis -60%) but please, keep telling me how the "competition is coming" ( prematurely and all over itself) like it has come in the last 11 years😂 . Not considered the hundreds of billions of dollars of debt for legacy auto.
Price is where it should be. Elon's plan of surpassing Apple's valuation in a few years isn't happening though. Losing to BYD in China and will lose a lot of market share in EU by the Germans as well. US will be their only winning market.
The stock market determines a company’s value. Whether or not it makes sense is irrelevant. For the past few years, Tesla has been the most valuable car company in the world by quite a bit.
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I guess you can call me an old Tesla fangirl, coming from Range Rover where I've looked into many other EV's since I was running out of anti bacterial wipes and gloves when visiting the dirty gas stations while the high test required for my RR model. Reasons to settle for a Tesla '22 MS LR was, ease of finding chargers on long trips, ease of instruments (just one) and of course the ability to be able to use either Auto Pilot or FSD on the interstates. Best thing since bread and butter, on the top of it all our power company offers super off peak hours at $0.01 per kWh so my monthly electricity rose by only $2 to $3.00.
A certain British TV car show you carried on your back!! 😎😎 Boss!! Rory💯
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Came looking for this comment 😂
@@wraith8323 😂😂 this guy drives as good as he throws shades
Yes you did Rory! Hear the 🦁 roar!
Was in Dubai last week and had the privilege of leasing a Tesla Model 3 for 3 days... I'm a die hard combustion head, but that tesla is brilliant... the acceleration was mind boggling, battery charged relatively quickly... their nav-driver support systems are incredible and intuitive... i was blown away...
Glad you experienced the 3. As a Coventry kid who has lived in the USA for many years I never believed I could be into EVs. I own an E Type and another vintage Jag. But, boy oh boy...driving w one foot...and the raw power, no smell, no maintenance, it is something special. I currently drive a Model S Plaid ...mind blowing zero to 60 in 2 secs... Once you've had one ...nothing compares.
As weird as it may sound, I think that part of Tesla’s appeal is that the company just seems unnaturally confident in itself. It doesn’t seem to really compare itself to or acknowledge its competitors. As a result, I think consumers just sort of categorize it as its own “thing”. At least in the US, if you want an EV, you either buy a Tesla or deliberately make the choice not to. It’s an incredibly powerful position to be in.
@@blahblaher I think that on the surface that may be a goal, but not THE goal. At the end of the day they are a for profit business.
@woolychewbakker5277 I wouldn’t say they had to slash them. They were doing fine without doing so, but it was obviously strategic. As for the S and X, I’m not a fan of them, but they’re not going away.
we don't have a factory in the UK, why would you be able to get one here, if they sell 100% of their product on preorder (with no marketing spend) in countries where they manufacture, why would they bother exporting to the UK? anyway. Teslas appeal is many fold - safest cars, highest performance, lowest maintenance, highest margin business, most rapidly increasing tech and margins sales and revenue, self driving technologies, competitive and soon to be the lowest prices. ( price reductions was always part of their business plan, they plan on undercutting ALL cars so that it is a no brainer and they take a massive share of CAR sales not only EV sales which they already dominate and slowly are taki9ng over regular gas vehicles too
@@MrKhunt-f4x That's not how it works...you need to do some basic reading up on import/export, trade, etc.
Phenomenal piece, Rory is becoming one of my favorite car reviewers!
Bought my Model 3 Performance a month ago. Can never see myself (also all other family members) buying a diesel or petrol to use as a daily.
Fact is that Tesla got a lot of things right straight away. They focused on the underlying technology YEARS before anyone else gave it any real thought and they've never stopped innovating and improving.
Others are "catching up" but the simple fact is that they're still behind on the basic drivetrain tech.
Until the price cut earlier this year, Tesla made a 15-20% margin on a Model 3 and Y while others struggled to make 4%, if they made any profit at all.
Most petrol cars don't make that kind of margin.
Technology is the reason: not the bells and whistles but the motors and batteries. Hell, they took a theoretical magnet arrangement that had never been physically put together and not only made it work but mass produced it. The very fact of its existence (and patent) makes their motors vastly more efficient than competitors'.
Against this level of constant innovation, legacy manufacturers are always going to remain on the back foot.
I say this as someone who doesn't own one or plan to (I'm an engineering geek). It's just the reality.
Tesla probably has the best engineers in the world along with spaceX. Funniest to me is the comparison between Plaid Model S and Porsche Taycan...
Never heard of SAIC group?
The drivetrain tech is well-known by all the players, the other companies just had a different business model.
@@phuketexplorer yes. And?
@@timaustin2000 Then you'd know what you've written is hopelessly outdated. The Chinese caught up and overtook Tesla with better technology, months ago.
I came from Bmw and Audi to Tesla and I love it. So easy to use, amazing efficency, with amazing fast software with no lag. Traveling long distance is easy. Es EV goes, Tesla is by far the best on the market.
How do you cope with the crap build "quality" and basic interior?
@@jp3630 unless you show up with a microscope and precision measuring tools, your car will appear to be alright.
@@jp3630 Not true, the US made cars - in 2019/2020 were poor, but Chinese built (and German) are very good - to the level of BMW/Audi - it is a USA problem NOT a Tesla problem, USA made cars universally are not up to the quality of Germany or asia.
Very well produced video, however Tesla FSD does not hit child size mannequins. The Dawn Project posted that video, a rival self driving company. It was tested by many independent journalist and none of them could reproduce those results.
FSD isn't ready yet, but that part stood out as misinformation.
It’s interesting that Rory and the team put in the effort to dig up a whole mars catalog tweet on that false report, yet failed to identify that the report was FUD.
Upsetting to see how selective they are in material to push certain agendas.
Playing to their target audience to make more money is prioritised over the facts.
I got recommended this video by algo, checked it and was impressed until that part. There is fans who love and want anyhow love it no matter flaws. And there's genuine guys who own and love as well share good and bad. And saying WholeMarsBlog fan stan and making him appear bad... FSD hasn't killed any one (period) and it is so good at detecting humans.. and he proved it using it and was showing genuine video how that fricking old guy dan is the one who is going to kill the live saving technology by posting fud. He says things that are flawed, as well are genuine as a customer using the products. He posts experience with FSD whether it is bad or good. Elon in other hand, he says a lot of things and do deliver but timing is hit or miss as it is unpredictable. Autopilot and FSD both are in right direction and it is saving lives. People love pointing negative things and msm is constantly produces clickbait headlines saying fsd kill someone, fsd this that, but fsd - autopilot is working as designed. I still amazed that people don't see this... autopilot and fsd was soo bad at first but now there are many who are having perfect drive zero interventions, etc. It does mistake and it is more of embarrassment than of saftey lately. I have seen so many videos and yes world is weird there is so many edge cages which gets discovered only when using it in real world and tesla knows that and is constantly fixing issues and making things possible. And also, this channel team got wrong about tesla origin (see the John Wilson -comment scroll down to find).
Congrats on the Model Y, Rory! Hope it brings you lots of happiness, enjoyment and trouble free miles as my 3 has. Drove down to South of France (and back) last year and it was so smooth and easy!
Love my model 3 and I’ve been a mechanic for 40 years ! Made a fortune fixing crappy BMW 😝😜🤪
The impact of regulatory credits is way overstated by the media. In the most significant year (2012) they made 10% of the total revenue of the company. In recent years, despite huge increases in credits sold, they make up only around 2% of total revenue. And the competition materialized somehow only in China (BYD). I don't think anyone else has a chance to catch Tesla anytime soon.
One of their strengths is integration. Open the bonnet on a model Y and look at the air conditioning and heat exchanger.. and it’s piping. Then look at a brand new Kia EV6. Tesla has a more efficient system that fits in a shoebox and manages the heat of the cabin and battery systems.. all in one. The Kia will have twice the components, multiple fluids in different colours pipes every where with no sense to them. …. And no space for a frunk! So it’s a stark contrast between even a well respected legacy car maker and what Tesla does with regards to integration design.
On the new Model S, they’ve even built the front suspension strut bar so it doubles as air storage for the air suspension. Saves weight and materials.
Interesting re Model S. Didn't know that.
Yup, engineering on the new S and X is borderline science fiction in comparison with "comparison "
Kia EV6 does have a trunk.
They've been playing chess whilst others were playing checkers 😂
Rory respectfully, there are some things missing context. Autopilot has been linked to a relatively small amount of fatalities, yes. But in the 9 years it's been in use, when compared to the average car and driver who get into fatal crashes by the hundreds of thousands each year, it's a tiny fraction of what would otherwise be the case. People need to look at these things statistically, if you have a technology that is reducing the likelihood of a fatal crash then it is saving lives, not the other way around. Nobody should expect it to never go wrong, the correct expectation is that it will be safer than a human without it on average and less likely to get into an accident, which it is by far.
We can also take it a step further with FSD Beta (their advanced system), which now has upwards of ~500 thousand users, 150 million miles driven and 0 fatalities. That is an incredible achievement that the public don't truly understand or appreciate yet. Ignoring headlines that often misrepresent the tech, Teslas have proven to be the safest cars on the road. Beyond statistics, NHTSA, Euro NCAP, and other organizations have demonstrated their capabilities in this area, yet it's one of the areas that often gets overlooked/overshadowed when people talk about Teslas, even though they are always designed with safety first in mind. I would not want my family in any other car.
The fact is (for me anyway) that my M3P is the best daily I've ever owned. Don't get me wrong, my R-35 GT-R is unrivalled for drama on the weekend, but it doesn't get a look in for the sheer amount of fun, handling and practicality my M3P gives me. Can't wait for the refreshed model s to hit the UK.
Not happening anymore. They cancelled all reservations and pre orders unless you want a LHD.
@@808GT Wrong why are people full of shit. The model X and S were cancelled, but Y and 3 are made in left/right and available everywhere, if you read the comment you answered M3P = Tesla model 3 performance - which is available in RHD of course.
@@tomooo2637 please at least take the few seconds to read my comment properly or get your meds.
@@808GT "Not happening anymore. They cancelled all reservations and pre orders unless you want a LHD." I read it, now read the person's comment you replied to.
And just went to my account and can order any model 3/Y and get it delivered in June/July 2023 in RHD
@@tomooo2637 it's ok. The meds will kick in soon and you will see I'm talking about the S and X. Anyway, have a nice weekend.
Not having to buy from a dealership is a big plus. I can have my grandmother buy a car from Tesla and don't have to worry about her getting ripped off by ths dealership. In the US dealerships add a markup because a car is popular. Good luck buying a c8 corvett at msrp. Tesla price shown is the price you pay. My time is too valuable to waste a couple of hours at a dealership.
The takeaway from this is I should’ve bought some shares 10 years ago😊
Tesla is huge, not compared to what they will be in 2030. It is impressive how much they have grown in 20 years. Tesla has benefited from battery tech that evolved thanks to personal electronics demand and R&D. The GM EV-1 was the best of older battery tech. GM went for the short-term profits via ICE sales and dumped the EV-1. They crushed their EV future and it got ugly when they pulled the leases from the EV-1 customers.
It really took a company which made no money in ICE to break open the demand for EVs. The Model S was one of the first electric vehicles people wanted, not just because it was electric. Those who said some other company would have broken open the demand, I would agree, but it might have taken another decade before that happened.
Where Tesla also benefited from not being a legacy builder, is their company culture. They have less red tape. Many former Tesla employees speak of how Musk flattens departments/management ladders. In theory, just about any employee can contribute to other areas. There is not that rigid complex company structure and bureaucracy like GM or Toyota has. Part of what make Tesla still nimble is that lack of old fashion bureaucracy.
Legacy builders have been blown away by Tesla's ability to update vehicles on daily basis if they wanted. Sandy Munro, of Munro Live, and his team, spoke of getting Tesla's built months apart and seeing great improvements when they do a deep dive on a vehicle. Model 3 costs have had massive cost reductions since going into production in 2018. Most legacy builders would be lucky to reduce costs by 10% on any model. Tesla is talking cutting costs in half.
Tesla also looks at the whole picture of ownership. Having a large charging network was crucial and now they are known for the most stable and largest charging network in the world. Tesla offers Tesla insurance in many markets and hopes to expand it around the world. Keeping insurance costs down help to create more owners. Then factor in solar panels, battery backup systems for homes, and it helps make owning a Tesla a lower cost and positive expereince.
Tesla adapting has been crucial in their growth. While most, if not all, legacy builders were stumped what do about chip shortages or lithium supplies, etc, Tesla has been working on their own chip design, adapting current vehicles to work with a range of chips and batteries. People focus on how vertical Tesla is, but it is adaptable. They are willing to outside for help or do it themselves. That is a powerful tool that few seem to be trying to mimic. BYD seems to be the main one following Tesla's lead.
When Tesla revealed the next gen production line, which eliminated the assemble, paint, disassemble step, which everyone does, it showed they are willing to break tradition. This is going to save time and money. Production lines taking up less space and quality control will be easier as well. Then you look at the Tesla reducing wiring by over half through having a series of controllers and no need to run copper wires end to end over and over again. The process makes wiring easier and gives better control in many ways. The Model Y and 3 had actual rocket engineers involved in the design. These are people who put great focus on saving weight and making use of every inch of space. When you see comparisons of Y against competitors, Tesla is given high marks for plenty of space. Think about the frunk of most vehicles. Even if you just look at the back area of a Model Y, it usually has lots more space. I still remember when the Mach-E came out and how disappointed reviewers were when they popped the hatch of the Mach-E when stacked up against a Model Y.
Tesla robotics, AI, and every expanding business divisions is going to help Telsa to truly be the largest corporation on the planet. I
Very well presented. Fact filled. Lean. The only thing missing was a quick discussion on one of Tesla's selling points. Industry leading crash protection.
Thx Rory. I'm proud of you.
And the rubbish about being a danger to society on Autopilot- that was disappointing. Dan O dowd has a lot to answer for with his lies
@@astarothmeExcept neither of those things are True. Tesla has released training for firefighters on how to cut apart their cars, and EV fires of any kind are extremely rare. In such a case, plain old water is used to cool the battery and stop thermal runaway.
@@astarothme whereas you'll be fine when your petrol car blows up (facepalm). In case you don't get it, if you're in your burning car waiting for the fireman, you're already dead. And either way, you're not going to save your car. And besides, fossil cars burn much, much more often than good EVs... like about 10 times as often.
@@mrmichrom An New-Zealand insurance company that hybrids were the most likely to burn - 1000 times more likely than and EV, while gas/petrol cars are only 500 times more likely to catch fire than an EV.
Gas fires are explosive, and vary dangerous, battery fires are progressive - so you have time to escape - and less dangerous to the emergency services.
Brilliant, brilliant video!
The only thing missing is that emission credits aren't the only thing that made Tesla profitable. They were actually loosing money each year until ~2019. Then for around a year and half they were profitable only thanks to emission credits, indeed. But then they managed to lower the cost of manufacturing and since Q2 2021 they are making billions in profit from selling cars.
The best Tesla summary I have ever seen in RUclips! Thank you
Interesting listen. I have the Model 3 and frankly I think it's amazing, best car I have had
Just hired a Model 3 long range. 2022 model for a week. i was quite impressed. range is no where near what they claim, but overall great car. right now, I will stick with my Prius & will get the new one.However EVs getting there & I think in 5 - 10 years, real world range & charging will be at a level that I would feel comfortable with.
I own a model Y. I would buy another one if the ride was smoother. This is the one thing, imo, holding this model back from literally exploding!
Which one did you get and what wheel size? We got a Oct 2022 build Y LR with 19" Geminis. Smoother than the 21". And the recent Ys have better suspension. We love ours.
@@GudieveNing I own a 2022 performance Y. It’s Virtually impossible to sit in the back seat. The ride is that bumpy it’s nauseating. So yesterday we test drive the long range Y with 19” tires. Still not as smooth as a 2015 Honda Pilot or 2016 Acura mdx.
@@eyelovecolorado2195 people are installing $3k USD coilovers from unplugged performance because of them being so stiff. I imagine you wouldn’t want to do this but I’m just saying
The ability to explode is built in. 😄
Huge downside. I wouldn't buy a family SUV that's not comfortable. For £60k it's inexcusable and compared to a GLC it's a terrible investment and a downgrade.
Before them there had never been a company dedicated to EVs. All the EVs that predated Tesla failed miserably because they were usually more expensive and worse than an ICE car from the same brand.
China was producing EV's when Musk was still in nappies! 😄
@@phuketexplorer No, the Chinese entered the EV market in 2020, when they saw it was lucrative.
@@tomooo2637 Duh, do some homework before posting nonsense! BYD released thier first E6 model in May 2009. Google it!
I've been following Tesla since 2015, the year I known Saul Lopez. Since then, I cant't stop viewing content and collecting info from the company. I'm in love not only with their cars, but the meaning of the company from its origins. No one can deny that, without Tesla and the "peculiar" personality of Musk, electric cars would be in our lives just in alien comics and films. Big car groups and companies will be still arguing that they aren't profitables, the contamination of making batteries, the lack of rare materials for making them... One of best Model S and X selling argument was that, from first units to 2016's, free use of superchargers for the whole life of the car.
By the way, many youtubers like Saul Lopez and Ben Sullins will have several free Roadsters (80 units max) because the referral program that Tesla launched in 2019, starting at 2% discount per referral code... Will be fun to find out, when Tesla will dare to launch the Roadster, if wether they decide to keep their promise... or don't 😂
You didn't mention the Berlin and Austin giga factories opening.
They opened ages ago!
The cybertruck has delivered!.
I have owned well over 30 petrol and diesel cars, and still own 2 ICE cars. I've had everything from Audi to Pontiac. the old daily was kinda slow (VW polo) so I was going to test drive an Alfa Romeo Giulia when the seller canceled on me. with nothing better to do, I went and test drove a Tesla Model 3.... and i bought it. i was so happy with it that I bought another faster one. Driven about 90.000Km with them and had no issues. muscle car performance costing only pennies to run. i love it
Great update on Tesla. Still the EV I'd buy today.
Yes I think it is a safe bet compared to something like Lucid.
Articulate, intelligent and insightful look into a modern day phenomenon - fantastic presentation Rory - thank you.
Having read several books on the subject, we might debate the odd timeline and detail here and there, but overall that was pretty fair. Though I think Mitsubishi might feel a little left out with its discontinued iMiEV. So what is so cool about Tesla? Yeah, Musk is iconic, and overall that still helps. How many Auto CEOs can the average person name, for instance? And Tesla keep on reiterating relentlessly that they are on a mission to help take the world to sustainability. That's a very big message, and it isn't just Musk who says it. They're all in on it at Tesla. And they do so many things so much better and differently. The Supercharging network. The NACS connector. OTA updates. Efficiency. Performance. Interactive Car Software. Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot, Full Self Driving [FSD Beta]. The last one getting better and better as the months go by, but still in [Beta] development. And that's just the vehicles on the road. Then you have the developments. Zero cobalt batteries in most vehicles. Zero rare earth materials in motors coming. New generation production methods to make new products cheaper to buy. Lithium refining. Then there's the emerging Energy Storage business, and Solar. Oh, and the future companion robots. Nobody else does these things in quite the same way. And this is why Tesla is so cool. And I have a leased VW ID3 Performance Pro. But not next time.
Btw, Toyota market cap went from what ~292billion on Jan 10, 2022 to about 178 on 26, sept of same year… was Tesla THAT much worse?!?
I think the current phase of EVs with Lithium-Ion NMC chemistry has peaked at about 4 miles per kWh with Tesla and other EV manufacturers soon reaching that level of efficiency. The next phase of EV development has already started with the implementation of LFP batteries, but will really take off with reduced cost EVs with sodium-ion batteries and a combination of reduced cost and greater range with lithium-silicone. Reduced cost as 30kWh battery will give the same range as a NMC 60kWh battery with greater energy density and reduced weight or double the range of existing capacity batteries with the 60kWh going from 240 miles to 480 miles on a full charge. The lithium-silicone battery will also provide significantly faster charging speeds. Then it really is game over for fossil fuel ICE vehicles. 2030-2035 is now looking achievable for the ban of ICE vehicles in most market sectors.
Correct! ICE = Blockbuster. BEVs = LoveFilm (who were before Netflix before anyone chimes in.)
I think the biggest Barrier for EVs is not battery technology; batteries are improving and will get cheaper over time, I believe that by 2035 we will probably have affordable BEVs capable of over 600 miles range. The real barrier is charging. I’m OK because I have a driveway and a Zappi charger. It’s people who live in terraced houses and flats who have the problem, that’s about 40% of the UK population and even more in other countries. Unless things improve dramatically they will be relying on an expensive and patchy charging network. Improving charging infrastructure is just as important as affordable BEVs. Also important is ramping up renewable energy and storage, we need more wind turbines, solar farms and energy storage.
@@hishamg You make a very good point, but public infrastutre charging is slowly but surely improving all over. When you combine this with EVs capable of 500+ miles and 80% charge times of
spot on video Rory, my next car will be a Tesla(my first ev), if i can sort the cash it will be my first ever brand new car too :) :)
Great analysis of Tesla. Keep up the good work
Cant wait for the refreshed M3, currently holding out to buy one, the Osborne effect is real
One of the reasons why they are were they are is simply they have no affiliation to petrol and diesel were they are frightened to take that Ev leap. It’s only because of Tesla that the legacy car makers are having to jump on the bandwagon and again as of Tesla proving that Ev’s work governments around the world are legislating co2 emissions.
Nice summary, some glaring mistakes but overall nice videos
The big thing with tesla company is that they do not have to deal with conservative bureaucrats like in any other company, who are too comfortable in well paid positions from huge margin combustion cars to do any transition and they are rather forced to produce EVs. And the result looks like it. They are not forced by government, they are forced by market but its hard to admit.
Fantastic! Very interesting, you always do a great Vlog. I’ve been in Tesla camp for 5 years having a Model S, love it and thinking about a new Y.
Every other car company makes huge promises and they fail to materialize also. But Tesla is the only one in the spotlight.
It started well but ended with a lot of mainstream negatively obsessed media BS about Tesla and FSD. FSD is there, thousands drive around and a car without FSD every 500.000 miles involved in a accident and with FSD every 2.5 million miles, millions and millions of logged miles. Anyone who thinks FSD goes from nothing to millions of cars at once is nuts, that would be dangerous, but FSD is here, not perfect, but it is working, it’s here and a matter of fine tuning that has been going on for years now with great steps. One more thing, the value of Tesla is bit more then making cars, Siemens is not a dishwasher company, not as bad as most old automotive reviews but a lot of important factors in trillion dollar businesses are missed as energy market and AI/robotics.Tip You should not invest yourself
10:15 Citation needed for FSD Beta being linked to multiple fatalities. You might be conflating FSD Beta with legacy Autopilot.
"...I used to carry on my back." Good on you Rory. I always thought you and Harris would have been the perfect pairing for TG.
What is exciting about the stock price is Tesla is multiple businesses within that have huge growth potential. Tesla Energy provides solar and battery for homes, Tesla insurance for it's cars, Tesla full self driving technology will one day enable you to go anywhere and even allow your car to act as an Uber and make money for you while it's not needed. Future tech like Robots are on the way. Tesla isn't a car company, it's a technology company investing in products for humanity to live in a sustainable manner, The future growth is limitless.
Good video Rory, you missed out that Tesla is not just a car company though, they do solar and power storage from individual home size to industrial country size, every Tesla product talks to Tesla HQ and gathers information on everything from energy consumption to road safety and mapping updates, it’s far more than just a car maker.
It’s an innovator, inventor and mineral resources gatherer. Tesla alone has push battery technology far beyond what most would have thought possible, it’s forced other companies and manufacturers to push their limitations and designs to keep up, Tesla release most of their own software as Open-source so others can use it, they have innovated the manufacturing process with their Mega casting which others are also copying too, they have supply contracts with the worlds largest companies to guarantee delivery of parts, they have invested in mining companies to ensure mineral demand is met at a guaranteed price, CHINA changed their own laws so Tesla could build Giga factory Shanghai AND own the business outright, no other non Chinese business has ever been able to setup in China without a Chinese partner. Tesla has in a word, Revolutionised EV manufacturing over and over again to remain at the top.
Yup! Elon's a sharp lad.
The Model Y is already the best selling car in the world.
That's my car in the thumbnail. 😍
This has been the most fair historical review of Tesla I've seen! Tesla content has been so extreme lately
You're probably right, and the fact that some of the best, unbiased content the media can come up with (such as this video) still gets the FSD and twitter/stock price stuff so horribly wrong is very telling. We still have some ways to go
Good video Rory. A couple of points you could have mentioned or elaborated on: The industry leading Safety Scores for the Tesla range across the board. And the child mannequin issue was a dodgy 'test' by an autopilot competitor who fudged the video to try and hide the fact that he was forcing the car out of autopilot to deliberately hit the mannequin.
Precisely. That particular accusation irked me more than a little bit.
I dream about tesla van - take model x - change falcon doors into sliding, make boxy rear end, put inside wheel as well as 7 / 8 proper seats 2 +3 +2/3 with childseat tilt in 2nd row. To lower the costs - delete air ride:)
Good piece. Main comment is that it's wrong to conflate Tesla the company with Tesla stock price. Tesla the company has been doing just fine since 2022 the stock price has obviously fallen a lot but as any savvy investor knows Mr Market is irrational, Tesla went too high and then fell too low and is now somewhere back near where it should be IMO.
The other thing is that the decline in the stock price wasnt caused by Musk buying Twitter. Yes, that has likely had a contributory effect, but if you look at the stock orixes of other comparable businesses, they are all down by comparable amounts over the same period - it's much more to do with the global macro environment (i.e. interest rates and consumer confidence) than anything else.
Nice review however doesn't include how much market conditions over the last 1.5yrs have not only affected Tesla but the whole market
Mr Reid. You need to explain. If you’ve just bought a model y you need to do a video to explain. As of your last video on the model y it sounded like you wouldn’t buy one. So you need to explain.
I hate how if you point out distorted facts, or outright lies against Tesla, you're considered a "Tesla Fanboi" or "Tesla Stan". How about just "interested in the truth"?
Facts.
All reservations and pre orders for the model S and X RHD have been cancelled btw. Personally pretty unhappy to have had zero comms from tesla until the cancellation for over a year. Still keeping my shares but now ill look at the Audi after all.
Rory, I value your opinion more than anyone else on RUclips (with Cars that is), please advise which Model Y and why??
RWD. I'll explain why in a video one day. And thanks... :)
@@AutoTraderTVlooking forward to that video 👍
Finally the mainstream acknowledges tesla despite they don’t advertise 😂😂
Very good and informative video. Thanks for uploading.
this is like a advertisment of tesla.
Really nice video Rory, now we have a bigger picture about tesla.
Brilliant video! So well produced. I'm a Tesla Model Y owner since December. It's undoubtedly the best car I've owned, driven and sat in. But I'm not sure that will allow Tesla to achieve what Apple has in keeping such a strong loyal fanbase. The car industry is far more competitive than the smartphone one with huge amounts of new cars due this year. So it will be interesting to see how Tesla settles in to a much larger pack in the next few years.
Tesla still make the most efficient, safest cars in the world. Even BMW EVs are only scoring 4 stars on Euro NCAP, and Renault Zoe 1 star. Not much of a "pack" to chose from sadly.
Larger packs caming from where ??!!... the only ones "close" to tesla are the Chinese EVS CAR COMPANIES and even them are far away from tesla , after tesla the only company making profits on EVS is BYD BUT A SMALL MARGIN...
Great job Rory, I have ordered my model Y can't wait :)
Great analysis, keep up with the good work
Rory IMO you missed some pertinent information and fail to understand that Tesla is a technology company more than a car company. You missed stating their goal is to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy and transport. EVs are their path to disruption of legacy auto and oil companies. They are working their way to providing mass market vehicles, progressively using profits to build factories globally, as evidenced by the upcoming Mexico giga factory. They are constantly innovating and relentlessly reducing cost, and Musk has open sourced their patents to encourage ev growth. Tesla is heavily into AI and robotics, solar, grid and domestic power storage, development of ai based virtual power plants, electric semi truck, supercharger network, insurance. They make batteries and are setting up a lithium refining plant in the US. They vertically integrate and make safe, efficient and compelling products with cutting edge software. My model 3 is a better car today than when I got it 2 years ago because of free OTA software updates. They are a very focused and well run business on a mission. Do you think you would even be talking about evs now if it wasn’t for Tesla?
I actually admire this presentation more than the car itself 🤩
The success of Tesla and the biggest reason it immediately became a big hit when it hit the market was TIMING!! If Tesla had entered into the market half a decade earlier, it might well have flopped, because the world and people's attitudes would not have been ready to accept the idea of a fully electric car. If Tesla had entered the market half a decade later, another brand could very well have had time to wedge into the market number one. TESLA, however, is exactly the brand that made the electric car mainstream...
Great video!!
Thankyou for clearing up the misinformation and sticking to the facts about Elon/Tesla
So many great points - nice work! - Stan
As much as I want to hate them Tesla have blazed the way. Musk is something special.
Very interesting video Rare
I want my Cybertruck!
Damn this was going really well until we got to the fake news section about FSD and the stock price/twitter saga nonsense. Granted, I'll give you kudos because this was still a far better job and watch than what most media come up with. Others should take note
People keep underestimating the business and technological advantages Teslas have over their competitors
Indeed. Tesla is an acquired taste but they have some of the most advanced tech in cars today, on the road.
What specific technology puts them above other car makers?
@@robertp457 I posted this to someone else weeks ago about comparison between Plaid and Taycan: Tesla is made by best engineers in the world along with spaceX, apple maby... Guys working in Porsche are literally kindergarten in comparison which is evident by poor performance of the Taycan which was made knly to beat the Tesla from 2016... 2 speed gearbox in an ev is the stupidest thing ever along with poor battery design, cooling system that cannot handle the power (not to mention 760 is peak hp, normally 660) so result is a car that overheats after 2nd lap on track and gets beaten by Model 3 after that. Tesla was preparing the Plaid before Porsche even launched and decided to completely demolish it, Plaid has completely new battery with 2x radiators for cooling (along with heatpump and octovalve system), 3 motor configuration which enables true torque vectoring, completely new motors wrapped in carbon fiber to not lose torque on high speeds, completely new suspension system (watch in the vid, its also quite special) along with best euroNcap crash results, much more luxurious interior that matches the Porsche for quality (fact, sit in both back to back, difference is in layout), completely new amd computer for actual fsd, sound system that is better than 10k Burmester in the Taycan and all of this for 50k lower price, 8 years warranty and much more practicality (be that space or superchargers or much better range)... So irl Taycan takes 18s to 250kmh (270kmh top speed), Plaid does it in 9s (over 350kmh top speed, probably to 380kmh safely when unlocked) - and with that Tesla also decided to completely trach the Porsche on the track as well with cc brakes, completely new tuning for suspension and traction, f1 tires...
So you see why is the Tesla so much ahead, frankly Lucid air that has 1111hp loses to the Model X Plaid that has 1020hp and is heavier and much less aerodynamic so Porsche needs to change the whole system or add kver 1200hp to compete which they won't do.
Btw Teslas main business is energy problem solved by Model 3 and Y, and yet they still completely trash the company that has 75y of so called experience
@@robertp457 The over-the-air Updates; no other company uses this to this extent.
The high energy efficiency of all Models, rarely matched by their competitors, combined with the raw power all Models are capable of bringing to the road.
Just to name 3 examples off the top of my head.
Absolutely incredible!
What version of Model Y did you got? Would like a video on that.
That was a very nuanced and well balanced, expertly delivered piece! Kudos.
Their competition is going to get pretty stiff with the legacy car manufacturers upping their game, and China planning to release their EVs in US and Europe.
I saw all the Chinese EVs at Fully Charged Live a week or so so. They are chintzy and the BYDs in particular boring. Best 'Chinese' EV is the MG4. In fact all MGs are sound. Sensible with good ergonomics. But Tesla still blow everyone out of the water. I have a Y and can testify to that.
keep telling me how the "competition is coming" ( prematurely and all over itself) like it has come in the last 11 years😂
You do know that Tesla had to share all of their patents with China before they could set up factories there. Tesla's early advantage is shrinking.
@@richardlabeja Tesla Inovates so fast it's not even using the same motors it did 5 years ago, the Chinese are even having trouble reverse engineering them because Tesla uses a lot of custom tools. Funny enough Tesla was the only new energy vehicle maker in china to make a profit without subsidies last year.
SAIC Group and BYD are about to bury Tesla within the next 2 years!
How: Insane public money on the table around 2010 for anything "EV". Why: Silicon Valley nerds saw the flat panel TV in the dash of the 2012 Model S and had a 'gasm (as such persons usually do alone). It quickly became the "jewel encrusted iPhone" of the region; same car in say, New Jersey and none of us would have heard of it.
I appreciate that you explain the company’s history that others have tried furiously to deny, and you don’t ignore the negatives. You’re keeping it real. 👍
I've heard that dealing with maintenance is an absolute nightmare, never have parts in stock and nobody can work on them aside. Takes month to fix and they brake down often.
Is that true?
Yes it is.
Panel gaps, stuf gets broken, and worst of all when a battery goes wrong they need to pull a brand new car off the producation line to repair anothe rvihicle! Their batteries aren't modular.
Tesla is the only car company is re-thinking every aspect of transportation from the ground up, and innovating at a relentless pace. The hubris of the legacy OEMs let Tesla grow to a formidable giant, while everyone laughed off EVs. Jokes on them, now everyones trying to meet Tesla specs of 2012 with much more expensive loss making cars, while Tesla is now in another league- Making the bare minimum EV that;s still a great car, while making them affordable and at a mass scale, while doing so with industry leading profitability. The Supercharger network makes Teslas the only EV you can buy that can be a true road-tripping car, while legacy OEMs just push out a mediocre EV to you, leaving you to figure out the charging mess.
Really interesting episode
Generally a good piece, although there are many factual errors, giving credibility to Dan O'Dowd's FUD is one of them...
Nice job!!!🎉🎉🎉 . . . Roadster ready in two weeks . . .
Very informative video. The killer British accent helped.
Even after all of this, Mercedes Benz ended up being the first car manufacturer…to get Level 3 Autonomous driving done correctly & US certified.
So I wouldn’t say that Tesla is ahead in technology anymore really. Well they actually were ahead in EV tech, not actual car tech…because cars have been technologically advanced for decades
That system has so many limitations. Just go and google. It's not yet ready for real use.
In 2015, I was on the anti-EV side of the fence. Then I drove a model S at a summer pop-up showroom. And holy s hit, that thing changed my world. Not only was it fast, it reimagined the concept of what a sedan should be. Then when the model x was launched, I finally couldn’t hold back. I bought one in 2017. Today I have a ‘22 Model X and a ‘22 Model Y. I’ve driven all of the other, EV’s, and aside from Rivian, none of them feel right. They are either buggy, or over styled, or lacking the sophistication that seems obvious in a Tesla. A critical area of improvement… Servicing and repair costs. The cost to repair minor body damage is staggering and absurd. But overall, they are the best road trip cars, the best daily drivers, and the most trouble free vehicles I have ever owned. I don’t miss the gas station one bit. I’ll always have love for 80s Mercedes, but other than that I won’t ever buy a new gas car again.
Creativity is the name of the game!!
Tesla is Great with the Grace of God. Like Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run.
@African Girls Are Beautiful this is true. Teslas? Not so much...
Thanks Rory. You are one of the few "legacy" car journalists that talks sense about EVs
Tesla is taking over, good review from start to finish ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great video Rory, extremely well presented and entertaining, thank you. So pleased you got a Model Y, great to have your seal of approval for such a wonderful car. I'm loving mine!
Fundamentally Tesla's success is built on engineering innovation.That's why it will succeed and that's why I'll probably end up buying one.
Most valuable? Its speculation on the stock market. They don't actually" make" that much money.
Lul whaaaat? They have Porche gross margins for car that they sell at 1/3 of the cost, meanwhile any other car maker that isn't BYD is losing catastrophic amount of money on their EVs ( Ford -102% margin, Rivian -280%, Lucid -500% VW e stellantis -60%) but please, keep telling me how the "competition is coming" ( prematurely and all over itself) like it has come in the last 11 years😂 . Not considered the hundreds of billions of dollars of debt for legacy auto.
Price is where it should be. Elon's plan of surpassing Apple's valuation in a few years isn't happening though. Losing to BYD in China and will lose a lot of market share in EU by the Germans as well. US will be their only winning market.
The stock market determines a company’s value. Whether or not it makes sense is irrelevant. For the past few years, Tesla has been the most valuable car company in the world by quite a bit.
@@ajbucks and can fall overnight
@@flaviosalatino8192 still. Fact remains
Keep up the good work 👏
Awesome Insight Rory...