A Tesla In Africa? | Kenya's First Ever Tesla Owner
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- We Go For A Ride in The First Ever Tesla Model X (a 75 D) To be imported into Kenya. Tesla has not yet officially started sales in Africa so Mr. Patel decided to import one from London. Watch till the end to hear his experience on importing a Tesla into Kenya Directly.
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I love this guy “ I want battery car I get it, I don’t care about price, I just want good one”.
How many can say this?
You laugh at his English
He laughs at your bank account,
But you're laughing alone!!!
Wait for longai matatu with similar doors😂😂😂
actually my family probably has more money then him so hes not laughing at my bank account lmao
@@serv1495 😂
Hehe
Imagine not even South Africa has one. Congratulations brother.
We dont even have electricity in SA😂 #LOADSHEDDING
@@ryannaidoo126 Loadshedding is 2hrs. Also the new nuclear plant is slowly phasing out the loadshedding if I'm not mistaken..
@@mrsoshadabaadman when Elon was asked when will he bring some to SA he said soon. That was 2018😁😁
@@Malisti04 LOL I saw that. But later he said it's because of the government restrictions its not worth it at the moment etc.
Imagine the owner of TESLA is originally from south africa... damnn
Fact: It is easier (and cheaper) to build a solar-powered charging station for an electric car than it is to build a gas station, and continuously get it resupplied.
yeah, but calculate how big that roof should be to produce120KW for even one supercharger. Solar roof can add just a small fraction of energy need. So to build chargers is not that easy as someone could think.
@@tesladude2822 A 120kw supercharger is not what I had in mind. I would go with a 10kwh battery (DIY not brand name), and 5kw of solar. That modest residential system would run you about $4k-$6kUSD. 10kwh gets you 30-40 miles/day, 210-280miles/week. Charge the vehicle at night, solar charges the battery bank by day. As an added bonus you get an emergency powerwall. Thats not a terrible deal.
@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions So, when you said "It is easier (and cheaper) to build a solar-powered charging station for an electric car than it is to build a gas station" it was something completely different. Gas station works day and night for multiple vernicles. In your case solar-powered panels will charge the battery day time, so you can drive 30-40 miles/day. Expensive if you ask me, also if you will take into account that effectiveness of double conversion (solar to battery, battery to charger) it will require almost double energy. On a cloudy day you will get even less. Also you will need a bigger size battery, if you will full charge/discharge on a daily base that battery will not last long.
@@tesladude2822 The savings of driving an electric car over an ICE one are sufficient to pay for the charging station I describe 10 times over. Additionally the amount of power generated would be sufficient to meet the needs of 95% of people (both in the States and Kenya it is rare to drive over 40 miles every day, 7 days/week). It fits most people's needs, and it not expensive relative to the cost of operating an ICE vehicle instead. You mention the inefficiencies of conversion. That's true. Most MPPT charge controllers are only about 95% efficient. Additionally most Inverters necessary to convert the DC battery power back to AC are only 95% efficient. So you will lose a whopping 10% of your collected solar energy in the process of storing it, and inverting it to operate an EVSE. That's why I went with a 5kw array. This will produce 25kwh on a sunny day, and 10kwh even on a very poor day for solar (Kenya doesn't get many cloudy days). Increasing the battery size to reduce depth of discharge is ALWAYS a good idea if you can afford it, but a properly cooled used stationary storage battery is still good for 1-2k cycles, or 3-6 years, even at a high DOD.
@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions talking about conversion efficiency you did not count that your 10KWH battery itself is also takes more energy than gives, not 100% effective. I could charge my car using 120V outlet, but I charge using 240V because it is much more effective, despite I barely drive my car. And I use grid, so I have incentives also. For somebody who has no electric grid, probably it is the only way to charge.
This is awesome, love to see EVs expanding across the world.
Yes indeed. There is alot happening on the African EV scene. Exciting Times!
No this is awful, we need African produced by Africans.
Elon is South African born and raised now the world's richest man in the world but ain't got no plans to invest in the continent but like other European corporation he wants to siphon cheap electric batteries materials from RDC to supply his factories in China and the US.
If I was the DRC president he either establish a Tesla facility in DRC or he is getting nothing out of DRC and likewise Samsung will either establish a facility in DRC or they getting zero materials out of DRC.
@@njorogewambui7400 ''No this is awful, we need African produced by Africans.'' what a retarded statement. So africans should make their own EV's now? As if its that easy??? Start advocating for proper infrastructure first, before suggesting useless pipedream. Africa dont need aFrIcaN produce, they need infrastructure
@@Dennis-ns1yx if you here for name calling watch out, you might just have met your match.
I hate people who cannot think for themselves, lazy people that cannot challenge themselves to put their brains into good use fortunately your post speaks volumes to the type of person you are, I don't need to look beyond your few words.
For myself and other self challenging Africans we are tired getting told what we can and cannot do.. our future is in our heads and hands we have the same abilities as Europeans, Americans, the Chinese and other innovative peoples and in addition we have the resources that investor's from other nations sihpon out of African to set up industries and employment opportunities for their peoples
Our raw materials need not to leave Africa, investor's got to be told if you establish facilities in Africa we can do business but to sell our raw materials in their law forms should not be an option no more.
Above anything else we should support African ingenuity and innovation for example instead of getting lost in buying Tesla putting money in Elons pocket we should be proud placing orders from Nigeria auto industries putting money in the pockets of African who will inturn invest the money back in Africa as opposed to Elon who built a multi million dollar facility in China instead of Africa where he us siphoning raw materials to create employment in China.
@@Dennis-ns1yx you such a poor thinker
..the heart breaks comes when you leave it to charge the whole night, and find's it at 16% in the morning 😂...btw nice work bro💪🏾
Thank you , Electric drive for arranging this for us in Africa. I hope other Tesla owners in Africa will do the same and just share their experience being an owner in Africa.
Thank you. We will find other Tesla owners across the continent and share their experiences
Mark My words - In 2 years (possibly less) the $25,000 (or less) Tesla (to be called the Model 2 or something like this) will be produced in China and possibly Europe (Germany) and maybe even in the USA. The demand will be TEN MILLION vehicles per year worldwide the first year - even with only 500,000 vehicles probably available the first year! By year three (say in 2025) DEMAND WILL BE OVER 20 MILLION VEHICLES per year but again Tesla will probably only be able to produce 3 million vehicles at most of this Model 2.
Why can't we Africans figure out shit on our own.
Be creative and stop importing everything
@@njorogewambui7400 well his south african so technically your point us mute
This man is so far ahead of so many. He's thinking of pollution reduction, accidents reduction by auto breaking. How many of our folks are think of these things?
No ain't the best he doing is siphoning raw materials out of Africa particularly DRC to establish facilities in China and the USA.
He can sell his cars in the market he is creating jobs leave the African market for Africans to figure it out on their own
Toyota Prius Prime (Plug in) here baby! higher quality rating than Tesla. Tesla is #30 out off 33 auto makers in quality rating, and is also among the least reliable vehicles on earth. Here a list of the least reliable vehicles according to Consumer Reports. Tesla is #7 least reliable vehicle on earth.
1. Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra 1500
2. Subaru Ascent
3. Volkswagen Atlas
4. Jeep Compass
5. Volvo XC90
6. Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon
7. Tesla Model S
8. Jeep Wrangler
9. Ford EcoSport
10. Volvo XC60
Don't be carried away this guy has biggest private school in syokimau n the school bus are all Mercedes Benz heavy duty
Oh really.. he's a billionaire
A multi-cultural, working-class mwananchi being the first one to get the cutting edge of automotive technology through beating the system is the real counterculture and rebellion against the rich ruling class and i'm here for it. 😎 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The status quo is shook just by him swerving to avoid potholes in his outskirts neighborhood in his Tesla.
Also has he tried slapping on a VPN ting for those geo-blocked features? 😅😂
Proudly Kenyan. I hope Elon Musk and the entire Tesla crew can change their view on Kenya and Africa at large,
been waiting for such youtube coverage forever
Thank you. Please share our content widely and spread the good news of Electric Mobility on the Continent
Elon Musk came from Africa, i hope he'll allow updates in Africa some day!
@Faiyaz He also lived there for a while.
@Faiyaz he lived here throughout his childhood though
Born went to high-school and first year uni in Pretoria south africa its all on Google not hard to find
@Faiyaz He is an African, He went to US , because
"Everything flourish in US"
Meanwhile In Nigeria I've seen over 20 Tesla owners for over two years now..
I've seen about 3 here in Ghana from the last 4 years and they make it look like it the first in Africa
I really havent seen tesla owners here in Nigeria tho
...which part
Hush puppy n co
@@foodvideoshorts2683 just google Tesla cars in Nigeria you'll see pictures people posted online...
It's not a competition
We had the first Tesla here in Zambia 🇿🇲 in 2019.
Good to hear, it's really motivating seeing people raising the bars high.
Any videos on that?
What are you saying? They are more than 4 Tesla's like this in Nigeria🇳🇬 and South Africa is expecting the first one this week or next week.
Am surprised myself too if on Instagram I can tag someone I know that owns one in Nigeria I have even spotted like 2 in Abuja
So you need a trophy or what?
I've been hooked to tesla back then when it started I love Elon musk he be my mentor... my dream was to be the first person to own a tesla in Kenya but shit happens anyway but I will still own one
Can you not figure out life on your own without needing a mentor
@@njorogewambui7400yeah I can but I think we differ in* the meaning of mentor for me it's a goal not copycats
I drove in a Tesla one time here in U.S and the ride is comfy fr,the feautures that i really liked were the autodrive,the car even switched lanes by itself and the rooftop was all see through from the windcreen all the way to the back though its "tinted" so you won't suffer heat from the sun.I'm quite happy to see a Tesla back home
So basically an electric Mercedes AMG S63
@@kinetickang5952 basically a CHEAPER electric car than the mercedes
Very good to see. With 3-phase charger and 240v power outlet general available, charging will not be a big problem.
Very soon Tesla will be in SA.
For sure. Now I just have to be figure out how to pay for the Cybertruck I ordered.
This now the answer to our major problems in Kenya emissions zero, noise pollution zero saves you money 💰
Respect for Kenya 🇰🇪
Government should approach tesla and offer incentives to allow them set a base here in kenya to manufacture tesla for whole of africa... Crazy money
Yes indeed
the government doesnt give 2 fs about anyone who wont grease their hands, i bet the first question they will ask is, "whats in it for me"
DRC actually has an upper hand for them it be do you want us continue to supplying your electri battery facilities with raw materials or do you want to get it from elsewhere. If it is with us, you better establish facilities here in DRC create empty for our youth or go get your supply from China and the USA the two countries with whom you have all your facilities.
The Kenyan Government is too corrupt and greedy
@@thatguyking1743 what in for tge government is alot... 1st they will get alot of money from taxes since every telsa in africa will be manufactured from here... Alafu the jobs created will be alot, first during the construction of the manufacturing base then afterwards jobs to work there coz we have the manpower. Then tgis will put kenya on the limelight and more investors will have confidence to invest in kenya. But first we need to work on our politics, ikue mature.
Congratulations Patel
LUCID AIR on the way. 830km range per single charge. Very lit🔥
The more EV's the better...
Nah lucid steal from tesla
From nigeria here. I am a tesla fan as well. Though I am yet to see one in person in Nigeria. Only seen pictures.
I hope Africa car makers like innoson go electric as well. We have lithium ion and other minerals over here. We should be the ones leading the way in the world.
Well done for putting up this video. Please interview other owners as well. I would like to here their experience.
Kudos to the young man explaining the features, very good description 👍🏽
I have a recommendation for him to get the latest updates even from Kenya
, its simple just use a VPN that shows you are in Europe, say London and you're good to go.
😂Bro This is not the same as downloading movies thru VPN’s
We have had Tesla in Zimbabwe for the past three years
I plan to bring the Y to Uganda this year.
Awesome. We cant wait to come and see it!
From nigeria here. Look forward to it.
am not worried about the price, i only wanted a Battery car
A statement of only those who have made it
@@josewamu9452 exactly
Wow. Amazing. I am waiting for the first BYD bus. Imagine a bus plying mombasa road route and uses the express way throughout. They can afford the toll fees from the savings.
seeing how he drives, it will probably be the first to be written off as well.
With 44 years driving experience, I highly doubt.
@@lincolnmwangi2150 my grandmother has 75 years experience, doesn't mean much.
There's been some Teslas in north africa for a while. There has also been a blue model X in Dakar, Senegal roaming around (although it has seemingly disappeared from the roads about a year ago) so it's definitely not unheard of, and daily driving one in Africa seems to be possible. Congrats to this guy!
Very nice. Tesla's aren't sold here in South Africa of course but I'd like one for myself.
Tesla needs to start selling their vehicles in Africa
Wow this is so inspiring soon we will be driving Tesla’s.
This guy is in Syokimau💯
Yeah i noticed the Gateway Mall
Buying a Tesla in unsupported countries is probably not a great idea because you don’t get the most important features like self drive or a good fast charging network. A Nissan Leaf or other models would be more value for money is of now. A few tips that will help improve the quality of your videos, get a camera mount for the in-car interviews or a 4K go-pro which will stabilize footage. Also use only one microphone feed for your audio for better audio quality and consistence. Consider the journey and save the interview for when you have tarmac for less unstable footage. Keep up the great work, thought I should share constructive feedback
Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated
He did a good job, enjoy the content for what it is, I hate that anybody and everybody thinks they can tell UA-camrs how to do their jobs. Creating content is complicated and there are variables and factors you can not understand unless you’re in the creator’s shoes
@@xchromehearxt8838 Simmer down! That was a constructive feedback and you can clearly tell by how @electricdriveafrica responded to it as well.
Relax! You’re awesome
@@xchromehearxt8838 cool down. He gave a very constructive feedback, and this information is very useful.
Hio toy car unapeleka wapi 😂😂😂
Kenya 🇰🇪😎🇰🇪💪
Watching this.. while a noisy pimped Subaru is passing by..angejua..
Here in Dubai we use them as Uber taxi
Nice to see Tesla in Africa. I believe EV manufacturers should expand to Africa... Much love from Kampala, UG
This is very exciting to see!!! Thank you for sharing this! Hopefully a lot of people see this and maybe Elon Musk will bring Tesla Motors to the Continent of his birth. Please keep making more videos!
Thank you. We will keep sharing these stories from Across the continent
An awesome piece of invention from Tesla, about this model (a75D) being the entry level i think it is best suited to drivers who rarely, if ever, cover very big distances as its limited with battery capacity.
has he tried using a vpn connected network to update his car? Nice content btw.
nice
since it has a browser maybe it supports apks
Can you trick location on a car that has radar, advanced GPS, and a bunch of sensors!
I was wondering the same thing. Would Vijay perhaps set up a VPN router? Connecting it to such a router while charging at home might trick it. I don't think it turns on other sensors while off. Won't hurt to try
I was thinking the same idea he should try to use VPN
@@Jameskaguo Yes you can
I think the old man deserves this car and loves it. Hard work pays. Big up Veejay.
😂😂" i like it this car, very good"..good for you man.
Hey guys, I was the lucky winner of the Tesla
Nooo it was me.Stop scamming people over here.
@@titolangat8453
It was me man. Why you always lie?
@@titolangat8453 we wacha😂😂
Lakini wadau tusijali,,tutaomoka😂😂😂
Wait for matatu with those similar doors..ngonja..😂
I have always been fascinated by electric cars, and Tesla in particular. I have done my research on how to get one here and sadly what he says is true. I am glad someone finally did manage to get one here.
The two fellows at the end of the video look fit
well done, it's a great that people who can afford it still care about pollution
i think africa should discuss with chinese partners for cheaper electric vehicle, price affordable especially for public transport
like in south america, there is a huge offer of price affordable cars, public transport buses, even cargo trucks used by coca cola or other bigger companies are EV
it's a great chance for african countries in their development to start from electric cars and public roads infrastructure
Yes indeed. We need affordable EVs with good LFP battery packs that allow mass production. Collaborations with China and India can help address this
Yes true... We need cheaper electric cars.. and l believe , YES WE CAN !
Then set up charging stations across the nation
It is very easy to update the software in Kenya.
All he has to do is to use a VPN for the network being used for over the air update and it will work perfectly
The car itself shows the location is Kenya,it's not that easy
Imma get me a Tesla for sure :D The music from 20:00 is just terrible...yall can use royalty free music from our channel to support us :)
The lack of a public charging network is not a problem, its an opportunity. The mindset. Those chargers can be made by polytechnic students.
I like the way you think
First its risky as they are no service center. 2 The government need to do an incentive to be zero emission like other countries low taxes on electric cars. 3. I own a model Y under warranty for the battery Tesla only sends parts to approved dealer and they are none in Africa. Plus no 3G sim support for Auto Pilot so you wont get updates
So you guys decided we didn't need to hear about the mars and Santa mood-setting?
I really enjoyed this bumpy trip! Wow your sons had made it Mr! Such a lovely Car to own! TESLA
This crazy man this is a market not tapped at all 😌
Charging Solutions for electric vehicles in Africa is a must!
Tesla can't sell their products in Africa?????
Great stuff find tesla owners in South Africa too...
Thank you. We will do that
Good job. Perhaps you can do a show on the economics of owning a Tesla in Kenya, especially since Kenya is a "gray" area that Tesla doesn't support. Also a show on about a long drive in a Tesla would be lovely.
Thank you we will work on those
Nice one. I think other African countries already have them though.
Yes. Shows there is demand and Tesla must come to Africa. Individuals have been importing Teslas directly into Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and several other countries. Tesla must come to the Party now!
@@ElectricDriveAfrica I totally agree bro. I'm sure Elon Musk will do something in SA.
@@ElectricDriveAfrica I hope you can find these others and share their experience being an owners.
@@ronakio too late
@@ifeelyoumrq1612 Too late for?
Im a sixteen years frm kenya and its in my bucket list to buy a cybertruck
Same here
I think ill also work smart and disapprove my village with honda fit before april
Who else wants manuals gtrs and old subarus
tell them to use a vpn so that they can get the updates
still won't work
Kenya is the super power nation in Africa
Superpower but tesla is owned by a south african so who's fooling who?
@@elroysquare2527 we can't deny his origin , but no south African has afforded his products ,,,you're fooling yourself
@@gavanamannu6961 what planet are you living in the most millionaires in africa live on south africa 🇿🇦 Elon mussk family literally lives in south africa are you on drugs??
@@elroysquare2527 we talking of HDI here ,,was nice meeting you Elroy!!
@@gavanamannu6961 even worse thought you where talking about tesla but if you talking about hdi then Kenya not in same league compare yourself with Tanzania or another east african country,you not on sa level just facts.
There's 2 teslas in Angola 🇦🇴 since 2019, Model S and model y
Am sure their charger has some sort of inverter, because the power supply at your home alone might not charge it without an inverter.
🔥 🔥 🔥 I love the good overview explanation. Hope to drive 1 someday 🙏🏽
What an owner tume ishi na ma Rose Royce na hakuna adi review MOJA💯
So now you own a rolls royce right?
Even at 12:39 you can see the rage is 252km with almost full battery
I have seen 3 of these different parts in
Dar es Salaam Tanzania since last yr November the difference is posting a UA-cam video
Yoo.. their in DSM or ready really?
Soo good to see this in kenya.....where can i find the.owner....
So that i can do a review of this tesla
Wale wa kuongeza fuel prices hawaezi taka hizi gari kenya
Wataweka tu tokens kwa stations za kucharge.
How to charge is the problem, Africa’s power outrages, I luv your efforts mr.
Thanks. Have a look at this. This will answer your questions on charging in Africa and power outages:
ua-cam.com/video/NU2HB_wzg6k/v-deo.html
At around 19:00,im listening to the guy the some useless music /noise comes in?
Poor Air Suspension just to see him. Oh god bye bye tie rod with those street there
Am proud to be a Kenyan
Awesomeness!!! KENYA rocks!!!! 💯👍💰💰
Hae could you talk about the cost and procedure of importing an electric car ...there was a bill that was passed in 2020 that reduces the Excise duty from 20% to 10% and other incentives could you look into this
Can’t wait for EVs to be all over Africa
I didn't know the ending was going to be an awesome
I could get one of these from London. But I just wouldn't enjoy it as much as this guy.
What happened with the voice-over sound? Anyway this is fantastic. We just need the infrastructure in Africa. I remember seeing a Model X for the first time in 2018 in Zimbabwe.
Is that your name😳,,, actually they took the vid in a remote areas
@@reubentv2948 okay but was referencing the bad sound coming from the voice-over.
So if there is an issue would you have to fly in a tesla engineer from the US because this car cannot be fixed be anyone apart from TESLA
there are third party repair facilities available
@@nicholas919cleare Maybe in Europe but not in Africa and only a tesla certified tech can fix it. ( fixing an electric car is not like fixing a gasoline car ) electric car parts are components that are not available in Africa simply because there is no market for them yet. and you have to get a technician of special training by the car company to be able to fix an electric car, due to the sensors and sophistication of the car
Get a solar system to charge this car
Solar and Electric cars are the perfect combination
Almost 5 Tesla in Ghana. You can see some in Nigeria as well.
We will visit Nigeria and Ghana Soon
Hii gari inataka tu powerbank ya kucharge.Mtu aunde powerbanks.Stima iki lost unajisort tu na ka power bank.
If he thinks the 75D is fast wait till they get to drive any of the performance models. I have a model s 85p. It's a completely different beast compared to the non performance. He will have extended battery life because he can't supercharge all the time.
Saa hii ni ushamba ya aina gani. Tesla causes such media attention. Africans we need to style up
1. He said he wanted to best and he got the best, but why p75d? Why not p100d?
2. 450km on a single charge? I mean, did you guys at least google it? Tesla model X p75d has an autonomy of about 380km, and with all those acceleration and up and down, I mean realistically speaking maybe 350km at best.
Yes I know going down is recharging but still.
Tesla has been in Nigeria for more than 3years guys!!!
That's the way...Real dope man
Well presented. The future is electric.
Thank you
Woow really nice Tesla is the best
Wow . Sounds great . Only problem is . You can’t go far . Very short kilometers on battery life. More like luxuriously expensive toy
I can't think of any reason why it'd be inpractical to own a tesla in kenya. Just charge it at home just use a wal connector. It's a shame tesla is ignoring African countries. A huge amount of potential sales although I'm not sure about the amount of tariffs on imports. Maybe tesla should build their next 2 factories in Nigeria and South Africa.
Nice video, here in Ethiopia there are some tesla most or them are giving a ride service ( Ethiopian version of uber )
Oh wow. Thank you. We will come and see these. Do they have a website?
@@ElectricDriveAfrica i'm not sure but u can find them on twitter @rideEthiopia
@@ElectricDriveAfrica twitter.com/jack/status/1199283267440119808?s=19 i think this how they get their teslas