All right, so today let's talk some science now
we like all of you guys are in the midst of living through a global pandemic and
You know, we found ourselves with a whole extra time on our hands and a little more time to think about some questions
And something recently came up between the two of us was a conversation about
Tesla's bio defense mode that comes in the model X and S
If that actually offers any protection against the corona virus, yeah, you know
This is serious question
and what we ended up doing was we
Decided to research it and we spent a couple hours researching
All about this Tesla biodefense mode and that's what we're here to share with you guys today
Now before we get started here, it is worth noting that you know, we own this Tesla Model 3
It actually does not have bio defense mode since the HEPA filter that is part of that system is actually too big to fit in
this three, so it's actually equipped on the Model X and s
And actually the older s's didn't have it
But it is a slight option that you can add on to it
If you do have an older s that is not equipped with bio defense
Now Tesla's bio defense mode was introduced several years ago. So you may not remember exactly what it is
Basically, it's an advanced HEPA filter very large like we already mentioned it takes out like this much space
It's gigantic
And it's just designed to really really filter strongly all types of things now according to Tesla
This is from their website
It is designed to remove fine particulate matter and gaseous pollutants as well as bacteria
viruses
pollen mold and spores
So as you can see
that's kind of where our thinking came from with the question when we looked it up they do mention viruses specifically and
You know viruses are the smallest type of thing. They can filter out. They're much smaller than bacteria for instance
So not a lot of things can filter out viruses, so that's what piqued our interest
So does that mean it can filter out the coronavirus? You know? Yeah game over. That's it
Not exactly. So
You researching it to be considered a HEPA filter by the US government it needs to filter out ninety
nine point seven ninety seven percent of
particulates that are point three microns in size
Now like I already mentioned when you're talking about viruses you're talking about like the smallest of the small right now
So according to the latest research by scientists, of course, the corona virus is new
but their latest research is indicating at the corona virus is
0.125
microns in size
So you don't have to be a math genius to figure out we're talking about something. That's actually smaller than what the US government
Even considers when you're rating they have a filter
So does that mean if the corona virus is smaller than the HEPA filter requirement Does that mean that it doesn't work at all?
Not exactly
like many things
The truth is somewhere in between so a filter what we learned
It doesn't operate like admit what we were we were thinking like many of you guys are probably thinking that you have a net
And if the hole is this big and the virus is smaller is just gonna go straight through
that's not exactly how the filter operates there's a process called diffusion and what that basically means is the
Virus being as small as it is
It bounces off the oxygen molecules because it's so small
so this process of bouncing means instead of just going through the filter like
It sets there and actually bounces through the filter
It can't get make it through immediately
This process of bouncing means that it's far more likely to still run into one of the HEPA filter fibers
Therefore it would still be captured even though it's much smaller
perhaps what the filter is able to take out and
then even further adding to the confusion is the fact that
most of the time of the coronavirus as well as other viruses are passed inside of
Droplets from your spit or from coughing and stuff like that. And those are
Much larger than the virus itself
So, you know
Basically to you know to kind of sum it up
Yes, and no you can't
100% say that Tesla's biodefense would filter out
The corona virus but you could safely say that it wouldn't hurt it. I think it definitely is good
I take my chances. Yeah
So the moral of the story is if you're lucky enough to have a Tesla Model S or X
Yeah, turn on bio defense mode. Why not?
Yeah
It will definitely give you a strong filtering effect for viruses as well as things outside like air pollution
and stuff like that it it's not going to do you any harm and it may actually
protect you
but as far as like should you go spend eighty thousand dollars and buy a Tesla Model S right now to keep yourself safe from
corona virus
Probably not just live in your Tesla Model S or X until the quarantine
You know, I mean that might be what Elon Musk want you to do, but you know
but now that our
Biology lesson has ended I do want to you know discuss how corona virus is affecting our channel and how it might affect
You know the type of content that you'll see coming, you know to karke infections. So first and foremost
We hope all of you guys are safe and are practicing the quarantine
Practices that your state and saying has applied and as regulated by the CDC
That's the first concern is that we want you guys to be safe and I'll let you know that we are definitely
Practicing those by staying away from anyone and everyone as much as we can
Now as far as how it's going to affect the content on the channel
Some states including Kentucky is actually, you know, we're actually closing down dealerships. You know, that's happened. Just yeah two days ago
So that's definitely a big thing. That's obviously where does our content Yeah
So we like most of you guys are
having adverse effects
As far as the coronavirus is concerned and employment
That said though I did
Have that kind of foresight going into it
And once we got back from our trip in Arizona, we tried to stockpile as many reviews as that as we could
So we do have still content that will be coming up
We're not completely shut down by any means, but it is important that for those remaining videos
Please, you know tune in to them and keep you know can help keep us afloat here by you know
Watching those videos that we have remaining and we're going to try and keep new content as well. Yeah
We're it's if anything it's just going to force us to be a little bit more creative
You know, you'll see some different types of things, you know, some interesting things like the video you just go through looking at you know
We don't usually do well into science
But you know just kind of thinking outside the box but like you said we have plenty of regular reviews coming your way
comparisons Tesla videos
You know, we we have some things to do
Hopefully we'll be out of this sooner rather than later so that we have to you know
Have this extend on and on on and on. I'm sure you all of you guys as
Well want to get back to your normal lives as quickly as possible. So
Despite having a little bit more obstacles coming our way over the next few weeks or whatever
You know, we just want to make sure
to do our part, you know, we're not
Healthcare professionals, so we're not saving lives or anything like that
but if our small part is
Going to be to make a video that cheers your day up. Just just a little bit
You know, that's what we want to do
So we're gonna make sure to do the best we can to give you guys a regular video content
You know as consistent as possibly as we can
And you know as far as things to do while you're in quarantine number one, I'm gonna say watch your videos
Watch everything to do how we have like 800 different videos
So even if we're not not able to upload go back to our stockpile and find something that maybe you're interested in
As far as other things, I know we've been doing this a lot. You know, you can stay in quarantine in your house
But you can also stay in quarantine in your car
So as frie we're gonna change that little you've all seen it will stay at home thing on Instagram
stay at home or stay in your car because driving around is not a band as far as I know in most places and
I do offer. All right, I mean yeah, I mean
We at least find driving around aimlessly to be kind of a therapeutic and relaxing type of thing to do
You know and it's safe here socially distanced from everyone else you're inside of just you're contained car. So stay at home or
Stay in your car. I prefer though
And then of course just make sure to rest and relax. I think that's something we're all guilty of
Just kind of neglecting. So make sure to do that. It's very important that you you know, kind of take this time
it's not ideal of course, but
you know looking on the positive side, it does give you a chance to
Do some different things and relax and focus on some stuff that maybe you've been neglecting
Yeah
but in conclusion
We hope you enjoyed our Tesla bio defense mode kind of look at how that might affect the coronavirus
And just number one priority stay safe and be happy!