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The Best Car for Someone in a Wheelchair?! - Our new Tesla Model X! - YouTube
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[Zack] Alright, I'm ready.
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You ready?
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Okay...
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[Cambry] Three, two, one...blastoff.
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[Music]
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[Cambry] Nature everywhere.
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Really cool.
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[Music]
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[Zack] That is amazing.
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So there are a lot of cars out there.
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A huge variety.
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And all of them are good for different things.
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[Cambry] And there's a lot of cars out there
that are great for people with physical limitations
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like myself.
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Some are better than others, but pretty much
any car can be adapted for a wheelchair user.
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But there are not very many cars that don't
require you to go to the gas station.
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And if you're a wheelchair user, you know
that's a big deal.
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I'm talking big deal.
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And I'll show you in a second why that is.
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[Zack] Full disclosure: since this technology
is new, it's is ridiculously expensive right
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now.
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But like with any piece of tech, the price
is going to drop over the next couple years.
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And it's just good to know that it currently
exists.
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[Cambry] One way to get a price break on technology
is buying it used.
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[Zack] We bought this Tesla Model X used from
Dan, from the YouTube Channel What's Inside.
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And it has some features that are awesome
for everyone, but more so for Cambry.
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And we'll show you what those are.
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[Cambry] Let's get started.
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[Intro]
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[Zack] So this is the Tesla Model X.
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The SUV version, all-electric, and is super
incredibly fast.
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The Model X has a range of 280 miles, which
is about the same as a tank of gas in a normal
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car.
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It's got a lot of personality with the Falcon
doors.
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And I think it's going to fit Cambry pretty
well.
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It's got automatic doors which is great.
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[Cambry] With my last car, I never used the
back hatch because I wasn't able to reach
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it once it was up to bring it back down.
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So with the Tesla, you can open it with the
fob, and close it with the fob, or your app
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on your phone.
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Which makes my life a lot easier.
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[Zack] Cambry, you want to show us how to
get inside?
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[Cambry] Yes.
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[Zack] So you might not thing that going to
a gas station is a very big deal, but when
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you're in a wheelchair it's a totally different
ball game.
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[Cambry] You have to transfer the wheelchair
and yourself in and out of the car twice.
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It's like going to the gym just to get gas.
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[Zack] So getting an electric car avoids the
gas station altogether.
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But even though we get to avoid the gas station,
Cambry still has to get in and out of the
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car.
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And no matter what car we get, the process
is going to be basically the same.
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[Cambry] So I put my feet in first...or my
legs in.
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And then I grab onto the steering wheel.
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It's locked at this point.
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I put one hand on my cushion and then I rotate
in.
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And then I have to take this apart...when
I'm by myself.
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[Zack] When I'm with her, I help her out and
then put the chair in the back.
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The back seats fold down and there's enough
room for her wheelchair.
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[Cambry] You can tell this is quite the process,
so imagine doing this at the gas station multiple
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times in a row.
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[Zack] The wheels come off easy enough.
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Then she can take the wheels and put them
in the back seat right next to one of the
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pilot seats in the middle.
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[Cambry] And then I've got to make some space
to pick up this guy.
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And then I place it on the passenger seat
next to me.
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There you have it.
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[Zack] So you can see why avoiding the gas
station is a good thing.
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Not only does she have to disassemble her
chair, but reassemble it when she gets back
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out twice for the gas station.
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So having an electric vehicle that she can
just plug in when she gets home is pretty
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awesome.
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So since Cambry's chair is made of metal,
we added some protection.
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Some clear plastic protection right here along
the side walls, so when she brings her chair
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into the frame it doesn't scratch anything.
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As well as we have a seat cover on this seat
as well as the center console and a screen
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protector on the display.
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So if anything taps the display or the seat...
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[Cambry] Or the door.
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[Zack] ...or the door, everything's always
protected.
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We had our buddies over at Luxe Auto Spa,
the same people who wrapped Dan's Tesla gray,
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applied those special protection features
for us.
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I think they've done a pretty good job.
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We've had this car for about 2 weeks now and
there's been no damage to the actual car.
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You might have heard that Tesla's have something
called autopilot, and you might think that
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with autopilot someone with a disability can
just jump in and start driving, but that's
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not the case yet.
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Full autonomous driving is coming in the future,
but for right now, Cambry needs hand controls
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to operate the vehicle.
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[Cambry] Okay, this car is already pretty
well adapted to me, like we didn't have to
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make very many modifications.
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But something that I will always have to make
modifications on is the hand control.
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Since my legs don't work, my hand controls
do the job.
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So this part, if you push forward, applied
pressure to the brake.
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And then if you rock it back, it electronically
controls the acceleration.
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Pretty cool.
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One of my favorite features is when you apply
pressure to the brake, the door closes.
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[Zack] Nice.
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[Cambry] And then I don't have to reach for
it.
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Quick side note, one of my favorite features,
and I know that there are a few cars out there
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that have this, but the steering wheel heats
up.
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And I am always cold, so it is maybe my favorite
feature of this car.
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My hands are nice and toasty.
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[Zack] Yeah this has a lot of features that
make life easier for everyone in general,
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but I think my favorite is that it's quicker
than most sports cars.
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Especially since Dan splurged a little when
he bought it and got the P100D which means
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this is the “fast” Model X.
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And Cambry has been fast.
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She's launched it a couple times in ludicrous
mode.
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But she's never done it herself personally.
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So this will be the first time.
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Are you ready?
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[Cambry] Are you ready for this?
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[Zack] I guess that is the question.
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Yeah, I think I'm ready.
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[Cambry] Three...two...one...blastoff.
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[Zack] Oh my gosh!
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[Cambry] I feel like my eyes are shaking!
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[Cambry] Three...two...one...blastoff.
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[Zack] Oh my gosh!
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[Cambry] I feel like my eyes are shaking!
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[Zack] I feel like you got to 30 miles an
hour and stopped.
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[Laughter]
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[Cambry] That scared me!
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That's like losing control!
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[Zack] Seat belts tighten up every time too.
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Oh that was fun.
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You can feel like the blood rush to the back
of your head cuz the acceleration is just
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so intense.
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[Cambry] I think my eyes are shaking like
this.
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[Zack] That's crazy.
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We had a friend in the car once and he's like
'man, my blood forgot how to circulate' which
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is like the perfect example or the perfect
analogy of what happens when this thing accelerates.
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[Cambry] Perfect description for sure.
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[Zack] That was fun.
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[Music]
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[Zack] How was it?
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[Cambry] I just want to keep driving these
trails.
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[Zack] It's super pretty out right now.
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[Cambry] And there are like homes on the side
of these roads that I'm sure they can't get
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to in the winter, but super cool.
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And it's just like mind blowing how many colors
are still out there.
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Like a lot of the leaves have fallen, but
it's still just like nature...everywhere.
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It's really cool.
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Hi Bertha.
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Hi.
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So when I take my hand off the accelerator,
the car takes that energy of slowing down
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and puts it back into the battery.
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So essentially we could gain more miles by
going downhill and using that energy.
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[Zack] So one of the reasons we chose the
Model X over the Model S or the Model 3 was
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because it has slightly better off road capabilities,
and it can tow things which Cambry's pretty
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interested in.
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[Cambry] The thing I like about it is you
can change the suspension height so it can
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be low for me to transfer in and out, but
then it can also be raised when we're off-roading.
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[Zack] So obviously buying a Tesla is fairly
expensive at the moment.
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The price is going to drop with time.
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And if you do end up buying a Tesla, the best
way to do it is with a Tesla owner's code.
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Yeah you can walk into a dealership and just
buy a Tesla outright, but if you have this
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code you get an extra 1,000 miles of free
supercharging.
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A thousand miles for you and a thousand miles
to the person whose code you're using, which
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would be me and Cambry.
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Supercharging is what we would use on long
road trips.
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It fills the Tesla battery super quickly with
power.
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We can fill a large chunk of the battery in
just 30 to 45 minutes.
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A lot of people might think that you have
to use the superchargers, but in reality,
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most people, including us, have a little charging
station installed in our garage.
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The superchargers spread out across the United
States are mostly just for long road trips.
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So one thing that bugs us both quite a bit
is one, when there's no parking because someone
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takes the handicap spot.
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Or two...
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[Cambry] Someone parks right next to my car
and I can't open the door wide enough to get
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in.
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[Zack] She needs a lot of space.
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One cool thing with the Tesla is that it has
the summon feature, but it's also now, with
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just this update, it's a smart summon.
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Which means that she can park anywhere and
she can call the car to her from across the
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parking lot.
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We're going to try it out.
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So right now Cambry's parked in an impossible
location.
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There's no way she can get into the driver's
seat, but since she has the app on her phone
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with the smart summon, she can now summon
the car.
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And it knows there's a car next to it, and
it's going to come find Cambry.
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[Cambry] I can't believe it did it with a
car next to it.
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[Zack] What do you think about that?
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[Cambry] Yep.
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I approve.
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[Zack] We're on the freeway right now and
Cambry has never tried out autopilot in her
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Model X yet.
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So we're going to do it for the first time.
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So Cambry, when you're driving and there's
that gray steering wheel up in the corner,
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it means that the car has identified the lanes
in the road and it's ready to assist you with
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driving or self driving.
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So on the steering wheel on that far side,
there's a tiny little knob that if you click
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it towards you twice it will go into autopilot
mode.
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[Cambry] And it'll keep the same speed.
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[Zack] It'll keep the same speed and distance
from the cars in front of you.
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[Cambry] Okay, so just tap it twice?
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[Zack] Click it towards you twice, yeah.
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[Cambry] Okay.
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Are we sure?
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Okay.
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[Zack] There you go.
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Now the car is driving by itself, staying
within the lines.
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[Cambry] This makes me anxious.
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[Zack] And now the steering wheel is blue,
meaning that the car is driving itself.
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And about ever 60 seconds or so there will
be a little flashing light that pops up saying
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take control of the steering wheel for a second.
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So you just have to nudge it to prove that
you're still awake and listening.
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Dan and I made a video about what happens
if you fall asleep while autopilots engaged.
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So I'll leave a link for that down in the
description.
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It's pretty cool.
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Cambry, what are your thoughts about autopilot?
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[Cambry] Um, initially it's nerve-racking
cuz I didn't quite trust it.
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But I still don't trust it 100%, I'll still
keep my eyes on the road.
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But it allows for a little bit more freedom
of my hands to do something else like grab
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the window.
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Roll it up or down.
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Grab my drink real quick.
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Fix my seat belt Adjust something for like
the speed of the windshield wipers.
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It just gives me a little bit more freedom
because my hands are always occupied if I'm
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doing it all all the time.
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[Zack] And the best thing about all of this
is that the autopilot capabilities are just
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going to keep on getting better and better.
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Right now the autopilot can navigate us while
we're on the freeway, but soon, in the next
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year or two, it'll be able to take us from
our house to our destination without us actually
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needing to drive ourselves.
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[Cambry] Crazy.
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[Zack] So as this car is passing us on the
side, we can see that the Tesla has recognized
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it and knows its position.
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It recognizes the other cars with all the
cameras positioned outside of the vehicle
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and that's what helps us drive safely.
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So Cambry, now that you don't have to control
your vehicle with your hands, what are you
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going to do with them while you're driving
from now on?
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[Cambry] I'm still a responsible driver.
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I'm not going to be putting on makeup or anything.
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I'm going to rest my hands.
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[Zack] All the charging stalls are full and
there are so many Teslas just sitting and
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waiting to plug in.
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Alright, there's Dan.
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Open the door for him.
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And it's opening up.
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Convenient.
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[Dan] I miss this car!
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It looks so good.
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It's been a while.
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How long has it been since I've been in this
car, like 3 or 4 weeks you guys have had this
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now?
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[Zack] Yeah it's been a little bit.
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I think the real reason you sold the Tesla
to Cambry was because it's more of a feminine
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vehicle...
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[Dan] Oh is it?
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[Zack] ...and you were scared about racing
my truck.
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[Dan] See, I'm okay with the race.
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I don't know if that's a thing, but I'll let
you go with that.
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[Zack] That's the real reason.
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So there we have it.
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We have the old owner in the backseat and
the new owner in the front seat And I think
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we're going to have a lot of fun with it.
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So if you want to watch Dan's video on why
he sold his Tesla, I'll leave a link for that
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right here.
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Hit that subscribe button if you haven't already.
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And come hang out with Cambry and I on our
Instagrams.
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We'll leave a link for those down in the description.
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And remember how we finish it off?
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[Dan] I miss this car.
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Is that how we finish it?
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[Laughter]
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[Cambry] Thanks for watching.
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We'll see you around?
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[Zack] Perfect.
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[Cambry] Yesss.
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[Zack] Nice.
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