Last Place on Earth Meeting Someone LIVING in their Tesla | Retired Vet Turned Nomad 

Same thoughts here. One of my favorite interviews so far. Thanks!

He’s awesome, as we have become super close!

Such a legend !

Renewable energy nerd and ex Tesla employee here. Actually relative to total consumption of the whole setup it doesn‘t make sense at all. I like it to but it‘s just wasted money. Just sentry mode mode uses a multipe of the Ecoflow turnaround consumption. Just the Roofbox increases the consumption by like 15-25 % relative to your average speed. Roofbox alone cound use more than 100 kWh a week based on the following calculations. In an nutshell if he travels worth of 5-15 Tesla Battery packs on average a week while hes is traveling what I would approximatley say he is using, ditching the load of the eco flow by having it solar fed saves him maybe 2-4 kWh of the 390-1170 kwh he needs so 0,17%-1,07% of his total energy consumption. In a week he saves 14cents to 2 dollars per week depending where you live, charge or how mus the super charger is. Even without a roofbox. Just a Solar Module mounted the roofrack would compromise the aerodynamic far more than the energy you could ever supplement. Look into the Aptera Car. Its crazy efficient because it hat an extrem aerodynamic case and the solar modules are inside the glas fo the roof. There and only there solar on an EV makes sense. Apart from that you need a whole roof of solar to charge properly. Or a crazy trailer with extending Solar Modules and an inverter inside, better it has its own battery in addition.

It would be such a better option to buy one of the cars that has free supercharging. My understanding is that it's hard to know if it will transfer, though.

@@justinkase1360 sometimes there are incentives

Indeed!

VW ID Buzz maybe?

I hope we see the van on August 8.

Telsa Cargotruck lol - I'd buy one

I agree. Thanks for tuning in!

Potentially😉

But with the Cybertruck you cannot take advantage of the HVAC when sleeping in the truck bed, and you cannot sleep flat in the cabin.

@@nihongobenkyoshimasu3190Yes, you can. Flip the back seat up and plop down a mattress.

It was awesome, thanks for watching

Thank you for supporting the channel! I could cry! :)

That’s awesome! He is giving it away to one of my subscribers if you are interested it DM me on Insta

Hey! You have 2-way charging so you could be our life-line lol

Electrify a RAV4. I'd love that! (If Tesla did it.)

For sure, talk about timing! Thanks for watching🔥

Thanks for being here and enjoying the content! More coming your way

He would but he sold his Y recently and traveling the world in his backpack.

@@harmhoeks5996 yes indeed!

Just personal preference for some :). Thanks for watching

Nice build. But why not remove at least the back bench completely to increase the space and may be even get rid of the roof box

@@awmmuc James wanted to ability to take it out so that he could drive people if he wanted too. He also just SOLD his mobile home and is traveling the world

@@EverydaySandro idk, just seems like people want to have their cake and eat it too. If you're living in a car, its no longer your job to transport more than 2 people, and there's no situation where 5 ppl don't have 2 cars to choose from. Every square inch makes a major difference at that size.

@@EverydaySandrobecause when you sell your Tesla (bc it last forever) you want to sell it in perfect shape. Not easy to replace tesla seats. Also, when you remove something, it may hinder the warranty. In my X I kept my seats bc i dont want to pay for them later…no savings there or hassle.

Totally possible!

Such a great guy! Cheers

He eventually did change to those before selling his model y! Love that you like camping in your Tesla too

It’s solid! Thanks for watching

He’s awesome. So glad we crossed paths

For sure, he’s somewhere out there!!

@@joshx413 that’s his rental property and is one reason why he is able to roam!

Great tips! He condensed his stuff after this trip!

Indeed

Thank you, James an amazing human being. Hopefully one day that would be possible! Thanks for watching!

That’s awesome. Why not go fully electric?

Nice! Where are you traveling?

Thanks for being here

Thank you for the tip! Which panels do you suggest?

@@EverydaySandro To be honest, the best panels usually are those glass encased metal frame panels. Those will easily last 10+years. The question there would be, finding a sturdy way on bolting it down to your top carrier. That could be done maybe with some some sort of metal strips inside the carrier and then picking holes and screwing and attaching it to the panel via brackets. The even bigger question would be how much would that effect your range i guess.

@@Mosquito3314 true true. I think he wanted to keep the overall design as easy as possible.

The CIGS ones last a lot longer (25yrs), have diodes to make them extremely shade tolerant, are more flexible than standard flexible panels and are very light weight. They are expensive. He probably used a CIGS based on his other equipment choices.

you are absolutely correct. I must have missed when he mentioned it. But I was unaware of this technology until you mentioned it.. Appreciate it though, because now I might just buy some lol after checking out the specs. @@dvwatts

Teslas white seats are extremely durable and easy to clean.

Howdy! There are two superchargers in Alaska, but weirdly located near Anchorage. The Alcan, I use the FLO charger network and Plugshare! I have a video here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cTFYAeasqOk.htmlsi=dAP4aVHbTnbmGKWR

He actually minimized down after the shoot cause he was getting no range😉

combined with cold weather of alaska and vast distances, I too would be very worried about having enough range between destinations

Thank you!

sorry but it's a pipe dream. I have a remote job and there's just no way that they would let me do it remotely from a car, it's not realistic if you have to rely on employment

@@JRCarReviews it wasn’t great. His range max was about 250miles on a good day

There are 2 Superchargers station in Alaska. We charged at free level 2’s or CCS

He did but too much work. It’s easier like this

Fair point. He sometimes like to travel out of the country for an extended time and it would keep his fridge running as once he powers off his car, it stops charging the fridge from the 12V DC outlet

@@EverydaySandro But why would you need to turn the car off? Camp mode gives you access to the battery but doesn't drain much extra power (by design- kind of the entire point of camp mode is to provide electricity for when it is stopped). In fact the main reason I would even buy a Tesla is the ability to have access to a huge battery to run climate control and electronics off of when stopped. Even with hybrids, the motor comes on every 30 minutes or so to recharge the battery, which is bad when youre trying to sleep.

@@100toeface if you are leaving the car for the day or so, then having Solar makes sense. I get your point though. Thanks for sharing

@@EverydaySandroIt still doesn't make sense. The same battery you use for solar could be charged using the tesla when you're driving or sitting. Not trying to be argumentative or anything, but solar makes zero sense whatsoever in all usage scenarios I can imagine. I would be surprised if you get more than 200 watts of power per day with solar on the roof. For an 80 kilowatt battery it would take 400 days to deplete the battery @ 200 watts per day.

@@100toeface The 12/16 volt battery automatically shuts off when the car walk away from the car

I charge 95% of the time free. Free Public Level 2 Chargers using the Plugshare app

meanwhile here in New Zealand charging anywhere (other than home) is ultra expensive, ruins the whole idea :(

@@Niberspace oh man. How come?

@@EverydaySandro Possibly because parking anywhere is super expensive, so whenever you're charging anywhere you're paying like 10% for the elctricity and 90% for the parking fee. Even rural land in New Zealand is expensive

Hey! It’s a Model X Long Range. If they were electric, I would love them too!

It would be too much. Take less, do More

True, why I avoid big cities

When did you hear that? Talk about an internal combustion engine

You meant why not?

I guess he used a leveler to make the right adjustments

@@EverydaySandro yeah, I was just curious if he did anything in particular with materials or the like. Pretty straightforward though. But very cool.

Like, how did he determine how deep that drawer needed to be etc.

@@grizzlymartin1 pretty straight forward I think. He did take inspiration from Jimmy

Hey! He is homefree by choice and he actually has a rental property. Happiest he has ever been, to each their own

From 8:20 seems to explain partly. It also seems more like a conscious choice to ENJOY the freedom versus 9-5 and paying the bills.

@@harmhoeks5996 indeed

Why silly? It’s amazing, most underrated vehicle for camping

Not saying model y is underrated for camping. For LIVING he might be better off with regular camping van instead.

@@MC-mz7cz fair, it all depends on your personal needs. I love my X and spend most of my time outside

1000% you mate😉

Many public restrooms

Hé is! Served in the Military

Indeed no. He did have performance tires as I have proper all-terrain tires

*homefree

Check it Tesla.com!!

Exactly, what are you complaining about? it's all ordered online so you don't even have to get out of bed

Smart investing and served his country!

@@carlludwigsand3130 hard work and service

For sure! CT is Cali proof

You are so right! Introducing James

That’s a sick setup for sure, price tag though :/

Makes the interior feel bigger

@@EverydaySandro intuitively it would also seem to make it more susceptible to dirt/staining but gotta work with what you have I guess.

@@Fanzindel Its vegan leather and does clean off rather easily. Also makes the feel the interior feel more spacious

I see

loooool have u ever seen a tesla? the tires are enormous, a spare one would take up the entire boot almost

We should

1,200,000 km teslas exist

EV sales increasing every year. Was the horseless carriage a fad as well?

Still using your VCR?

He said no with the heat pump! Tesla also does their winter testing in AK. Thanks for watching🔥