BUNDYS GARAGE BUNDY HERE HEY TODAY I'M WITH CHRIS NOSALEK WITH ELECTRON AUTOMOTIVE IN
WHAT IS THIS ORANGE RIGHT YEP ORANGE CALIFORNIA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME I APPRECIATE IT I
KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE TODAY AND JUST WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU CHRIS HAD DONE
A VIDEO WITH CHRIS FIX RIGHT YEAH I SAW CHRIS FIX VIDEO WHERE HE REPLACES A BATTERY ON A
PRIUS YEP AND SECOND GENERATION 2004 TO 2009 YEAH SO I HAD SEEN THAT VIDEO AND I'M ACTUALLY
IN RIVERSIDE WHICH IS 30 MINUTES FROM HERE APPROACHED CHRIS AND ASKED HIM IF WE COULD
YOU KNOW COLLABORATE ON A VIDEO TOGETHER AND HE SAID YEAH SURE WHY NOT LET'S DO IT SO THE
MAJOR MANUFACTURER FOR MOST OF THESE BATTERIES IS PANASONIC YEP YEAH TESLA FROM THE PRIUS
TO THE TESLA THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAVE THEIR HANDS IN THE GAME BUT IT'S
VERY FEW WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ARE THEY ALL COMING OUT OF CHINA OR ARE THEY MANUFACTURED
HERE IN THE STATES I'M NOT SURE OF THEIR EXACT PRODUCTION I KNOW TESLA OBVIOUSLY IS DOING
IT HERE IN THE STATES THEY JUST BUILT A GIGAFACTORY UM BUT THE OTHER ONES IM NOT TOO SURE TESLA
HAS A FACTORY FOR MANUFACTURING THEIR BATTERIES TO BRING THE COST OF PRODUCTION DOWN OH TO
OFFER THEM CHEAPER HES SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY YEAH HES GOT INVESTORS BACKING HIM I DON'T
THINK HE'S RUNNING IT AS MUCH AS PEOPLE THINK HE'S GOT A LOT OF BRILLIANT BUSINESS PEOPLE
HELPING HIM OUT HE'S AN ENGINEER LIKE MYSELF I HATE TO COMPARE HIM TO ME CAUSE I THINK
HE MIGHT BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I AM WHAT I'VE LEARNED WITH WITH GROWING THIS
BUSINESS AND SUCH BUSINESS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FIELD THAN ENGINEERING FOR HIM TO BE DOING
WHAT HE'S DOING I THINK HE'S GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPING HIM OUT OK HE'S THE
FACE HE'S THE FACE OF TESLA THATS MY THOUGHT ON IT YEAH I MEAN NOT TO DISCREDIT HIM I MEAN
HE'S BRILLIANT I MEAN JUST EVERYTHING YOU KNOW FROM HIS OLD STUFF PAYPAL DOWN TO LUDICROUS
MODE IF YOUR WATCHING ELON AND YOU WANT TO COME ON HERE WE'LL TOTALLY INTERVIEW YOU TOO
YEAH WERE IN ORANGE COUNTY I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE YOU'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
ON PRIUS'S THE FUTURE OF THIS INDUSTRY UM DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HYBRID GAS AND
ELECTRIC OR STRICTLY 100 PERCENT ELECTRIC I THINK IT'S GOING TO THE MAIN TRANSITION
IS GOING TO BE TO HYBRID CAUSE YOUR ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE VEHICLES THAT CAN GO
LONG DISTANCE IT'S GOING TO BE AWHILE BEFORE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP TO CHARGE
THESE VEHICLES IN RAPID TIME ELECTRIC VEHICLE I THINK IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL BUT IF YOU KNOW
IF I HAD TO GUESS AND IM NOT AN ECONOMIST I'M AN ENGINEER AND A MECHANIC I WOULD SAY
IT'S GOING TO BE 30 YEARS BEFORE EVERYTHINGS 100 PERCENT ELECTRIC YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY
AT LEAST 30 BUT THE THINK THE HYBRID'S ARE A HUGE HELP I THINK ESPECIALLY THE CHEVY VOLT
THE VOLT YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AVERAGE COMMUTE FOR SOMEONE IN CALIFORNIA IS 32 MILES
A DAY VOLT GETS 40 MILES SO YOU PLUG IN EVERYDAY YOU DRIVE AROUND IN PURE ELECTRICITY BUT YOU
WANT TO GO ON THAT LONG ROAD TRIP JUST FILL UP WITH GAS THATS WHERE I THINK THE MAIN TRANSITION
IS GOING TO BE DO YOU THINK SOMEONE BUYING A TESLA OR ANY OF THESE CARS DO YOU THINK
THEY SHOULD UPGRADE THEIR CHARGING SYSTEM AT THEIR HOUSE CAUSE I'VE SEEN GUYS TRYING
TO CHARGE IT OFF OF WHAT 120 AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN UPGRADE TO PUSH MORE ENERGY INTO THE
BATTERY QUICKER OVER NIGHT IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO GO TO STRICTLY AN ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE
SHOULD THEY UPGRADE THEIR CHARGING SYSTEM IN THEIR HOUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENGIENCES
AND IT'S DEPENDENT UPON THE DYNAMICS OF THAT PERSON COMMUTE ME PERSONALLY I'VE GOT A TESLA
WITH ROUGHLY 190 MILES RANGE 200 MILE AND EVERYDAY MY CHARGE FINISHES IN AN HOUR WHEN
I GET HOME YOU KNOW I GOT HOME REAL LATE THE OTHER NIGHT LIKE 3 IN THE MORNING WITH 20
PERCENT I WOKE UP YOU KNOW AT THE NORMAL TIME LIKE 7AM AND IT WAS ALMOST FULL SO AND THA'TS
JUST OFF OF 120 NO THAT ONES A 40 AMP 220 BUT OFF OF 120 YOU GET ABOUT 4 MILES AN HOUR
ON AVERAGE HOW DOES THAT WORK I'VE HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE HOW DO YOU BREAK THAT DOWN THINK
ABOUT IT THIS WAY IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE WITH 100 MILE RANGE YOUR DOWN TO 60 MILES RANGE
YOU NEED 40 MILES CHARGING AT 4 MILES AN HOUR 10 HOURS TO GET TO FULL THATS ON THE SLOWEST
CHARGE BUT IT'S VERY EASY TO BUMP UP YOUR POWER MORE TO HAVE MY ELECTRICAL RUN MY PANEL
IS ON THE VERY OPPOSITE SIDE OF MY HOUSE SO TO HAVE THE ELECTRICITY RUN FROM ONE SIDE
TO THE OTHER HOOK UP THE TESLA CHARGE I THINK IT COST $400 DOLLARS SOMETHING LIKE THAT I
DIDN'T DO IT MYSELF I PAID A CONTRACTOR TO DO IT SO IT'S NOT TOO EXPENSIVE DID YOU SEE
A BIG SPIKE IN YOUR ELECTRIC BILL YES I WANT TO SAY 80 PERCENT LESS THAN MY FUEL BILL SO
IF I WAS SPENDING $100 DOLLARS A MONTH ON GASOLINE NOW I'M SPENDING $80 IN ELECTRICITY
SO IT KIND OF BALANCES OUT YEAH THERES NO SAVINGS ANYMORE BUYING AN ELECTRIC CAR THE
ONLY WAY SO WHAT IS IT A STATUS SYMBOL