Model Y L vs Rivian R2 Road Trip - Which is Better?

Folks, we come to you live from a small town in America with a little American eery called McDonald's. Apparently, the owner's name

McDonald's. Apparently, the owner's name was Ronald. Today, we are going to be

was Ronald. Today, we are going to be doing a comparison of the Rivian R2 2027 and the Model Y L. Now, the reason I chose to bring the Model Y L on this

trip is because these cars are very close in price. This is $57,990.

that is $59,990.

This specific spec is actually $59,000 as well cuz it's a $2,000 paint option.

These also both have 88 kWh battery packs. So, what we're going to be doing

packs. So, what we're going to be doing in this video, we're road tripping from Phoenix, Arizona up to Las Vegas. We're

going to the SEMA show and then we're road tripping back. So, to lay this video out for you, we're going to be doing an efficiency test and talk about the comfort and features of these vehicles. I'll be switching between

vehicles. I'll be switching between these vehicles, driving both of them to give you an idea of the range differences and all of that stuff. Also

find it fascinating that both these have the same size battery pack battery. It's

so cold out here I can't speak right and when I say cold it's 50° but in Arizona 50 is like 30.

So that's a local fact. But anyways,

that's what we got going here. I've

driven uh the Model Y L so far on this trip. Now I'm going to jump in the R2.

trip. Now I'm going to jump in the R2.

So, the road trip portion for the first half, the middle half will be at SEMA, and then the final half will be the summary and road trip back. So, if you don't want to see the SEMA part, you can skip over that and then go toward the end of the video to get all of our

results. But, uh, as you know, at the

results. But, uh, as you know, at the Jeep's organization, the best part of the videos is the meat. Let's head out.

Also, before this road trip started, I used my Fantic X10 Pro Max to make sure the tire pressure was exactly where it needed to be for both the Rivian R2 and

the Y L. All right, Andrew. So, we just switched cars. Uh, you're currently

switched cars. Uh, you're currently driving the Model Y L. How do you feel about it so far?

Immediately, I feel like the car is just very comfortable. The first thing I

very comfortable. The first thing I noticed was when I get in and rest my head against the the seat, it just feels like there's a lot more cushion behind my head.

Yeah. I mean, it feels just like my car, just a little bit bigger, a little more comfortable in certain areas like like the thigh support extension. That

feels good, too. Yeah. Other than that, it feels just like car model Y's, the premium ones.

Yeah, I agree. I felt the seat comfort's definitely better in the Y L compared to a regular Y. And the suspension is just there's a little bit more bounce to it.

But it is impressive how well they did this thing for it being like a firsttime vehicle. It's very smooth. It's very

vehicle. It's very smooth. It's very

comfortable. Got the heated seats running right now. Yeah, I'm just curious to see what the efficiency is and then what our end result is. But

also, the Model Y Ls incredible from behind. Zen gray interior and then the

behind. Zen gray interior and then the cosmic silver exterior is a great great combo of the two. If I were to get the Y though, I would definitely get the 19-in wheels.

Yeah, I think the 19-in wheels look pretty cool and you get a little bit more comfort and range. So, that's

that's good. The seats are definitely I think it's a combination of the headrest and the extended leg support cuz I'm taller and I feel like it just lets me

just sit upright more comfortably. Yeah,

the suspension's also I I feel like there it's a little bit softer than ours. I don't think it's drastic. I've

ours. I don't think it's drastic. I've

been messing with the ride and handling priority between balance and rear. And I

remember when we were in California testing this out. I felt like it was really hard to tell the difference.

All right, so we're cruising along here in the R2. Take a look at that sky. Huh?

Isn't that something? This thing's

really smooth. And I do have the universal handsree on right now. So, I'm

going to actually do a lane change just to show you guys how that all works.

It's pretty quick. Like, that feels pretty natural. And then we'll go and

pretty natural. And then we'll go and change it back. Love the blind spot camera there.

And we're back into the other lane. And

it's all very good. And then to adjust the speed, that's right here. That's

this one. And then to adjust the spiciness, welcome to Chili's, right? And we can uh adjust all of that. So, when you adjust the driving style of the vehicle, that

changes how aggressively you change lanes, follow distance, and all that stuff. But overall, the R2 has been good

stuff. But overall, the R2 has been good so far. It's very comfortable. Neither

so far. It's very comfortable. Neither

of us are in the Y L or this car running the air conditioning. I just have my heated seat on, and we're cruising along. And comfort's excellent. Get a

along. And comfort's excellent. Get a

little bit better ride height in the R2.

The Model Y L has more of a luxury feel than even a premium Model Y. And also

another thing to note about the Y L is it has staggered wheels. This does not.

This is a square setup. So the wheels that the wheels and tires in the rear of the Model Y in order to handle the extra length of the vehicle and keep it stabilized and the extra weight are wider. So that's why they had to do

wider. So that's why they had to do that. But that's also going to hurt

that. But that's also going to hurt efficiency. So I'm just really curious

efficiency. So I'm just really curious to see what the efficiency on a road trip like this ends up being. Because

here's the thing. I've got a charging stop in an hour and 40 minutes. The

Tesla planned out the same exact charging stop. So, it's on paper it says

charging stop. So, it's on paper it says it's going to make zero difference with both of these vehicles. And there's been all this talk and myself included about how off the highway mileage is compared

to what it's rated at from the R2, but it may make zero difference on this specific road trip. That's the thing. A

lot of your driving is going to be around town, but that's why we're testing this to kind of figure it out.

But overall, so far it's been great. I

just miss the having the self-driving in the the Model Y L and in and Teslas in general is on a on a road trip is so nice to have. Um it's just nice to have

the option. But the Universal hands-free

the option. But the Universal hands-free uh has been good so far. Not quite at the 100 mile mark. Kind of forgot. But

here are the numbers. 111 miles driven, 272.8 8 watt hours per mile and 30.3 kwatt

hours used. 61% battery state of charge

hours used. 61% battery state of charge currently and that's 192 mi uh rated 161 miles into this trip and here's some

big differences that have already started to expand. I've used 56 kwatt hours of energy so far in the Rivian R2.

I just had Andrew take a picture in the Model Y. He's at like 44 kilwatt hours

Model Y. He's at like 44 kilwatt hours consumed. Again,

consumed. Again, we're in Baghdad, by the way.

Andrew just said we are in Baghdad.

That's correct. We are in Baghdad. Shout

out to Baghdad if anyone's watching from Baghdad. Big fan of the great roadways

Baghdad. Big fan of the great roadways here. Huge difference there. I'll have

here. Huge difference there. I'll have

the percentage at the bottom of the screen, but uh yeah, so you you can see, but again, is it going to matter on this trip? We'll see what the charging time

trip? We'll see what the charging time the differences in charging are. Um that

that's a pretty big difference. I also

have the coefficient of drag of the Model Y is significantly better. If you

look at the Model Y L and you look at the Rivian R2, this is shaped like a brick and that is shaped like an an egg, which is more the most that we've gotten to use the walkie-talkies in one session, by the

way.

Yeah, shout out walkietalkies US. By the

way, we love these things. These have

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but they sponsored me last year. We I

use these all the time and the owner of this company, Andy, shout out to Andy, he is a supporter of the Jebs organization. So, these are excellent.

organization. So, these are excellent.

Again, they we I talked to him when he was in Tokyo, Japan at the airport. I

was in Pennsylvania. He was in Tokyo and we talked on these things because they have LTE sell service and they act as walkie-talkies. They're incredible. It's

walkie-talkies. They're incredible. It's

fully encrypted. It wasn't paid to say that at all, but the discount code still works. I don't I don't get a commission

works. I don't I don't get a commission or anything. They're just great. Quick

or anything. They're just great. Quick

update for you here. Battery just

started preconditioning. We are 23 miles out from the charger. Battery is

preconditioning. It's currently, I think, at 85. Yeah, 86 degrees.

is our battery temp. Generally, what I'm seeing is 100 to 105 degrees is the sweet spot for where you want to be for fast charging. So, yeah. So, we're

fast charging. So, yeah. So, we're

currently warming the battery up a little bit. Uh, and it's cool. Again,

little bit. Uh, and it's cool. Again,

the Rivian, this is great. The Rivian

and Tesla both have route planning and battery preconditioning. Some people,

battery preconditioning. Some people, for some reason, I think they just don't know what they're talking about, but they will argue you don't need route planning and you don't need battery preconditioning. Like for the Subarus

preconditioning. Like for the Subarus and and Lexuses and Toyotas that I've driven, which are all basically on the same platform, they don't have route planning. And in an electric vehicle,

planning. And in an electric vehicle, that's a big problem because the battery needs to be at the right temperature for the perfect charging speed and overall health of the battery. And then the other thing is route planning. There's

not as many chargers as there are gas stations. So, you have to have that. You

stations. So, you have to have that. You

need that planning to make your road tripping easy. Both Rivian and Tesla do

tripping easy. Both Rivian and Tesla do a nice job. Tesla does the best job because they have the best charging network that's integrated with their vehicle specifically. Like, yes, this

vehicle specifically. Like, yes, this Rivian can use the Tesla network. It can

use about a third of the Tesla network.

That Model Y can use 75,000 chargers.

This can use about 25,000, which is the V3 and V4 chargers of this vehicle. So,

it's just it's just uh something to be aware of. You know, if you're going to

aware of. You know, if you're going to be road tripping a ton, I would rather be in the Tesla because of the reliable charging network and because of the full self-driving.

But again, this thing is super comfortable for around town. So, that's

like a little difference between because people automatically think, "Oh, it has access to the Tesla network. That's all

of the chargers." Um, and that's not true. So, uh, yeah. So, we're rolling

true. So, uh, yeah. So, we're rolling along here nicely. Batteries

preconditioning. Shout out to the Corolla S, the fastest car on the streets. Back in the Model Y L. One

streets. Back in the Model Y L. One

thing I noticed right here out of the back, the visibility out of the rear window is significantly better because it's more bulbous to accommodate for the room, the headroom in the third row. So

rear visibility in the Model Y L compared to a just a standard Model Y is significantly better. Just another

significantly better. Just another difference between both of those. But it

is nice to be back in the vehicle that can just follow its navigation commands and take me to my destination. It's

going to take me right to the charger.

So, what we've decided to do on this trip is there's a parking lot. There's a

shopping center that has a Tesla charger and it has Rivian chargers all in the same area. So, we're going to get there

same area. So, we're going to get there and charge up before going to our hotel because I don't think the hotel has uh EV charging. That way, when we leave,

EV charging. That way, when we leave, our cars have a substantial substantial substantial amount of charge for us to get going there. So, that's the that's

the update. Shout out Kingman, Arizona

the update. Shout out Kingman, Arizona and Peach Springs.

It's not talked about enough.

Now, just coming out of driving the Rivian R2 for a few hours and then jumping into the Model Y L in terms of which is more comfortable.

It It's like it's truly a tossup. This

with the longer wheelbase, like over this bridge I'm going over, it seems to handle those bumps with more ease. It's

more smooth over it, I think, because the longer wheelbase absorbs those bumps better. But overall, they're both

better. But overall, they're both extremely comfortable. I I just really

extremely comfortable. I I just really like how the having the extra visibility out of the back, having the longer wheelbase gives you a little bit more of a luxurious ride. I think the big

difference I noticed between the two is the Model Y L is slightly quieter. It

feels quieter in this cabin. And also,

the build quality is feels tighter in here. everything feels a little bit more

here. everything feels a little bit more put together. Whereas the R2 feels like

put together. Whereas the R2 feels like there's just there's more rattles coming out of the vehicle. This thing all feels tight. Also, these vehicles both have

tight. Also, these vehicles both have the same amount of mileage on them. They

have about 400 mile difference between them. So, similar mileage vehicles,

them. So, similar mileage vehicles, similar tire wear, all of that stuff.

And the Y L it truly is a bit of a it's definitely an upgrade in terms of luxury experience from Tesla products. It's

even a step up from the Y premium. So,

it just it feels really nice. I mean,

just to look at these seats, and then you have the extra thigh support down here, which I have fully expanded. They've done a a truly a nice

expanded. They've done a a truly a nice job. So, the two big differences in

job. So, the two big differences in terms of suspension feel, they're it's a toss up. I I don't think you could drive

toss up. I I don't think you could drive one or the other and say, I kind of like this one better than the other. The R2

just sits up a little bit higher. And

the R2 also has an adaptable suspension.

That's cuz that's an R2 performance. So

you can adapt the suspension from firm, medium to soft. Whereas this, it does have in dynamics here, you can change uh the balance we're on. You can also

adjust for rear comfort. So if there's some rear occup occupants in your vehicle, you can uh be a little bit softer back there in balance to keep them more stable, which is a cool uh

tuning effect they've added to let you choose in the uh our the Y. I forgot

that there is captain chairs in the back. So that's why I just turned around

back. So that's why I just turned around and double took that. So yeah, both are excellent in terms of comfort and we are here. We are route 66. Isn't

that something? Okay, so here's been the difference so far. 59.1 kwatt hours used, 72 kwatt hours used in the R2.

Same exact distance driven. So 18% more energy consumed driving the R2. So, now

we're going to be doing our first charge stop and see what the difference is between charging here. But apparently,

this is the only charge stop we're going to need going from Phoenix to Las Vegas.

Also, check out that Cyber Truck right there. Look at that thing.

there. Look at that thing.

The Nature Nest. It's a cool looking Cybert truck that they got there. It's

foundation series and uh and we like that, folks. So, anyways, yeah, the R2

that, folks. So, anyways, yeah, the R2 here, they're both both good-looking vehicles. Let's do a charge test and see

vehicles. Let's do a charge test and see what the difference is in charging time.

All right, so let's try the plug-in charge here. R2 charge port here.

charge here. R2 charge port here.

Native NACS. Let's see if it's plug- and charge. And it's starting charging

charge. And it's starting charging immediately. All right. Now, let's plug

immediately. All right. Now, let's plug the Y in. Let's go over there. Speedun.

Speedun.

There we go. And we're ramping up. So,

250 kW max charging speed. 230 max

charging speed on the This says 5 minutes to continue on trip. 5 minutes

remaining. Love to see that. Let's see

what the R2 says. And I'm jumping in this on the rest of the way.

Resume trip in 15 minutes and then an hour and 31 minutes if we want to go all the way to 100%. So 10 minutes time difference uh charging. We got our

battery up to 90° for preconditioning.

So yeah, 10 minutes that's pretty significant. The fact that that's only a

significant. The fact that that's only a 5minut stop on a 320 mi segment of the road trip. Pretty impressive. That's not

road trip. Pretty impressive. That's not

even enough time to go to Fatburg and we love Fatburger. So yeah, I guess you're

love Fatburger. So yeah, I guess you're going to jump in R2. I'm going to jump in Y. We're going to continue on our way

in Y. We're going to continue on our way to Vegas. We'll see you there, folks.

to Vegas. We'll see you there, folks.

So, so far on this road trip, the big difference has been the energy consumption of the Rivian R2. It has

taken 18% more energy to drive the exact same amount of distance in the Model Y L. But as we've seen so far, the

L. But as we've seen so far, the navigation in both vehicles chose the same exact charging stop. So in the end, it only may be a 10 to 15minute

difference in arrival. All right, a little check-in in the R2 after charging up in Kingman. I have uh 201 miles of

stated range at 59%. I'm about 10 mi out from the Kingman charger and so far 216 mi into this trip averaging 2.81

m per kowatt hour and 77 kwatt hours used on the way to the Rivian Adventure Network in Las Vegas. We'll arrive there with 16% battery according to the

computer and we got an hour and 29 minutes and 96 miles left in into this drive. All right, so efficiency update

drive. All right, so efficiency update from the Tesla Model Y. Now, I'm a little ahead of Andrew. I'm at 228.9 miles 65.5

kwatt hours used, uh 286 W hours per mile. So, that is uh the update at 229 miles. Back to you, Dan.

Back to you in the studio. Well, I just had an embarrassingly long conversation with AI about outer space and what's beyond the universe and things like that. And then I started talking about

that. And then I started talking about the Egyptians and all that stuff. I was

then interrupted by a guy just hosing on the side of the road. If you're going to pull off the side of the road and hose, open both doors on the passenger side

and create yourself a little stall. I

don't need to see the stream. It was a nice stream, but I don't need to see it.

And also, look at these snowcapped mountains.

Vegas looking good. We are capped up in early November in Vegas. Okay, so we are arriving in Vegas. We are How far are we? Yeah, 4 minutes from where we need

we? Yeah, 4 minutes from where we need to go. And you can see the guitar on the

to go. And you can see the guitar on the strip. And of course, I start recording

strip. And of course, I start recording when you cannot see the guitar.

Okay, I'm a liar. Come on, give me that guitar. Don't make me a liar.

guitar. Don't make me a liar.

I'm a liar. All right. You know what I think is funny? And it's not funny, but it's weird. Uh, I just drove by a

it's weird. Uh, I just drove by a homeless guy, right? And he was wearing khaki pants and I thought he had no pants on from a distance. But as I

looked him in the eye, as my car drove me by him, I gave him this like me smiling and nodding at him is going to improve his situation at all.

Unbelievable. I need to do better. All

right, so check this out. We only used 86.3 kilwatt hours, meaning we could have done this entire trip with with the choices between Kla Harris and

we could have done this entire trip on one charge. Now, huge caveat to that

one charge. Now, huge caveat to that stat is I didn't have to use air conditioning the entire way here because it's only 62 degrees outside. So, I just use the heated seat in the morning. So,

that's a huge energy drain. but could

have done this entire 317 milei 4hour 48 minute trip in one charge. So that's

really impressive for a car that's this big. Staggered wheels, things like that.

big. Staggered wheels, things like that.

So that was really efficient. So now

we're going to do our charge test. All

right, so with our arrival, we arrived with 13% state of charge. We're already

up to 14. And there is our charging speed. 860 mph, charging at 221 kW. So

speed. 860 mph, charging at 221 kW. So

we're moving along nicely. Plugged in

and it charged right away. So, overall,

easy trip, ramped up nicely, and then we will run a little comparison, seeing how long it takes this to get to 85% and how long it takes the R2 to get to 85%. The

reason I'm charging to 85% is so we get to our destination on the strip with about 80% battery, which is a healthy state to leave the hotel and make our

return trip fairly easy. So, that's why I chose that. Just kind of uh to give you an idea of why I made that decision.

As far as the exterior looks of the Y L goes, I still think I would opt with the 19-in wheels as opposed to the 20s. Both

of them are staggered. I just I don't know. I just like the I like the 19s

know. I just like the I like the 19s better. I think it's a better looking

better. I think it's a better looking wheel and you get slightly better efficiency out of them. But obviously

looks are subjective, so that's up to you. But it's not a bad looking wheel.

you. But it's not a bad looking wheel.

Uh and it's also completely covered for aerodynamic efficiency. I just think I

aerodynamic efficiency. I just think I like the 19s better. arrived at the Rivian Adventure Network and I have 74 miles of range with 22%

uh state of charge on arrival. Total of

312.3 m driven from the initial location, 2.86 m per kowatt hour and 110 total kilowatt

hours used for the entire trip. So, I'll

go ahead and plug the R2 in. It requires

the CCS to NACS adapter for this charging location. This is what it looks

charging location. This is what it looks like. So, I'm going to put the adapter

like. So, I'm going to put the adapter on and then get it plugged in and charged. All right, I got the car

charged. All right, I got the car plugged in. For some reason, those three

plugged in. For some reason, those three Rivian chargers, none of them was working. I'd plug it in and it would say

working. I'd plug it in and it would say unplug try again. Right here, I am plugged into one of these two chargers and these ones have NACS just native

right there. So I was able to just plug

right there. So I was able to just plug in without that adapter. So currently

we are at 96 or 97 miles 28% and we arrived with 22%.

185 kW of power at 29%. And then I'm going to keep track of how long it takes to get to 85%. Quick update. At the 73%

mark, we have 247 miles of range. We're at 97 kW at 73%.

Okay, charging is finished. We charged

to 85% and it took 28 minutes and 55 seconds to go from 22% to 85%. Uh, so

charging started at 9:45 a.m. Ended at

10:14 a.m. and 28 minutes 55 seconds on the stopwatch. So at 85% we had 287

the stopwatch. So at 85% we had 287 miles displayed and we started at 74 miles. So we added 213

miles. So we added 213 miles on this charge. All right, so a summary of what just happened on the trip up to Las Vegas. The Rivian R2

consumed 110 kwatt hours of energy. This

consumed 86.7 kW of energy or 22% less energy was consumed with the Model Y.

But as we showed, it was only one charging stop on the way up here. This

just took an extra 10 minutes of charging. So when the Rivian R2 arrived,

charging. So when the Rivian R2 arrived, it was 9:35 a.m. But unfortunately,

Andrew had issues getting the car plugged in at the Rivian Adventure network. Luckily, there was an NACS port

network. Luckily, there was an NACS port available, and he was able to charge the car. After 10 minutes of figuring out

car. After 10 minutes of figuring out which charger was going to work, he was able to charge. So, charging took 28 minutes and 55 seconds to go from his

arrival percentage of 22% or 74 miles all the way up to 287 miles at 87% or 23 mi added. The Model Y was a different

mi added. The Model Y was a different story. It arrived with 13% or 41 mi and

story. It arrived with 13% or 41 mi and at 85% was 267 mi of range. So, a

charging time of 38 minutes, which is 10 minutes longer than what the R2 took and 226 mi added, which is only 13 more

miles than what the R2 added. So, again,

what the R2 is proving is it's not as efficient, but it was 10 minutes faster charging. So, what the R2 loses in

charging. So, what the R2 loses in efficiency, it makes up for charging speed in comparison to the Model Y L.

Now, a lot of this stuff is for road trips and things. If you're not taking a ton of road trips, it won't really matter. And really, for this road trip,

matter. And really, for this road trip, it didn't matter that much. You wouldn't

notice that this is taking a little bit longer to charge. And for the one stop, it was 5 minutes. This was 15 minutes.

And then when you got up to Vegas and had to do a deeper charge in the pack, this actually took longer than this took. So, it's kind of kind of a tossup.

took. So, it's kind of kind of a tossup.

Really, the main advantage of the Model Y L I feel, is having the self-driving, but the comfort of both of the vehicles is excellent. So, I think this is a

is excellent. So, I think this is a really tight comparison so far. But, uh,

now that this portion of the video is done, we're going to go to SEMA. I'm

going to try to find whatever I can for electric cars at SEMA. And then at the end of the video, we'll do a summary on the road trip back with these two vehicles. Hey, please like the video if

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Okay, we just made it to the show here.

I walked in the West Hall. We see our boys at Expel here. So, we're going to check out the Expel booth real quick.

You can see they have the Vision GT. So,

this is a true oneofone vehicle. Price

is honestly unknown for this thing. It's

this is the only one on planet Earth. I

even heard the guy was off the guy who owned it, they had to pull it out of his living room. Okay, so in my living room,

living room. Okay, so in my living room, I have IKEA furniture. Some people have one of one Bugattis that you can take directly to the racetrack, which is absurd. Then over there, we have a 787B.

absurd. Then over there, we have a 787B.

Let's check this out. So, this is the 787B. It's the only rotary engine to

787B. It's the only rotary engine to ever win Lemon. It won Le Man's. Is it

Lemon or Lemons? I don't even know. I'm

not French. It won it in 1991. Now, this

isn't the specific car that won. This is

a sister car to it. I think this one actually finished eighth. But just

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the years. My videos did well enough to the point where I am now sponsored by Expel. Uh, but their stuff is excellent.

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historic vehicle. But the nice thing is is we're going to put a heat gun to it.

So, you can imagine if you put your car out in a parking lot and it's in uh and it's sitting in Phoenix, where Phoenix, by the way, is the oven, right? So, when

you put your oven on 400, that's what Phoenix feels like. It will actually mold the film back into its original film, getting rid of all of those scratches. So, I've used this on my car

scratches. So, I've used this on my car for years because I had a car, my Focus ST years ago, and it looked like I sandlasted the front of the vehicle after 70,000 mi. But with this film on,

it's a self-healing film, it keeps your car perfect. So, if you value that, this

car perfect. So, if you value that, this is absolutely what I would recommend.

And then I'll have their dealer locator below again so you can type in your destination because I recently went to uh Expel's headquarters to do some work with them. And what I found is everyone

with them. And what I found is everyone that's an Expel dealer has to go through a specific training process. So it's not like you can just call up Expel and get film. They have to hit a certain uh

film. They have to hit a certain uh level of quality control to sell the film. So that's why I like their stuff.

film. So that's why I like their stuff.

That's why I've used it even before they contacted me and this is what it is. So

that's why we're here at SEMA. Are you

feeling low on energy? Introducing Expel

Energy. If you're low, we'll bring you up. All right, folks. Now, we're at the

up. All right, folks. Now, we're at the Wolf Box booth. So, these are one of my favorite things, these blowers. Check

this out.

Trying to score a goal here. God. See if

we can get it through the other end.

We did it, folks. Everyone else is here like looking at uh motor builds and I'm playing soccer with an air blower, but I love these things. So, I've worked with Wolf Box a bunch of times. They have all kinds of accessories here. The M400 is

the is the bigger version of this. They

also have the M500, which I'll show you right now. Look at

this thing. Let's fire this thing up.

There you go.

This thing, this would be like for blowing leaves off of a porch or something like that.

Plus, it has a light there. And then we just power it down. The other thing that Wolf Box carries, which again, this really isn't much for EVs, but this is a portable jump starter here. And it's a

4,000 amp, 160 PSI unit. Not only can you jump start your vehicle, you can also use it as an air compressor. So, 15

jump starts for your vehicle. So, this

thing is really impressive as well, especially for winter coming up, battery dies. Having something on this could uh

dies. Having something on this could uh save you off the side of the road or wherever you're at. Now, the other interesting thing about Wolfbox is so they have all of those products as well.

They even have dash cameras, which we'll show you shortly. They even have tano covers for trucks. You can see this retractable uh tano cover they have here in addition to the dash cam. So, let's

check out the dash cams. So, their newest dash cam right here is the Flex Pilot. So, this is currently at

Pilot. So, this is currently at Kickstarter event, but basically what they've done is they've detached the camera from the digital rear view mirror so you can place it better on the front

of your windshield. And they've added cameras so you can have a rear bumper camera. You can even have side cameras

camera. You can even have side cameras out of the side of your vehicle. And all

of these can be shown on the digital rearview mirror. They have a whole

rearview mirror. They have a whole lineup here of everything. And the G900 Pro is what I've actually shown on my channel. We installed it on my friend's

channel. We installed it on my friend's Tacoma. Again, you can see just having

Tacoma. Again, you can see just having this built in as a dash just having this built in as a dash cam kind of upgrades your car and also as a recorder and all that type of stuff. I

just think this stuff works really well.

My personal favorite of all of their products are just their blowers. This is

the M200 and then the M400. Just really

useful for when I'm washing my car and blowing the air out of those really tight spaces. It just makes it better.

tight spaces. It just makes it better.

And I use it for all You can use these for keyboards. You can blow the leaves

for keyboards. You can blow the leaves off your porch or dust around the house.

I've just found a bunch of use cases for these outside of my vehicle. So, really

enjoy that thing and I enjoyed scoring a goal in soccer. All right, now jumping in here, I want to show you the flex the flex pilot uh that they have installed here. So, obviously you have your

here. So, obviously you have your digital dash. If you swipe over, you can

digital dash. If you swipe over, you can see underneath the vehicle. And what

they've done with this this dash cam/digital rear view mirror, they've given you the ability now to place the cameras where you want them. So, if

you're doing off-roading, you can see here that they have it placed underneath the vehicle so you can see your clearance. And if we swipe over, there's

clearance. And if we swipe over, there's the front view. And if we swipe again, we have all four views here. So, you

have your front view, your rear view. We

got some people having lunch out back.

And then we have underneath the car, and then lower part of the car. So, instead

of you having to have a spotter while you're doing your off-roading, you have the capability to place the the camera exactly where you want it. And you can when you're done off-roading, you could move it to a different part of the

vehicle. It's actually pretty simple.

vehicle. It's actually pretty simple.

So, really cool device. It also has voice commands like take a picture and it just takes a picture automatically. And then you can also

automatically. And then you can also pull all the footage off of here with the SD card that they have installed.

Now, here's the other thing you're going to be wondering. you're going to be like, "Well, I I don't know how to wire things. I'm not that technical." You

things. I'm not that technical." You

don't have to hardwire this to your vehicle. You can plug it into a 12vt

vehicle. You can plug it into a 12vt like the cigarette lighter areas and it works perfectly like that. So, if you've never installed something into a vehicle, you're not going to have any issue installing this into your vehicle.

So, they're well priced. This is on the Kickstarter right now. Uh, but I've used these products in the past. It's very

easy to install and it works great, especially when you're in a scenario where you actually need it. if you get into an accident or something happens, you have this footage on here to be at

your back. So again, Wolf Box has a wide

your back. So again, Wolf Box has a wide variety of products. These dash cams are excellent and the blowers are like the two my two favorite things. So if you're in the market for something like this, I will have this specifically linked

below. This would be a great Christmas

below. This would be a great Christmas present, especially to add some tech to an older vehicle. They also have these power running boards built in. Check

this out. So I open the door that powers down. you're able to easily step into

down. you're able to easily step into the vehicle. So again, sturdy thing and

the vehicle. So again, sturdy thing and it pops out for you. It's in a nice way to uh upgrade an older vehicle or a car that just doesn't have that option from the factory. All right, so new product

the factory. All right, so new product here from Wolf Box that I want to show you. So this is the M200. This is the

you. So this is the M200. This is the M200 Pro. Okay, so you have this nice

M200 Pro. Okay, so you have this nice little cover on the back here, which is good. And then if you want to adjust the

good. And then if you want to adjust the fan speed, you do that with this dial here, which is great. So, and it's got a little light. Overall, just upgraded

little light. Overall, just upgraded version of this. So, if you're shopping, if you're in the market, maybe check out the pro version. Ask Santa Claus for that. One of my favorite things about

that. One of my favorite things about coming to SEMA is everyone uses the staircase as a place to sit and then they use the escalators to go up. It's

like everyone has broken legs. Just so

you know, you can use the staircase and just walk up. You don't have to sit at it. All right. So, this might be

it. All right. So, this might be something a little outside of what we're used to here, but this is this is my coworker. anytime another YouTuber.

coworker. anytime another YouTuber.

Those are my co-workers, right? So, this

is my co-orker James the Strad man.

Beautiful 2012 Lamborghini Aventador in a full carbon body kit. This thing is absurd. It's also just cool to see it in

absurd. It's also just cool to see it in person. My favorite part of what he's

person. My favorite part of what he's done here is this little touch right here. The Strad logo. Let's get a Let's

here. The Strad logo. Let's get a Let's pull it in tight on that. And then the fully custom pink interior. Look at

that. In loving memory. Yeah, he lost his dad. It's really sad. And he's got

his dad. It's really sad. And he's got the floor mats for that. And then their custom exhaust here. Take a look at that. Look at that Strad plate. It's

that. Look at that Strad plate. It's

gorgeous.

Beautiful. So folks, as you know, the Jeeps organization grows on a daily basis. We have Jonathan here with

basis. We have Jonathan here with Rustoleum. We've got some new products

Rustoleum. We've got some new products going to walk us through here cuz I saw it on uh social media. So the the advertising is working. So let's check it out.

Absolutely.

All right. So what do we got here?

So this is a gamechanging product. You

know, uh you have your standard foam cannon. Typically sometimes you don't

cannon. Typically sometimes you don't want to break it out.

It's a pain in the That's why I don't use one.

Exactly. So, this is a really nice way to kind of bridge the gap there and everyone can have a nice foam spraying experience. It's cool. It's good value,

experience. It's cool. It's good value, too, for around 15 bucks. Six to eight car washes.

So, yeah, really easy. And you can actually pair it up. So, we have essentially you'd spray it on and then as you're drying off, you have another pear product with a ceramic

coating. So, it really does give really

coating. So, it really does give really nice hydrophobic coatings as well. So if

you because my cars are ceramic coated, this is the kind of stuff I want to use because it's more of a pH neutral chemical so it's not ripping the coating apart.

Exactly. Exactly. But it's really easy.

When it's wet, spray it on, you can just wipe it off. But this one is everyone's talking about it. So it really is a great product.

So what do we do here? So we hook the hose up to it. Standard garden hose and then you have an actuator here that you would go ahead and start seeing that foamy suds.

Wow.

Absolutely.

Yeah. Well, that's the that's my thing with the foam cannon and like car washing in general is yeah, it's nice to have a pressure washer. It's nice to have a foam cannon, but it's more setup.

I I only have so much time. I have kids.

I'm running the Jeep's organization.

We're doing all kinds of things. So,

this is that this does fix it.

So, 68 car washes, 15 bucks. That's

pretty good value.

Absolutely.

Okay. So, now you have Is there anything else here we should This This is all other tire shine, ceramic w. This is the new This is the the highlight.

Yeah. You know, Rustoleum is uh known as a paint company. Yes. But what we do have is really good R&D scientists that look at every product, do testing, do the analytics. So, this product, it

the analytics. So, this product, it really does work and it's longlasting.

Uh we're also known for our tire shine and wheel and tire cleaner. So, you

know, you can kind of do the whole car at the end of the day.

Now, what else do we have over here with truck bed liner?

Yeah. So, this is a gamechanging experience. What's up, Sean?

experience. What's up, Sean?

Oh my god.

That's big Sean. He's the man.

Sean could throw me out of this building. You can either roll on a

building. You can either roll on a coating or spray it on with an air compressor. It's very similar. We're

compressor. It's very similar. We're

really bridging the gap and making it more approachable for users. For 159, I actually want to show you this spray gun. You get eight cans in a kit as well

gun. You get eight cans in a kit as well as a twiston spray. So, it's actually really cool.

Let me go here. Boom.

Okay.

So, yeah, you have your top coat here.

Super nice. And I'll actually let you hold it.

Let me fire this thing. Yeah,

absolutely.

I don't even have a license. All right,

so we can uh just hit this right here.

Oh, no. It's It's not live right now.

But now just to see the I mean it's a really premium inhand experience.

That's all it is.

Exactly.

Wow.

Yeah. So you get a base coat which is really great rust, corrosion resistance, adhesion, and then you have that top coat which is really thick. It looks

like it was done professionally.

It is a really great product.

The product that I always remember is Rhino Liner, you know. Very. Yeah. DIY rhino liner. I

you know. Very. Yeah. DIY rhino liner. I

don't know.

So, this is just going to be probably closer. You know, it's 159, so it's

closer. You know, it's 159, so it's really approachable for a full six foot bed.

Wow.

Yeah.

Wow. Okay.

No, we're excited about it.

Yeah. No, I appreciate your time.

Hey, thank you. I picked you up, man.

I'm a big fan. Yeah. No, I appreciate that. So, do you have a Tesla or

that. So, do you have a Tesla or something or what are you driving?

Um, I am driving a Lexus right now, but the Model Y L. I'm waiting for it to get off launch edition and I'm grabbing it.

That's what I drove up here on a road trip with the R2 side by side road trip test. It's very comfortable.

test. It's very comfortable.

I heard it's very efficient, too.

Yeah. So, you're going to be able to see in this video. That's what I'm driving.

Useful. So, thanks, man. Good meeting.

Thank you. Great meeting you.

All right. So, one of my favorite brands to point out every year at SEMA is the Rag Company. These are the best drying

Rag Company. These are the best drying towels. I don't want to hear anything

towels. I don't want to hear anything else. Look at this. I use these on my

else. Look at this. I use these on my car constantly. So, this is the

car constantly. So, this is the liquidator. Comes in a few different

liquidator. Comes in a few different sizes here. And they also have this uh

sizes here. And they also have this uh microfiber detergent here, which if you want to increase the longevity of your microfers, this is what you need to be using cuz the fibers will grab up the

dirt and hold it and you need to wash them to release the dirt to get the most out of them. So, the Liquidator, if you're looking if you like to hand wash your car and you're looking for a towel that actually, you know how in the

videos they take them and they drape them over the car and they pull it across the hood. This thing works incredibly well and I've actually had it for years now. So, it comes in a bunch of different sizes. This is the 1500.

These are much heavier than the Liquidator. I just kind of like this

Liquidator. I just kind of like this size right here. So, I'll have these linked in the description of this video.

And then this is the double the double twisters. This thing's really thick.

twisters. This thing's really thick.

You can see. And it comes in a couple different colors as well. So, in terms of a drying towel, I don't think there's anything better than this. And they're

also fairly priced. So, I'll have all of that linked in the description. And one

of the newer products from the rag company is going to be their microfiber detergent. Again, this is what I have

detergent. Again, this is what I have samples of right here. But it's nice because you squeeze it, it fills up this chamber, and then you pour it right into your washer. So, uh, yeah, in terms of

your washer. So, uh, yeah, in terms of microfers, especially the drying towels, I don't think this can be beat. All

right, so I saw a cool product here that caught my eye. This is Carmine. And are

you the inventor of this product? So,

this is detail guards is the brand. This

is dirt lock here. And you've actually enhanced the performance of grit guards.

So just tell us about that real quick.

Well, basically we looked at the bucket filters and said, "Hey, uh there's a lot of room for improvement here and uh we came up with this. This is basically fluid dynamics that work at at its

best." Basically, you when you put your

best." Basically, you when you put your hand into a bucket and you create that pressure wave of your hand going in and pulling out, the vacuum of your hand pulling out, that's what drives this

whole thing. So both motions up and down

whole thing. So both motions up and down create a downward suction. That's what's

incredible about it. It it's it's not one way, it's both ways. You're sucking

material down below the filter into the trap zone and it's called dirt lock because once everything is down there, it's trapped down there and it won't come back up. So, we started off with this.

I've got a quick demo here.

Yeah, let's see the demo.

Here's our unit. Here's a representation of an average bucket filter. And when

your mitt goes up in there and comes up, pulls back out, you can see what I was talking about. That double whammy

talking about. That double whammy pressure wave and suction. And there

it's actually the sand is actually clumping together because it's so still.

There's no movement. Once it's down in there, it's trapped down there.

That's crazy.

It is. And and again, until we brought this demo to to the show that people could actually see with their own eyes before we had uh monitors comments, oh, it's AI digital created and all that.

Well, we brought it right in everybody's face.

I'm physically here. This is not AI.

So, that's really cool. From that, we looked at the bucket and we said, "Hey, look, we got 360° of real estate here doing nothing. Let's make it work for

doing nothing. Let's make it work for us." So, the performance of the dirt

us." So, the performance of the dirt lock that's one directional is the same thing with these scrub wall. These

panels snap into the dirt lock. Okay.

You build it as you want. A lot of guys tend to uh want to match their their company logo colors, right? Sports team.

Exactly. And you end up with a cool looking bucket either way. So, how this works, when you put this in the bucket, the gap that's between the scrub wall and the pail, when you put that in

there, that gap, when you move your hand from side to side, now it sucks the water outward down between that gap and drives the dirt right to the bottom. So,

you end up with the cleanest possible water in the middle as well as the coolest looking bucket in the world.

And this can eliminate the two bucket method for a lot of people.

Well, this is what's happen because I like one bucket. I don't like to pull a bunch of stuff out, you know.

We got the a lot of the mobile guys, they carry tanks on their trucks and whatever. So, they were telling us that

whatever. So, they were telling us that they can do multiple vehicles with one bucket of water with the 5gallon. But if

we had a 3 and 12 gallon version, so we came out with a 3 and 1/2 gallon version. So, it's a smaller bucket,

version. So, it's a smaller bucket, easier for them to carry around, right?

Yeah. Cuz every inch matters for them in their Exactly. And and we like to look at it

Exactly. And and we like to look at it like we're helping the planet, too, because we're using less water and doing more vehicles, right?

Hey, look. And I cover electric vehicles.

So, that's all my audience wants to do.

They want to be greener, help the planet. So, look at this. We tied it all

planet. So, look at this. We tied it all back in. I I'm really impressed with

back in. I I'm really impressed with this. So, thank you for your time and

this. So, thank you for your time and showing me this. I will uh I'm going to be purchasing one of these to do to go wash my own vehicle. So, best

brand name I've seen here, DZ.

Built for what matters. The other thing that's kind of fun at SEMA is a lot of guys here will bring concubines with them to the show. And that's very fun.

That's very fun to see. Is that a concubine? Is that a concubine?

concubine? Is that a concubine?

Concubine is also one of my very favorite words. A friend of mine, Jeff,

favorite words. A friend of mine, Jeff, just introduced it to me. And I just can't stop using it. Yeah, SEMA's SEMA's kind of a I will say for electric

vehicle stuff, it's gone way downhill.

They don't they don't Look at that.

That's electric. Isn't that electric?

Yeah.

Anyways, uh this is not the place to come to uh talk about electric cars with anyone. They don't want to hear it. I

anyone. They don't want to hear it. I

don't even think there's an EV section anymore. But there's also a lot of stuff

anymore. But there's also a lot of stuff here like the cleaning supplies that I love. They're really cool. It's also

love. They're really cool. It's also

really cool. Like a lesson I just learned from the guy who showed us these uh grit guards. It shows what can happen when you focus on something. So when you

lock in and specialize on something, you can make something really impressive.

So, uh, just something to consider in life.

Wild ass. I just had to show that. We

got an R2 cover here from Cover King.

We're just doing what we can to find any EVs, but we got Toyota over here. I

think they slammed a few uh vehicles.

We'll check that out. Okay, so this is pretty cool here. They got a Beey Woodland with a 2-in lift on it. And I

also think it's funny they have the hood popped here. It's a fully electric

popped here. It's a fully electric vehicle, but they have the hood popped.

And some people are probably looking at goes, "Oh, it's a four-cylinder or something." And and it's also they have

something." And and it's also they have the horizon blue paint from the 1966 Toyota color palette. Personally, I

think they need to bring this back. We

need more bright colors with these brands. Here's what I'll say. The um

brands. Here's what I'll say. The um

what was it? The the Trail Seeker. The

Subaru Trail Seeker. That thing was a missile. I loved that thing. The only

missile. I loved that thing. The only

issue is has no route planning. So, you

just drive and then you your car dies and you got to return it. But it's a cool looking concept.

This is kind of the opposite direction.

This is a CHR concept and it's lowered 2.75 in. Has this uh matte finish on it.

2.75 in. Has this uh matte finish on it.

It's actually really good looking.

New Crown Signia GTS, you know, the Crown Signia. I'm a fan. I'm a fan of the Signia. I also love her hair.

Look at her hair.

More of an attitude. The builders of All right. So, this is really cool here.

All right. So, this is really cool here.

VW ID Buzz fully customized.

Take a seat on the inside.

Ooh, you got to see the rear of this thing. Look at this captain's chairs in

thing. Look at this captain's chairs in the back. I'll just let you go in. Take

the back. I'll just let you go in. Take

a look at that back there.

Instead of the third row, they've just made it a whole sound system. Here's the

thing. I It's just kind of a shame that these things haven't taken off cuz it is a cool vehicle, but it's pretty expensive and the range isn't great on them, and it's certainly not good when you add all the amps that they did. But

uh overall a really cool vehicle. So

this is paint protection film. So

normally when we're working with like expel or something that that you're looking at 8 to a 10 mil thick film.

They literally spray this on. So once

the car is prepped takes about 4 hours to spray it over the entire surface and then you let it sit overnight. So 12

hours the next day after you pull the paint and everything you look for little paint nibs in little areas that it might not be sitting correctly. You sand it out and you deliver it to the customer.

So it's pretty remarkable. The other

thing that's interesting here is normally with PPF, it's uh what the installers are worried about is the adhesive sticking over time or stretching it or getting it in the right

positions, but this it just releases.

So, there's no adhesive that is installed in it to make it really hard to remove from the vehicle. So, I've

never seen anything like this. And

there's also a really cool I think it's a Ferrari Roma that they have it installed on. It's just amazing. You can

installed on. It's just amazing. You can

spray PPF on. This is about 4 mil. So

double this thickness is what you're going to get on your vehicle here. But

it's really cool uh product. All right.

Well, I think that's enough of the SEMA show. Uh obviously there is uh very

show. Uh obviously there is uh very little support for the uh EVs here. So I

mean monster truck. Look at the monster truck here. Has tires shine everywhere.

truck here. Has tires shine everywhere.

So let's go drive the R2 and the Yback.

All right, it's 4:00 a.m. We're leaving

Las Vegas. There's construction all over the strip for the F1 race they're setting up for. And again, FSD just goes around it like it's no problem. So

that's kind of impressive. Now, the one thing to note is we got back to the hotel with like I can't we it ate about

7% battery for I don't know 48ish hours for having sentry mode on. So that did eat some battery for our way back. But

again, on our way back in this thing, it's only one charge stop for I don't know 15 minutes or something like that.

And this thing is this thing is smooth.

Here's another example of like with FSD.

They're doing construction over here, right? So, we have to straddle the white

right? So, we have to straddle the white line. Zero hesitation.

line. Zero hesitation.

And this thing is just straddling the white line. No warnings, nothing. It's

white line. No warnings, nothing. It's

just like, pay attention. I'm going to handle this.

It's just that's where it just kind of blows my mind is these un completely unknown situation. I mean, I'm sure

unknown situation. I mean, I'm sure they've seen this in their testing a million times, but to you as the driver, as the consumer of this vehicle, you know, it it just continues to impress me

that there is no hesitation and it safely gets you through all of these different scenarios that you come about you come about on the road here out in Arizona.

All right. So, the same charge stop that we had to hit on the way up is the same charge stop we have to hit on the way back. Little 20 minute zipperita and

back. Little 20 minute zipperita and we'll be back on the road. I'm going to have a fat burger for breakfast. Another thing I wanted to

for breakfast. Another thing I wanted to show you here is a lot of people have been asking about do the accessories fit in the Model Y L. So, I put my favorite accessory here. This is from Spigen. So,

accessory here. This is from Spigen. So,

this holds those really large water bottles. This obviously isn't one of

bottles. This obviously isn't one of those water bottles, but those huge water bottles that we all carry around cuz I guess there's a shortage of water.

This fits perfectly and it slides really nicely and it's like a really well-made uh accessory. It's like this hard heavy

uh accessory. It's like this hard heavy plastic and then the inside of it rubberized. So, I highly recommend this

rubberized. So, I highly recommend this thing. I'll have this linked in the uh

thing. I'll have this linked in the uh down in the description with all the other links. But uh yeah, big fan of

other links. But uh yeah, big fan of this. I've always

this. I've always I've always enjoyed the fact that the rear truck tires are just they're just along for the ride. They have no power.

They just kind of glide and whine.

They're just along for the ride. So, on

this trip that we did from Phoenix to Las Vegas, found something pretty interesting. The Model Y L used 22% less

interesting. The Model Y L used 22% less energy on the overall trip. The other

thing that I found interesting about that is the Model Y L has a drag coefficient of 216. The Rivian R2 is about.28.

about.28.

And the math on that works out to 22% more drag on the Riven R2. The frontal

area on the Y L is 2.65 m. And the R2 is 2.7 to 2.8 square m across this frontal section here. which means the R2 has 30

section here. which means the R2 has 30 to 35% more air resistance at highway speeds. So, the math actually worked out

speeds. So, the math actually worked out perfectly on these. And it was nice to see because both of these cars, I could have done a regular Model Y versus the R2, but I like that both of these have the exact same size battery pack. It

just shows you the aerodynamic efficiencies that Tesla has made on this. You may not like the shape of

this. You may not like the shape of this, but it actually does have function in the real world. At the same time, going back and forth between both of these vehicles on this trip, I really

liked driving the R2. I really liked driving the Y L. Now, the self-driving here is certainly excellent, but the universal hands-free for where it is right now is also pretty good. Now,

here's where it gets sticky is sticky.

Why would I say that? I've never said that in my life. This costs $50 a month for Universal Handsree, but if you get a launch edition, you get that $2,500

perpetual license forever. The Y full self-driving supervised is $99 a month.

And so from $50 a month to $99 a month, this does way more than $50 extra in cost there. This is so much better than

cost there. This is so much better than universal hands-free as a complete package. If you're just looking at the

package. If you're just looking at the highway driver assistance, this is very good. This is better than uh GMC Blue

good. This is better than uh GMC Blue Cruise or Ford Blue Ford Blue Cruise, Honda Blue Cruise, uh Toyota Blue Cruise, all the blue cruises. The

universal hands-free is significantly better. I think what I would like to see

better. I think what I would like to see Tesla do is improve their charging speeds. Again, these have the same size

speeds. Again, these have the same size battery pack, yet the Rivian R2 charges about 10 minutes faster from the 10 to 80% range. This has a higher max

80% range. This has a higher max charging speed, but the max charging speed doesn't mean much. What matters is how it holds the charge throughout the depth of the pack. And I would really like to see Tesla improve that, the

speed of this for these road trips. So,

the R2, while it isn't as efficient, makes up for that in charging speed. And

then the Model Y has the excellent technology suite in full self-driving.

And both of these cars are far closer than I had thought. Now, which one brings you more value? It depends what you value. If you need the extra space

you value. If you need the extra space in the vehicle, if you really need that third row, this is a way better value.

If you don't need the third row and you want to have the off-road capability, then the R2 is a better value. So,

they're actually a lot closer than I expected, and I really enjoyed doing the road trip with both of these. Now, if

you want to learn more about the Tesla Model Y L, click this video right here, or my initial drive of it, and where I go deep into all the technology they packed into this, even details about the insides of the seats. Click this video

right here.