- Today's video starts here at the house.
We are getting into our brand new Model X,
which we love, but this is gonna be a special day.
We are heading over to Fremont, California
to see the new Model 3.
This is groundbreaking.
This is a big day.
So, first things first, lemme get to the airport.
Video montage of me traveling to California, go.
(smooth electronic music)
Made it to San Jose, California.
We are going to Fremont, California.
I gotta figure out how to get there.
Maybe a rental car, maybe an Uber.
We are gonna see the Model 3 launch of Tesla's new car.
Hopefully, we get to meet Elon Musk.
We got a car.
But it feels a bit weird to be driving a Ford Taurus
to a Tesla event.
(laughing)
So we're gonna go pick up some friends
and then we are on our way.
Let's go.
Hotel, check.
Rental car, check.
Now to get some really smart tech friends
that can help me understand this car, check.
- Hi.
- (chuckling) Alright, Austin's gonna come with us.
We're gonna go and head up there.
This is VIP experience.
- So I had a flight with someone who actually works
with Tesla, and apparently, anyone from Tesla
who pre-ordered a Model 3 got an invite,
and there are 15,000 employees who got invites, so.
- 15,000, 15,000!
- 15.
Who knows how many people actually show up,
but this could be a really, really big event.
- It really could, which would be fun.
It'll be a lot of fun, and so that's what's gonna be fun
about this video.
You guys already maybe know from whatever hype clip I did
what the VIP experience really looks like,
but it could be really, really good,
or we could be in the back of a lot of employees.
Either way, I'm gonna show you,
and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
First stop before we get there, food.
Austin said if you're in California,
there's only one place to go.
What is the Austin Evans burger of choice at In-N-Out?
That's the question.
Number One with grilled onions.
Double Double, fries, unsweet iced tea.
- You can just walk up and say, I'd like the Austin Evans.
You can get it that way, or you can just say,
gimme the Number One with onions
and other things he said. (chuckling)
I would imagine a lot of people that are watching
this video are gonna be like, how does that guy
that cuts stuff open get to the Model 3 event for Tesla?
This is my buddy, Eric.
- Hey.
- Eric has a YouTube channel
and a website called TeslaInventory.
And so he takes basically everything
that's on the Tesla website and puts it on his own website,
TeslaInventory, and then you can search it a lot easier.
It's a lot more searchable.
And then he has YouTube channel where he explains
different things about Teslas.
Did I get that right?
- Yup, exactly, yup.
- Most of the year, he's the number one referrer
of people purchasing Teslas in the entire world, right?
- Yup, in the world.
- There's a chance we might be able to ride
in the new Model 3, but it's based off of when we get
to the actual place, to the event.
So I gotta stop talking.
We gotta get outta here.
- Yeah, we gotta go.
(thrilling electronic music)
- Tesla is so cool that it even has valet parking.
No joke.
- How we doing, sir?
Welcome.
- [Daniel] Doing great, thanks.
- I can valet your car for you if you'd like right here.
- [Daniel] Alright, that works.
- [Valet] Welcome to the Model 3 Event today.
- [Daniel] Awesome.
- [Valet] Got your ticket for you right here.
- The first thing we get to do is go through a maze.
Check it out.
Look at that.
And it's cool black looking.
Step one, get our badge.
We got it.
Check it out, Model 3.
Step two, sit in a really hot, sweaty van
for like 20 minutes.
- Mostly that one.
- We're right in the middle of that right now,
so I'll let you know what step three is,
but I think it's gonna be a lot better than step two.
(upbeat electronic music)
VIP treatment, the buses, air conditioning,
maybe we could improve that next time,
but that's alright.
We're here.
We're on the black carpet Right Now.
There we go, Model 3.
Big 3 and the party.
- Do you want to take a picture?
(upbeat electronic music)
- The world's smallest tacos, wow!
What's inside of these?
- [Waiter] Ahi tuna.
- Ahi tuna, okay, wow.
I don't eat seafood.
Thanks!
We have an hour and a half,
and they are doing P100D test rides.
If you don't know what a P100D is,
it's 2.4 seconds zero to 60.
Why not?
Let's do it.
- [Man] If you'd like to sit in the middle,
that'd be perfect.
- I'm Chris.
- Nice to meet you, man.
How's it going?
- Nice to meet you guys.
- I'm sure it gets old after a while.
- [Chris] Mm, nope.
- Really?
- [Chris] Nope, I love it.
I have a blast with it.
- [Eric] Woo!
- [Daniel] Oh yeah.
Oh, I can feel that.
Oh, there's the bank turn.
Oh, that's a tight turn.
- [Eric] Wow.
- [Daniel] Here we are!
We're on Daytona!
The Indy 500!
G-force!
Okay, I think this is the zero to 60 spot.
- [Chris] You guys ready for it?
- Here we go.
I think so.
(retching)
That is like a roller coaster.
- Like I said, I love my job.
I love getting to drive these things.
I'm gonna do a quick slalom.
- [Austin] Oh, okay.
(laughing)
- Oh, that is great.
Have you ridden in the 3 yet?
- [Chris] Yes.
- [Eric] And anything?
- He can talk about it in a couple hours.
- [Chris] Unfortunately, I cannot say anything about it.
- [Eric] Oh, killing me.
- [Chris] I wish I could.
- That's the right answer.
I know you're watching this video right now, Elon.
You gotta give Chris some props.
Give him a promotion.
He is sealed to secrecy, and we are less than an hour away
from the unveiling, and he's still not telling us anything.
That's impressive.
Alright, so I'm gonna go and try to get up in this area
so I can look down and see what's really happening
up in there.
We gotta ask this guy.
Am I good?
Thanks.
Oh, we got some shrubbery.
We gotta watch out for that.
Go ahead, shrubberies.
Yep, yep.
Okay, oh, that looks heavy.
- Sorry, guys, this way.
- Oh they're coming this way, right into us.
I'm in the way.
(chuckling)
Okay, up the steps.
Oh, baby, there they are!
Look at all the cars down there.
I spot 'em.
Oh, my gosh, look at this!
There's a Tesla that has some sort of jet pack on it.
I don't know if it's a teleprompter or lighting or.
Right there, that's where he's gonna be speaking.
Here are the cars, our first look at it.
- Okay, this place is starting to fill up like crazy.
We've been here sitting in this spot for about an hour,
and I'm super excited to see Elon Musk.
Honestly, like he better not be like,
watch him be like a hologram.
All those people down there.
It goes all the way up there.
Hopefully, the next thing you see is Elon Musk.
- Sports car.
It has that amazing glass window on the top.
- There's another stage somewhere else,
so my little theory about not seeing Elon Musk
might come true.
Sad story.
I'll hold out hope.
He might come.
- The Model S.
Now, it's, the Model 3, we've really.
[Crowd] Five, four, three, two, one.
(crowd cheering)
- Mission accomplished.
Mission accomplished.
That is awesome.
- The projector that is producing that image,
it is powered by a Model S.
There are now wires.
That is a projector on a Model S.
- [Man] (laughing) You were right.
- And that is what is producing that image.
In the future, well, really, the future being now,
the cars will be increasingly autonomous.
There's the X, the S, and the 3.
Those letters can be combined however you'd like.
(audience laughing)
I'd like to thank all the customers
who own a Model S and X and those who buy a Model S and an X
because in doing so, you make the 3 possible.
And thank you for the longterm supporters.
And thank you guys for making it.
Thank you.
(audience cheering)
- You're welcome, Elon.
No problem.
You're welcome.
That was pretty cool to see Elon up there.
We are now leaving this big stage.
There's still a ton of people out there.
There might be something going on,
but we wanna kinda go get in line
so that we can be one of the first people
to test drive this thing.
Look how sweet that is.
This area looks even cooler in the dark
with the shrubs and everything lit up.
But hopefully, we can go take a drive of this thing,
test the acceleration, the room.
I'm really tall, six foot three.
What's it like inside?
We're about to find out.
(exciting electronic music)
Alright, the next step of the VIP experience
is to see how long it takes for me to get in the line
to ride in the Model 3.
There's the line right there.
Start.
(slow electronic music)
18 minutes.
Alright, here we go.
(slow electronic music)
- [Eric] How far back do you have the seat?
Do you have long legs or short legs?
- I'm six foot tall, and I'm very comfortable.
- [Eric] How do you feel about the legroom?
- [Austin] It's acceptable for a car like this.
- Alright, there goes my ride.
We hit a top speed of 27 miles an hour.
Initial impressions are on the negative side.
The shocks, the shocks are like a coil shock.
It's not like the Model S and the Model X,
and so we went over a bump,
and it was like boom boom.
It rattled pretty big.
And so, I mean that's something you sacrifice
when you're getting a car that's that cost effective.
But there was plenty of room in there, surprised.
The back window that came up was beautiful.
I love that.
Now we gotta find our friends here.
- So are you getting a Model 3?
- I'm not getting a Model 3.
- Heres the last step of the VIP experience.
I gave them the ticket to out car.
They pulled our car up while we were there.
That's perfect.
Okay, before we get in the car,
we gotta say hi and goodbye to our friend, Marques, MKBHD.
This was one of my favorite parts of the entire thing
was watching the three commercials.
They were all really, really good, and Marques won.
Was that the first time you've ever been tweeted
by Elon Musk?
- That is actually the first mention I have ever gotten
from Elon on Twitter.
- Like, if he liked one of my tweets, I'd be.
That's one of those like fan boy moments, like oh.
But he actually tweeted him out.
Congrats!
- Thank you, yeah, for sure.
- Did you actually drive one today?
- Yes, I drove a Model 3 earlier today.
It was really impressive actually.
I liked it.
- Good.
- I compare a lot of cars to mine, the Model S,
and they're all very different.
The Model 3 felt like my car, so all good to me.
- Okay, that's good.
So I hope you liked the VIP experience.
What a good way to end it with the VIP of the night
that actually took first place.
Thanks for watching.
I hope you guys liked that.
We actually have a really cool drag race Tesla video
coming out tomorrow, so stay tuned for that one.
See you guys.