Well, the gates of the production, held here at Tesla's enormous Fremont factories you see in the background looks a little bit like the death star from Star Wars, doesn't it?

This is where they build the Model three or where they had quite a lot of trouble building enough model greasy.

Elon Musk had to sleep in the factory to sort it out.

Apparently, they're ramping up now to their target, half a 1,000,000 cars a year.

But we're gonna go inside there today, take a look around, take a tour, see how they're getting on, see how this company builds their cars differently to everyone else.

But that is just the beginning of quite a day that we have installed, because once we've done a whistle stop tour that we're gonna jump in the Model three performance set off on a road trip.

A road trip to Los Angeles, five and 1/2 hour's drive, 360 miles.

Odd.

There will be super charging along the way if we want to absolutely make it there on the reason we're on a road trip is because they're revealing the new border.

Why tonight, at the loft in the design center, we have a tight schedule.

It's gonna be a bit squeaky, but hopefully this will give you an insight into how this unique company and its products operate.

Right.

Let's go and get free.

Welcome, Pretzels.

What records?

More?

My look.

Chelsea beats or sneakers thistles.

Gonna keep a safe in the Tesla factory.

You're going through hell.

Keep going.

We have been told that this factory is bigger than the Vatican City, which is not backing an interesting Kessler's comparing itself, huh?

Religious.

I should give you some actual information.

Apparently, Tesler bought this place from $42 million GM, which is quite a lot of money, but not when you consider it's invested.

Three and 1/2 $1,000,000,000 quickly.

This is me Moto three.

Stamping line in action.

It's just word into life.

43 tonnes.

These guys, there's three of them.

The idea is to get a blank sheet metal.

It stands the basic shape, trimmed the edges and then the 3rd 1 This is holes and finishes off the panel.

Absolutely epic along operated.

These guys roll in and out on their own industry and accident.

Look at this madness.

We've actually found human working inside the Tesla factory.

This is one of the few bits that can't be fully automated.

They're just checking the panels as they come off the line.

Standing off the edge is given them the final check, and then it's stacked up in these massive pallets over here.

So apparently this over here is the biggest hydraulic press in the factory.

Also the biggest goddamn press in North America.

See that massive red cube over there?

Apparently, that weighs about 500 ton stamps out the sides of the model s yet 500,000 kilograms of pressure pouring down on one steel panel.

You really don't want to get your nuts.

See, over here have been sleep.

Acting robots are.

That's because this is the model three body line.

So apparently the most automated body line of any car factory anywhere in the world bar called.

Then you see the robots on the floor.

They're robots.

There's also one hanging off the ceiling and they call those backs.

This is Model three General Assembly up here because it's so densely packed in.

They've got so many of these cars that you need to use every last square foot.

This is the point with a battery pack building.

The gigafactory in Nevada is slotted up under me and into the Model three.

It's all happening up there on this.

If it's all gone to plan is where it will end the final model S and Model X production.

The doors air on the trim in the seat sarin that one just rolled off the line off the test track and then eventually off to the customers.

Unless, of course, you're a European customer, in which case the powertrain and body disassembled and then reassembled again at the Tilburg Plum in the Netherlands.

But it's a beautiful process, one that involves more robots than any other car factory in the world.

And that in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen, our test right, that's quite enough of the factory stuff.

We've got a big road trip ahead of us, a lot of miles to cover.

I'm far more interested in how these cars actually drive, so let's get cracking way.

What we have here is a Model three performance, says the 1st 1 the one you want 444 horsepower, not 60 three and 1/2 seconds.

Four will drive Stoneking acceleration, but we're not worried about acceleration.

For this bit.

At least we're worried about range.

We're here to get to L.

A.

In time for the model y reveal event this evening, we're gonna have to stop off for a supercharger or two.

Along the way, we've plugged in Kettleman Supercharger, which we're told is one of the biggest supercharger stations in the world On There's a lounge for us to hang out, which sounds quite appealing, so that's what we're aiming for.

But there's a lot of miles to cover Before then, what I thought I'd show you is the auto pilot system that you get in the Model three.

You're getting all the Tesla's as well.

It's just a little bit better.

The technology isn't necessarily different to the stuff you get in our D's and JAG ewers and stuff like that.

It just seems to work a little bit smoother.

It's a bit more intuitive.

It lets you take your hands off the wheel for a bit longer.

It seems to have softer edges between the white lines.

So it works like this.

I'm cruising along here about 70 miles an hour.

One tap down on this stork on the cruise.

Control is on, so you can adjust the speed here.

Right?

So we're now cruising is radar cruise control, so keep the distance of the car in front at 65 miles an hour on the freeway.

All well and good, but you have to do the steering yourself.

Or so.

What you really want is the autopilot mode that's two clicks down when you've got a gray steering wheel here that goes blue, and now it's taken over the steering.

So you see, there's a car there between two blue lines.

Other cars around.

You pop up on the screen just to let you know that the car is sensing its surroundings on.

That's it.

It's taken over.

It's driving me between the lines at my desired speed, which is 65 miles an hour.

Precisely the speed limit.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, it takes a little bit of time to trust the system.

The first time you do it, you kind of sit here with your hands hovering someone near the wheel.

But once you've got it, it actually works really well.

You can just relax.

You can sit back.

You can let the car take the strain.

And with the car taking the strain well, I've got more time to worry about my range.

Basically, range anxiety is a thing.

Whether Tesla choose to admit it or not.

I've got a little number up there says the battery presented.

It doesn't tell you your exact range because that's fluctuating with time, depending on how you're driving.

You see, I've got a number here.

84 83% now, not very long ago.

That said 99%.

I swear that is dropping too fast for us to reach our destination.

The computer says it isn't.

If I hit it, let one over here and I pressed that.

That's his energy.

Yes.

Here it is.

Look, so we get a graph on the screen.

So you see, we're on 83% here.

This is our journey, and it says we're gonna arrive with 34% battery, 35% battery.

When we get to the other end, I'll have to trust the computers on this one.

But there is a tension that comes with it, and you find yourself constantly glancing at it.

Checking the satin you don't want to go too fast is where the autopilot system.

But he helps because it means you don't mind so much doing the speed limit kicking back in the car.

Take the strain on just cruising along.

28% range.

Still remaining This Tesler Road tripping Lark is easy, isn't it?

I thought, while I say I'll just show you how you supercharged Tesler First thing to do is open the charging port.

Only an idiot would get out the car without doing that first.

Just one second they gave that pops open.

Grab the plug, shove it in and that's it.

It's a lot easier than filling up with petrol or diesel and getting it all over your shoes, isn't it?

The account is linked to the car will cost about $20 to fill up unless the car belongs to Tesler, in which case is free.

Just look at this place.

Incredible.

40 50 superchargers there must be here, one of the biggest in the world.

The biggest, in fact, is in China.

When they got 50 year old 52 super charges.

But how long before every petrol station in the world looks a little bit like me?

Mind blowing?

Anyway, let's check out the lab, just plugging in my special Tesler Lounge code there, which comes up on the car satin after.

Only has the drivers get in this lamb's so what's it look like?

The world's only Tesla's superchargers lounge?

Well, a lot like any other land, really in an airport or anywhere else.

Comfy seating over there.

Vending machines with oversize American snacks.

Over there.

Over here.

Craft Coffee bar.

Yes, this is good.

Check out the merchandise.

Let's get Kettleman City, California T shirt.

Imagine if they sold T shirts of the S O Crouch end.

I just wouldn't have the same ring to it.

Even the cups of branded up Look at this more left model.

Three cups obviously haven't come through yet.

Person, isn't it?

OK, it is a bit annoying, having to stop 50 minutes an hour and fill up your car rather than five minutes to fill it with petrol.

But the future is sitting around in company leather seats, drinking nice coffee and checking your e mails before okay, So back on the road, full supercharge, we have 1,000,000 t 5% battery, which feels good 173 miles to our destination.

That's three hours, 17 minutes, and it says we're gonna arrive at the model y reveal event at 7:20 p.m. Apparently, the event kicks off at 7 45 so it's a little bit squeaky.

Am I worried this being attested?

There are some other things within the menu to keep you amused on a long trip.

If I hit this Tesler symbol at the top, you get a picture of your jewel motor model three on, then some spangly little symbols up here.

If I hit the repetition.

Oh yes, the emissions testing mode fart mode, basically.

So I'm gonna hit far on demand.

You can choose which fart you want to go for Andi.

More importantly, which corner of the car you want it to come from?

Well, go front left that, by the way, is known as a falcon heavy.

There are other types of far available thats one's called a short shorts.

Refer.

Yeah, this'll one's called a ludicrous far or even more amusing that you could do far on turn signal.

So I switched that on, but my indicator on and it would do various farts of different volumes and lengths.

Well, there we go.

Oh, good one, actually, um, you'll notice.

Actually, that was an interesting test there that the car actually changed laying for me.

So when you're not a pilot made click, the indicator line goes perforated and it moves over for us away to the sound of a fart.

Extraordinary, isn't it?

Imagine Audi or rocks, or even imagine box or putting a fart mode in the next Astra.

You just can't see it happen.

Then you Tesler your loving You hate him.

But they do do things differently on the childish side.

To Tesler.

Yes, well, we've only gonna made it every way.

Feeling more than a little bit frazzled, But we're here.

Well, nearly here.

We're stuck in L.

A traffic, as you'd expect with the auto pilot doing its thing.

About 1.3 months.

And we get there six minutes.

We're gonna get there at quarter past seven, which is Easy Street.

We're gonna be absolutely fun.

Charge remaining 22% Little bit less.

And it said we were gonna have but still comfortable.

So here we can't few minutes model y a brand new Tesla.

Think about Papa Shell, part three of the big Tesler Fanboy road trip.

And we've made it to L.

A.

We made it to the Tesla model wire.

Then you can probably see the Falcon nine Space X rocket over my shoulder, but on this is quite a big.

But we've just been told that despite flying all the way from the UK, James and Rohan, videographer, photographer extraordinaire, aren't allowed into the event.