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Tesla

company · in 13 sources (2019–2021)

Makes: Tesla Supercharger, Full Self-Driving, Tesla Autopilot, Tesla Roadster

Sources by year: 2019: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2021: 7

Also named in the threads: Not Overthinking, Ali and Taimur's podcast (2019) · Ali predicts he will buy a Tesla Model 3 at some point (2019) · Ali says he plans more videos on his Tesla Model 3 (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Taimur Abdaal (5) · Netflix (2) · Apple (2) · Notion (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2021

  • 2021-03-28 · My Favourite iPhone Apps — Ali: Before a late McDonald's drive-thru with his housemate Sheen, Ali uses the Tesla app to pre-warm the car and heat the front seats remotely. — 00:09:56
  • 2021-05-09 · What's in my Bag - My Everyday Carry — Ali never needs to carry his Bellroy wallet in his pocket because he pays with Apple Pay on his Apple Watch; it stays in his bag with his organ donation card, Tesla keys, WeWork card and, recently, his COVID vaccine passport. — 00:02:56
  • 2021-07-01 · I Lost $54,932 Trading Bitcoin. Here's What I Learned. — Ali: When Ali puts money into Bitcoin he tells himself he is setting fire to it, to model losing it all; investing only what he can 100% afford to lose keeps him from buying more on news such as Elon Musk or Tesla investing. — 00:06:30
  • 2021-08-15 · Revealing ALL My Investments at 27 — Ali has invested in individual stocks on Freetrade since December 2020, about eight months; his holdings include Tesla, Shopify, MP Materials, the NASDAQ 100, Netflix, Teladoc, Fastly, Fiverr, Etsy and MongoDB. — 00:07:11
  • 2021-10-29 · 8 Lessons I Learned From Elon Musk — Ali gives Elon Musk's visions: for SpaceX, to make humanity a multi-planetary species; for Tesla, to help accelerate the transition to renewable energy. — 00:06:20
    • The Tesla Roadster was supposed to come out in 2006, a ridiculously ambitious deadline, and came out in 2008, two years late, but still faster than competitors would have managed, Ali says. — 00:11:57
    • Elon Musk (quoted): In a commencement speech Elon Musk advises focusing on signal over noise: Tesla has never spent any money on advertising, putting it all into R&D, manufacturing and design. — 00:13:44
  • 2021-12-09 · The Book That Changed My Financial Life 🤑 — Ali explains the man-in-the-car paradox: people admire the fancy car or house itself, imagining themselves owning it, not the person who has it, so buying expensive things to gain respect never works. — 00:10:32
  • …and 1 statement more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2020

  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Ali: For a purchase Ali asks where he spends his time and also where he wants to spend it: he talked himself out of a Tesla because it would only make him spend more time driving. — 00:50:28
  • 2020-09-27 · Collecting My Tesla Model 3 - Day In The Life — Ali and his brother Taimur drive to the Tesla collection centre near London Heathrow to collect Ali's new Tesla Model 3. — 00:00:29
    • Before getting the Tesla, Ali notes how noisy his normal car is on the motorway, from the engine and from outside, so that a conversation needs a raised voice. — 00:00:58
    • Ali suspects his standards for a car may rise once the Tesla arrives, since he does not yet know what he is missing. (hedged) — 00:02:18
    • Asked by the Tesla to give it a name when he first gets in, Ali names his new car Hermione. — 00:02:18
    • Ali finds the Tesla seat no more comfortable overall than his old car's, which he puts down to simply getting used to a seat. — 00:04:15
    • At a Tesla Supercharger, Ali's Model 3 charges from 38% to 80% in about half an hour. — 00:06:51
    • Tesla recommends charging the Model 3 to about 80% unless going on a long journey, Ali says, because the final 20% takes longer. — 00:06:51
    • Ali plans some upcoming Tesla videos in detail and spends about 20 minutes writing scripts for more videos. — 00:08:30
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

Also named in: How to Invest for Beginners

2019