The Electric Viking and Solving The Money Problem, Steven Mark Ryan

[@electricviking]

The best solar company in Australia just installed my new solar system. Check them out here: www.resinc.com.au/electricviking Listen to Sam and Steven's podcast on Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theelectricviking/episodes/The-Electric-Viking-and-Solving-The-Money-Problem--Steven-Mark-Ryan-e2p1g7c/a-abi94at

[@richardservatius5405]

I am relatively poor so when I decided that I needed solar power to help out with expenses I decided to build my own system and would have to buy used equipment where possible and buy new, cheap batteries after buying some used batteries that were useless. My system works, but not perfectly. I have 5 each 5.1kwh batteries and will eventually buy 3 more. I have 26 used solar panels that produce maybe half the power they should, but i still can't afford new panels. During the summer I save $60 to $80 on my electric bill. During cloudy/rainy/snowy days I don't save any money at all. However, I have battery power for when my village suffers grid power loss. My village loses power about six times per year. Some times we lose power for nine days. My little system won't last for nine days...maybe 1.5 days and then i have to start a generator to both run my place and charge batteries for another 3 days. That is why I need more batteries and new panels. Eventually I hope to buy an EV van for my tiny business and will be able to write part of the cost off my income taxes. I will be able to partially charge the van using my solar system; grid power to top it off. I normally only need to use the van every other day, so charging partially won't be a problem. "solving" stated at the end of your video my opinion just about perfectly. He is a crass but really smart guy.

[@SolvingTheMoneyProblem]

Thanks for having me!

[@anthonylosego]

Money will dissolve, but there is still land. It's a good. But you can't make more of it.

[@anthonylosego]

What if Elon leaves Tesla, then Mary Barra takes over, appointed by executive order, then unionizes the company? lol (A la OpenAI).

[@SolvingTheMoneyProblem]

Thanks for having me, really enjoyed the chat!

[@timwatson3530]

Cool to see two youtubers who have influenced my investing have a yarn together. Pyro getting me into Tesla stocks and the Viking influenced my BYD Atto purchase 😉

[@blackswansystem]

All we need now is Hoocho for the 3 best stoners on Australian KZbin

[@SolvingTheMoneyProblem]

@@timwatson3530 Watto!

[@electricviking]

Same here mate.

[@TradeWithShawn]

Best interview of the year so far. And we're already hitting October, so that's saying a lot.

[@DaveBjornRapp]

Both of you rock. I'm so glad you're around to balance the equation.

[@UniteAmericaUnite]

SMR is a great interviewee. He comes across a bit softer than on his channel. Maybe it’s the Sam Evan’s effect. Love to you both and thank you for sharing.

[@stevebonella1]

He says he plays a character on his channel. In interviews he's probably more himself.

[@jtnomura]

@@stevebonella1 We have the rascal Irish type and the calm Scandinavian type here.

[@tyroleanmax]

This is so comforting to watch: the Viking & SMR talking his heart out. So much reassuring knowledge Thank you both!

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@Ron-py7rt]

Thank you Electric Viking! One of your best videos. Blessings to you & your family & keep 'em coming.

[@electricviking]

Thank you kindly

[@audience2]

Nice to see the two Australian KZbinrs have a collab.

[@electricviking]

More to come!

[@jrkamuela]

SMR is so on point! Freedom of choice is how it should always have been. No risk to TESLA is hard to hear for others trying to compete.

[@socalrob26]

Probably the Best Video I have ever seen with SMR, he is actually direct and to the point without all normal hype, thanks guys for all the info you both bring to the table, very much appreciated.

[@electricviking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlphaCrucis]

Herbert, Dave Lee, and Farzad also have some great interviews with SMR.

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

Steven has *always* given honest analysis driven facts for us to ponder, and I love it. I've also never found myself in disagreement. Sam, giving us much the same treatment for electrification in general worldwide makes this "S & S Show" a treat for me. Thanks to you both!

[@RayJohnson1980]

no doubt there

[@scifithoughts3611]

Nice show. I have a brain and I can recognize the president isn’t a puppet. I think that statement says more about the guests mental state than reality. I liked a lot of the other things he said.

[@scifithoughts3611]

Yeah… 24 min in the guest’s assholery comes out.

[@johnrussell4788]

Great to hear yiu together, thanks!!!

[@jeromecastonguay]

I have been following both hosts for such a long time. They are so cool and informative.

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@jmf1134]

Yesssss! I’ve been waiting for you two to link up! Love your channels and content. You guys have changed my life from investments to health. Thank you.

[@SparkySho]

109%

[@1234tohw]

Really nice to see the two of you tag-team like this. Keep up the great work and all the best to you both.

[@nononsenseBennett]

SMR is brilliant and I'm sure is a huge influencer for Tesla fans.

[@BeastHive]

The hubris is Trump level delusional so I guess that's why he believes the Trump grift either that or he's so invested in Tesla he's willing to sell out to Trump for his stock. Suspect either way.

[@langleech]

Yes good to see you both together today

[@jeffharmed1616]

Thanks great chat. It would be somewhat depressing if money became almost worthless at the point where Optimus production netted trillions of dollars of profit. (Steven did say that he thought that the age of abundance would make money worthless)

[@RudiJock]

Whenever I feel a bit down (which is rarely mainly because of SMR) I watch another of his insightful videos and am reminded why I am heavily invested in Tesla. Sam gives a great insight into new technology and opinions on what may be a better 'bang for the buck' than any Tesla product (Now You Know channel provided a cheaper, better solution for a "power wall", but the auto-bidder software is missing) and Sam may place a Chinese auto at a cheaper price above a Tesla, but over-the-air software? Charging issues? Safety? Warranty? These still remind me that Tesla still has an edge that cannot be ignored. I am so very grateful to be able to observe BOTH Sam and Steven on a daily basis. I too have begun to listen to "Tesla/EV/Elon haters" to decide for myself what I feel is important or 'real' and am grateful I can rely on channels such as Solving The Money Problem and The Electric Viking to gather information that leads me to substantiate their claims or fact check. You guys ROCK!

[@Cryptonight3]

We need more Australians like these two guys .

[@dennissalisbury496]

The overall savings across a broad spectrum of costs from FSD/Robo-Taxi will vastly exceed the price of the vehicles. It's not a question of if but only when. Excellent presentation.

[@mikafiltenborg7572]

I'm also 100% in TSLA looooong term 😎

[@stefanhallin]

Buy and forget, stop looking at daily value or you’ll go insane. When will it pop? Depends on market valuing; FSD Robotaxi, Energy, Optimus, Dojo, Etc Any and all of these or any number of other potential ’start-up’ products yet to come, could make the share price go pop. If you can afford it, just hang on for the ride long term. It’s still probably going to be a volatile stock, so unless you want to go celebrating with champagne the one day, only to pull your hair out in despair the following - buy and forget.

[@davidpearn5925]

@@mikafiltenborg7572 such a pity senior management aren't also,.......... 🤔 !!!

[@Viking7771]

You are right Steven the so called gov should piss off!

[@wwt17]

95% TSLA in equities portfolio.

[@jimborad7490]

My two favorite Aussies talking about a hopeful future. Love it.

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@DanV18821]

Great discussion and good that both of you get to put this out together.

[@DRVRLES]

YES Great talk! I been driving v12.5.4 with ASS. Not perfect but totally unreal. The massive compute can quickly train the FSD. Summons is mind blowing good for sure. So far I only summons my car with my trips to the stores. Just think how fast the clusters are expanding their compute for all this. It has all moved over to the FAST LANE.

[@blakeanderson9479]

Just love listening and watching both you guys, screw the dead beats and carry on. You make a lot more people happy than sad.

[@soul4saken]

I found that to be a really good conversation. I particularly like how you pushed back on some of SMR's opinions, but did so really respectfully and gave him room to explain himself. Both with very different styles and both legends.

[@jonathanlane8250]

Love you guys

[@jonread1983]

Great effort from you both, compliment each other nicely given the differing personalities. Both optimists though and I like that. Realistic discussion. I think with being on course for the 6 billion miles data and the pace of change in FSD in the last six months that Robotaxis could slip into the early part of Stevens 12-24 month range. Greetings from damp and drizzly UK.

[@electricviking]

Thank you very much!

[@tonydeveyra4611]

The Australian team up the world has been waiting for.

[@udaraeli665]

Awesome, watching you guys daily on your channels. Thank you both for your work .

[@electricviking]

Thanks for watching!

[@jmf1134]

Get sandy munro with you two that’d be awesome to hear your perspectives / experiences and Sandy’s engineering knowledge.

[@DaveBjornRapp]

This statement "Sandy is sooo pro ICE and anti EV that it would be a very contentious show though, and that could be fun to watch." was made in error.. I was thinking of Scott Kilmer.

[@SparkySho]

@@DaveBjornRapp hate ta see him get ripped a new azxhole

[@stefanhallin]

@@DaveBjornRappmate, “Sandy is so pro ICE, anti EVs” what planet are living on? Obviously talking about a different Sandy from the Sandy Munro I’m following.

[@jaykay1852]

Seems Sandy loves any great engineering marvel, whether ICE or EV, but he sees that EV is the future happening now. Although he can’t hide his Tesla bias very well, he does recognize other OEMs that innovate and get concepts to scale. He’s been warning of the China threat and only tariffs can stave off or minimize their global domination and save US manufacturing, at least until robotics take over completely, but that may take decades to realistically convert under current regulatory constraints. Mindblowing to even prognosticate. Regardless, SMR is spot on and the suggestion of adding Sandy to this kind of discussion would be something to listen to. Adding an unrestrained Elon to the discussion would be the only way to top that, IMO. Ms views for sure.

[@stevendu5914]

It will be the S^3 show!

[@sarisaribiz3944]

My 2 favorite bloggers from Australia.

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@richpalmisano1740]

It's the SMR interview tour...I do enjoy the different perspectives being put forth. In the end, the majority of the EV/Energy/Tesla channels are pretty much in lockstep with a few differences.

[@myredeyelife7010]

I have hardware three in a 2023 model three. Just got the update with summon. Works fantastic.! just by the rate of improvement since I’ve had the car. I know these cars will full self drive in a short time

[@waynethefridgemanosborne8984]

What a great chat . I was always toying with the idea of stocks, now 2 years in I'm glad I did thanks to SMR . Sam you have to get him to come to the everything electric show in Sydney next year. Would be great as a guest speaker. Keep up the great work to the pair of you . Again fantastic chat.

[@davidfenwick987]

Your best video ever, outstanding questions. SMR is a hero. Thank you both.

[@electricviking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidpotter8488]

Excellent show and really good to hear Stevens comments

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@coolco1619]

Two of my most trusted KZbinrs. Love listening to their inputs.

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@tombrandt8137]

Two of the best in discussion. Thank you

[@RayJohnson1980]

i admire both of you and wish i could find a niche in similar areas to yourselves

[@shirolee]

Wow this was an awesome collaboration!

[@mattwilson1126]

just an awesome and complimentary combination, thanks for doing this!

[@electricviking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@petersmangalisongoma2013]

Viking, you have turned into what is arguably the biggest renewable energy expert o the internet kudos to you

[@babstude]

this was one awesome ass convo; tks for putting this together lads

[@ryanreeves70]

Ryan is extremely informative with common sense and thinks things through

[@HussainAbdullahTofa]

Wow! Interesting.

[@stevendu5914]

Wow! What an incredible must view episode.

[@Scribemo]

Excess Australian energy use: desalination and greening vast swathes of the Outback with it.

[@EnRoligJoker]

My two favvos :) such great to hear him say "this is where you fucked up" :D

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Robotic vehicles are just a step to robots. Machines with legs. Understanding the world they are in and doing something useful. 😮

[@felyngabreil2709]

Love your guys.

[@jimparr01Utube]

Thanks to the both of you guys. SMR is a much more attractive personality when chewing the fat with another bloke. I enjoyed the content and learned stuff. Keep on truck'n Sam and family. And thanks for unticking the AD's box for this one.

[@johnmacri7440]

SMR has been so right. Thanks men

[@DugganSean]

Good chat.

[@electricviking]

Thanks!

[@JosephWolfgram]

I really like SMR making the rounds on other $TSLA Bull channels. He's a cool dude.

[@nickmcconnell1291]

Awesome stuff!

[@nyanbrox5418]

What a crossover! Australians unite

[@christopherhamilton5557]

I’ve been wondering if this would ever happen… now where is John Cadogan? 😄

[@ababycow]

The visuals are very well edited for a podcast. Thanks Elektric

[@knewhunter1]

This is officially your best video ever.

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

It's perhaps a bit worse this time around. Where are the carriage makers and leather workers going to go this time around? The whole ICE industry is in a technological sinkhole at the same time it's flat broke.

[@darylfoster7944]

ICE will continue in the u.s. as long as the 100% tariff is in place.

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

@@darylfoster7944 - If there are tariffs it doesn't affect the supply chain for ICE collapsing at a different rate, a faster one. The old paradigm is dying as we watch, like it or not.

[@darylfoster7944]

@@LegendaryInfortainment there will still be ICE profits available for a while. EV sales aren't growly very quickly in the U.S., and without Chinese EVs available, the supply of EVs is fairly low. And the tariffs demotivate Ford and GM from ramping up, in fact they've retrenched.

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

@@darylfoster7944 - Perhaps so, but I believe the future will surprise you much more than myself. Tesla will just need to expand a bit if GM & Ford both tank. They will, if they don't get their EV act together soon enough.

[@BrentNally]

I’ve been a YUUUUGE fan of SMR since SMR’s very first STMP video in November 2019 and I know Electric Viking is an Aussie so I’ve been waiting for these 2 gents to converse for quite a while. Bravo Steven!

[@berniegarvey5219]

Great conversation, thank you both!

[@electricviking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robbstewart921]

Legends!

[@slyktech1860]

Its nice to see SMR again but it has to be on other people's channels.

[@markrowland1366]

Thankyou for the podcast. I've been recieveing, your work for all but a month. I wish you your wife the boys the best. Toyoda three months ago looked into the camera saying he is a lyar.

[@darrincooper1318]

Ohhhh snap !! My 2 fav dudes together POPCORN POPPING

[@MarsOzzie]

10/10 location

[@richardservatius5405]

The opinion put out during the last few minutes is the best I've seen for the USA.

[@JaceTran]

Love both of you guys❤

[@powerinpractice]

Steve Mark Ryan - u should do interview formats more often - you come across way calmer and insightful here than in your own vidoes.

[@marleymarl0]

I don’t agree with everything SMR says, but he’s entertaining and I like his conviction. Great interview.

[@izzid049]

Good inter view

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@moszis]

Steven is the GOAT

[@SparkySho]

As is Mr Sam…. SMR DID NOT ADMIT HIS LOVED ONE INTO A CANCER HOSPITAL

[@Guyonthelist]

Like to see you both outside your standard format. Thanks for the great program. To me, the 4680 is about keeping suppliers in check. If you can make kw×hr/kg for x and your supplier cannot compete with that price, than there is no sale. Tesla needs lots of batteries, maybe you can make a few dollars per cell, even if at a higher price, but a supplier cannot bend tesla over. And without batteries, tesla cannot do much at the moment- even if the 4680 is a hedge, money well spent.

[@darylfoster7944]

It also generates a $45/kwh handout, at least in the short term.

[@samjohnston4945]

Thanks Sam. Excellent wide ranging interview with SMR. Clever bastard, gives such clearly reasoned analysis. With my peanut-sized brain am unlikely to add value to SMR's points, but maybe the following observation is useful ... On Tesla's existential threats & their competition ... Tesla's culture is possibly their ultimate moat. Tesla has a far higher change velocity than its competitors. Tesla's culture seems to create a well structured grouping of self directed teams (source: Farzad, Rohan Patel, etc), that work at a far faster self-correcting pace, which is being continually repointed towards solving the most important things, at the right time. It's an Agile + Lean approach previously only seen in IT. However, within Tesla it's applied across ALL teams. And in the end, in Business, productive customer focused change velocity wins. (Not, ever, financial advice)

[@williammorris4094]

I am impressed with the mix,!! Bill

[@RJasonKlein]

SMR is brilliant - excellent interview!

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@richardservatius5405]

legacy auto needs to make EVs in sectors of production that don't compete with Tesla products. No competition means they can still make a profit. example; box trucks, passenger vans that can be partially converted to carry luggage in the back (airport and train station vehicles), garbage trucks, city buses, dump trucks, excavators, farm tractors,

[@fredbloggs5902]

Not at their current scale they can’t, and most of legacy auto are massively in debt.

[@SparkySho]

That’s exactly wtf they doin NOW HA ……it’s not going to turn out well in th long run

[@Loanshark753]

One my way to university a Mercedes eActros was observed.

[@fairmont___d]

It never ceases to amaze me how people who are so knowledgeable in one area can be so wrong in others....

[@johnnyb8629]

best use for extra energy, Compute! dump into a huge data center! Data centers are basically giant electricity hogs, water too but that's dependent on the type of cooling system used. That way, your making money from your excess energy in the form of AI compute.

[@FRWD_FXLRST]

Wait, this can’t be real without telling us to drink AG1. 😂

[@wheelofcheese100]

😂

[@MarksElectricLife]

Wot, no Bunnies cap ?

[@imagebroker]

Thanks!

[@electricviking]

Welcome!

[@rufonfire9015]

Great interview. Love both your content. Have a great day from your cuzzies over here 🇳🇿

[@electricviking]

Much appreciated

[@TheDarinseng]

I have doubts about ever having excess energy regardless of how ever much is produced even if its a order of magnitude more. Previously non viable "things" due to energy costs inputs will just become viable to produce once energy becomes cheap and thus consume any excess energy. Love the video, would like to see a semi-monthly reoccurring version of this collaboration.

[@roger_is_red]

Musk has always said he'll license Tesla's tech. If legacy auto went that direction instead of investing in stupid ideas, they might have had profitable EV's by now. Jeannine

[@RudiJock]

@roger_is_red. Sad to see the US and Canada committing to supply high speed internet to rual communities while ignoring a simple, cheap solution if only in the short term. Yes-I believe competition and redundancy is paramount, however the interm should be considered. Providing people with Starlink outright is a fraction of laying cables. Perhaps a partial subsidy for the immediate provision while going ahead with the long-term goal is a better plan. However- Humans are involved therefore lining their pockets with what THEY deem to be a solution over something that already exist. I watch a channel 'The Yacht Report' and it appears Jeff Bezos yacht does NOT appear to have Starlink whereas all others do. A coinkadink? Just goes to show you the human equation.

[@suchdevelopments]

😁Good day from Goonellabah, NSW, Australia. HI STEVEN. - 🤗 Ian Cleland

[@FrankGallagherr]

Tesla is the best car company ever! No gas stations, no oil changes, no smog checks, no catalytic converter, no maintenance, 89% customer retention and quicker than a $650,000 Lamborghini.

[@stefanhallin]

When mentioning that Xpeng got Tesla’s FSD software, you’re forgetting that this is the FSD versions 11 and earlier are data dependent whereas FSD is end-to-end neural nets based. So that’s like comparing apples with oranges.

[@johnholland1308]

Love you guys.

[@cristobalbotanch8954]

Thanks

[@electricviking]

Welcome

[@earlpainter2143]

Fascinating. Also, as an American, even with closed caption, I could not understand about 7% (?) of what was said here.

[@edycom]

Great video my friend. Good analysis on both sides. Hugs from Spain

[@electricviking]

Thank you very much!

[@ldslds-p8w]

Once Optimus scale, labor cost for Tesla will be minimal and Tesla will have the highest margin on vehicles production. It will be hard for other companies to beat the machine that create the machine.

[@stefanhallin]

Combine the Optimus workforce with the unboxed building technique and you’ve got a double or even a triple whammy.

[@iainmcmanus7272]

Two top guys

[@Alex-l6d1f]

Good to see you guys together Steven I wouldn’t take equity out of your mortgage every 6 months because when the market goes down they will want some money back to get you back to the 80% LVR I’d just clear that debt Also Tesla shares go sideways for long periods whereas the debt on the properties is still charging you interest Pay off your properties. Become debt free. It’s good to have peace of mind knowing that you don’t owe anyone anything too

[@Nugzarimeshvelishvili]

I love both of you

[@erikmadsen1577]

The largest risk to Tesla would be the loss of Elon Musk.

[@Saladandchops]

id say politics biggest risk

[@jeromecastonguay]

I do not think so, read more about the real workings of how Tesla is self managed. They will overtake the world because of what Elon has set in motion. however t’s true that when Elon leaves the stock will crash and we all should sell at that moment and buy back 3 months late in sets of 10ths. Something like that.

[@jeromecastonguay]

How did you get him not to say F*ck it’s his favourite word.

[@audience2]

​@jeromecastonguay He is not as crude when talking to other humans.

[@SparkySho]

Hardly true ……. He’s smart enough to plan 10 years ahead

[@JefeC]

Great combo. Great pace

[@electricviking]

Glad you like it!

[@MrEd2291]

Thanks!

[@electricviking]

Welcome!

[@carlosrumbopedreira5470]

Nice!!

[@electricviking]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@johnflynn110]

Great info! thanks

[@syrupgoblin4920]

This is awesome

[@electricviking]

Thanks Mate!

[@DougWedel-wj2jl]

FSD and robotaxi can be rolled out in one country at a time. Technically that’s how it happens. But Tesla can work that in their favour. And FSD can be rolled out on private property like shunt trucks in truck yards, on farms, on islands, small countries, etc.

[@ryanwschneeberger]

Great conversation