Joe Rogan Experience #1394 - Matt Farah

1. 0:00 – 2:34

   City-bus fabric Porsche: Safari 911 build, LA daily driving, and scooter commuting

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      Three, two, one.

   2. MFMatt Farah0:00

      I gotta get a picture of that. (slaps table)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:03

      Matt Farah, ladies and gentlemen.

   4. MFMatt Farah0:04

      Joe Rogan.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:05

      We're going live.

   6. MFMatt Farah0:06

      Are we?

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Dude, the interior of your car is fucking disgusting.

   8. MFMatt Farah0:09

      (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      And I can't believe you like it.

   10. MFMatt Farah0:10

       It's-

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:10

       Why would you do that when you can get any interior? You could make it any color. You decided to do b- what is it? Bus?

   12. MFMatt Farah0:17

       It's city bus fabric.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:18

       City, legitimately?

   14. MFMatt Farah0:19

       It's actual city bus fabric. Yeah, yeah. We got it from the city bus supplier. (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       Pfft.

   16. MFMatt Farah0:24

       I like-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       I mean, is it just, like, puke-resistant or something?

   18. MFMatt Farah0:26

       a- It's everything resistant, UV-

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       Really?

   20. MFMatt Farah0:27

       ... dirt, stain.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       Really?

   22. MFMatt Farah0:28

       Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I-

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       But does it feel good?

   24. MFMatt Farah0:31

       All right. Hi, everybody.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       Hi.

   26. MFMatt Farah0:32

       I have a-

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       It's Matt Farah.

   28. MFMatt Farah0:33

       (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       (laughs)

   30. MFMatt Farah0:34

       I have an old 911. It's called a safari build.
2. 2:34 – 6:20

   Restomodding a Ferrari Dino: modern engine swaps, subtle exterior cues, and real-world value

   1. JRJoe Rogan2:34

      But although I did see a really interesting one that this guy built in England, where he took a Dino-

   2. MFMatt Farah2:41

      Oh, yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan2:41

      ... and he put a 400-plus horsepower-

   4. MFMatt Farah2:44

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan2:44

      ... modern Ferrari engine in it.

   6. MFMatt Farah2:46

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan2:46

      And put, like, a clear glass-

   8. MFMatt Farah2:48

      Mm-hmm.

   9. JRJoe Rogan2:49

      ... over the engine bay, and, and everything you could take off, and bring the car back to stock, which I found interesting.

   10. MFMatt Farah2:55

       It was almost the sort of Singer-ization of a-

   11. JRJoe Rogan2:58

       Yeah.

   12. MFMatt Farah2:58

       ... of a Dino. So a Dino, uh, is one of the prettiest Ferraris ever, right?

   13. JRJoe Rogan3:01

       Beautiful car.

   14. MFMatt Farah3:02

       But if you've ever driven one, they sound great, but they're just slow as dog shit.

   15. JRJoe Rogan3:05

       Yeah.

   16. MFMatt Farah3:05

       I mean, it's, they're v- v6s. It's f- the smallest engine Ferrari ever made.

   17. JRJoe Rogan3:09

       Well, did you know the v- the website for the guy that did it, or the YouTube channel?

   18. MFMatt Farah3:14

       (sighs) I think the guy, I think his name was David Lee and he built it. And it's, I think it-

   19. JRJoe Rogan3:17

       See if you can find-

   20. MFMatt Farah3:17

       He claimed it was an F40 engine, which I don't think was entirely accurate, I think.

   21. JRJoe Rogan3:23

       He lied?

   22. MFMatt Farah3:24

       I think he exaggerated a little bit.

   23. JRJoe Rogan3:25

       He said lied?

   24. MFMatt Farah3:26

       I think, I think it's a, it's an engine from, like, a 360-

   25. JRJoe Rogan3:29

       That makes more sense.

   26. MFMatt Farah3:29

       ... that has been modified in certain ways. Um-

   27. JRJoe Rogan3:31

       'Cause an F40 has more than 400 horsepower, right?

   28. MFMatt Farah3:33

       Well, it also had turbos, and you just-

   29. JRJoe Rogan3:36

       Yeah. Yeah.

   30. MFMatt Farah3:36

       It's not like ... You just wouldn't use an F40 engine for that.
3. 6:20 – 7:03

   Ferrari purism vs. Porsche mod culture: originality, “numbers matching,” and who buys what

   1. JRJoe Rogan6:20

      What do you think of the-

   2. MFMatt Farah6:21

      But here's the problem with, with, with doing this with Ferraris though. Ferrari people, even if you did something to the level of Singer, Ferrari people aren't really like that. Ferrari people are originality over everything.

   3. JRJoe Rogan6:37

      That's so weird though.

   4. MFMatt Farah6:38

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan6:38

      I don't understand those folks.

   6. MFMatt Farah6:39

      They don't like m- they don't like modifying the cars.

   7. JRJoe Rogan6:41

      Yeah.

   8. MFMatt Farah6:41

      They don't like a car that's previously been modified. It's all about that numbers matching shit.

   9. JRJoe Rogan6:46

      (blat) I don't get it.

   10. MFMatt Farah6:46

       You know? It's not, it's not for you.

   11. JRJoe Rogan6:48

       No.

   12. MFMatt Farah6:49

       No, it's not really for me either. I love driving the Ferraris but like, I don't align with like-

   13. JRJoe Rogan6:54

       That. Yeah.

   14. MFMatt Farah6:54

       ... what the Ferrari fan really values so much. But I'd like to own one soon.

   15. JRJoe Rogan6:58

       Yeah?

   16. MFMatt Farah6:58

       Maybe an '80s one.

   17. JRJoe Rogan6:59

       What would you like?

   18. MFMatt Farah6:59

       Something a little silly.

   19. JRJoe Rogan7:00

       Like a Testarossa?

   20. MFMatt Farah7:01

       I've driven Testarossas, they're fun.

   21. JRJoe Rogan7:03

       Yeah?

   22. MFMatt Farah7:03

       But the main-

4. 7:03 – 9:04

   Testarossa maintenance and Enzo Ferrari’s disdain: timing belts, engine-out service, and Lamborghini’s origin story

   1. JRJoe Rogan7:03

      Dana White has a Testarossa.

   2. MFMatt Farah7:05

      ... maintenance is crazy. Does he really?

   3. JRJoe Rogan7:06

      And he had it completely redone. He's like, "Fuck you-"

   4. MFMatt Farah7:08

      Mm-hmm.

   5. JRJoe Rogan7:08

      "... we put a new interior."

   6. MFMatt Farah7:10

      Mm-hmm.

   7. JRJoe Rogan7:10

      "And a modern stereo." Everything.

   8. MFMatt Farah7:12

      It's probably nice.

   9. JRJoe Rogan7:13

      Now that he does.

   10. MFMatt Farah7:13

       They need a lot of maintenance though, they have ... Testarossas have timing belts. See, timing belts are something that Italians were doing (laughs) for a long time, and the peop- they should, should just never be done again.

   11. JRJoe Rogan7:24

       That sounds terrible.

   12. MFMatt Farah7:25

       They wear out and they need to be changed.

   13. JRJoe Rogan7:28

       Ugh.

   14. MFMatt Farah7:28

       And in the case of the Testarossa, you're talking about a giant flat 12 engine. They're in the front, so they're up against the firewall behind the seats.

   15. JRJoe Rogan7:38

       Oh, God.

   16. MFMatt Farah7:38

       So you have to take off the whole back of the car (laughs) and take the whole engine out of the car to do these timing belts.

   17. JRJoe Rogan7:43

       Oh, God.

   18. MFMatt Farah7:44

       Yeah. Starting with, um, the modern stuff, they use chains. (laughs) They brought that into the 21st century and they don't have to fucking fuck with belts anymore.

   19. JRJoe Rogan7:53

       Jesus Christ.

   20. MFMatt Farah7:54

       Yeah, but even like Lamborghini at the time, like I have a Countach, which is the best car ever made, and you don't have to do that bullshit, 'cause even Lamborghini used chains. So you don't need to do the engine out.

   21. JRJoe Rogan8:04

       Why did Ferrari go with belts?

   22. MFMatt Farah8:05

       I think they thought it was smoother. Ferrar- Enzo Ferrari also had utter contempt for the people who bought his street cars, and I wouldn't be surprised if he did it just so the dealers would make more money on the services, even if he knew it was worse.

   23. JRJoe Rogan8:18

       Why did he have so much contempt for the people who bought his cars?

   24. MFMatt Farah8:20

       Enzo Ferrari just wanted to go racing all he ever-

   25. JRJoe Rogan8:23

       Really?

   26. MFMatt Farah8:23

       He was an egomaniac and all he ever wanted to do was see his cars win races, and he came to a point where he couldn't make money doing that, and he had to sell street cars to customers, but throughout his entire life, he openly treated those people with disdain. That's how you win, that's the, the story of Lamborghini.

   27. JRJoe Rogan8:41

       Oh.

   28. MFMatt Farah8:41

       The story of Lamborghini is Ferruccio Lamborghini had a Ferrari, it was not working for one reason or another. He went to Ferrari to complain about it, Enzo basically told him to go fuck himself-

   29. JRJoe Rogan8:52

       (laughs)

   30. MFMatt Farah8:52

       ... and so he said, "I'll build a better car." And that's the story of Lamborghini.
5. 9:04 – 16:13

   Reliability leaps and the death of the manual: dual-clutch gearboxes, Corvette ZR1, and chasing 0–60 times

   1. MFMatt Farah9:04

      Yes, but so are Ferraris. Uh, around 2010-ish, uh, when the, the, the, uh, the for- 458 came out-

   2. JRJoe Rogan9:13

      Mm-hmm.

   3. MFMatt Farah9:13

      ... um, Ferraris took a massive jump in reliability.

   4. JRJoe Rogan9:18

      How'd they do that?

   5. MFMatt Farah9:19

      S- first off, the big one is the dual clutch gear- gearbox, which, uh, you know, stick shifts were one thing, right? And then these early single clutch paddle shift gearbox, they'd fry clutches like crazy. People didn't really know how-

   6. JRJoe Rogan9:31

      Hmm.

   7. MFMatt Farah9:31

      ... to use 'em right, and they'd ride the clutches out and they would just go through clutches like crazy. The dual clutch cars have much more, uh, like fail-safe type stuff built into them, and they actually work properly.

   8. JRJoe Rogan9:43

      But Ferrari used to have that gated shifter-

   9. MFMatt Farah9:45

      Oh, it's the best.

   10. JRJoe Rogan9:46

       ... which is one of the coolest things ever.

   11. MFMatt Farah9:47

       The best. Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan9:48

       The clinkity clink-

   13. MFMatt Farah9:49

       It's the best.

   14. JRJoe Rogan9:49

       ... sliding into gears.

   15. MFMatt Farah9:51

       Yeah. There's nothing more rewarding than like, banging a Ferrari off the rev-I don't when I'm driving it on like a racetrack as fast as it will go.

   16. JRJoe Rogan12:22

       Okay.

   17. MFMatt Farah12:22

       Like when I went to test-

   18. JRJoe Rogan12:23

       Right.

   19. MFMatt Farah12:23

       ... the, the, the Corvette ZR1, the last front engine one-

   20. JRJoe Rogan12:26

       Mm-hmm.

   21. MFMatt Farah12:26

       ... when it went just completely fucking bananas, right?

   22. JRJoe Rogan12:29

       Right.

   23. MFMatt Farah12:29

       The 750 horsepower. I went to ROAD Atlanta to drive it, and they had a manual and they had an automatic for me to drive. And I drove the manual, and it was so fucking fast that I did not feel comfortable taking my hand off the wheel-

   24. JRJoe Rogan12:41

       Right.

   25. MFMatt Farah12:41

       ... to do the shifts.

   26. JRJoe Rogan12:41

       That makes sense.

   27. MFMatt Farah12:42

       And, and I was like, "At this level of performance, I really need to have both my hands on the wheel." And I'm a pretty decent driver.

   28. JRJoe Rogan12:48

       Mm-hmm.

   29. MFMatt Farah12:49

       I'm not like shit. I'm not the best, but I'm not shit.

   30. JRJoe Rogan12:51

       Right.
6. 16:13 – 20:58

   EV acceleration reality: Tesla dominance, LA practicality, and the myth of ‘self-driving’

   1. JRJoe Rogan16:13

      Well, speaking of which, that Porsche that you... You sent me the video the other day.

   2. MFMatt Farah16:16

      Yeah, the Taycan.

   3. JRJoe Rogan16:17

      It's T- Tay- I gotta say it right.

   4. MFMatt Farah16:18

      Taycan.

   5. JRJoe Rogan16:19

      Tay-can. Taycan.

   6. MFMatt Farah16:20

      Taycan.

   7. JRJoe Rogan16:20

      Taycan.

   8. MFMatt Farah16:20

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan16:20

      That-

   10. MFMatt Farah16:20

       We're gonna fuck that one up for years. (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan16:22

       That thing looks preposterous.

   12. MFMatt Farah16:24

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan16:24

       'Cause look, I know how preposterous my Tesla is.

   14. MFMatt Farah16:26

       Mm-hmm.

   15. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       And I tell everybody when they say, "Oh, you know, you have really fast cars." I'm like, "You see that one right there?"

   16. MFMatt Farah16:31

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:31

       "The one that looks like a dad car?"

   18. MFMatt Farah16:32

       (laughs) Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:32

       "That's... That one blows all of them away."

   20. MFMatt Farah16:34

       Yeah, and you can drive like a complete-

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:35

       Yeah.

   22. MFMatt Farah16:35

       ... piece of shit 'cause it's silent too-

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:36

       Oh, God.

   24. MFMatt Farah16:37

       ... and no one notices you. (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:37

       It's so quiet. You just pass people.

   26. MFMatt Farah16:39

       (laughs) Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:39

       Like you just whiz by them-

   28. MFMatt Farah16:41

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:41

       ... like nothing happened.

   30. MFMatt Farah16:42

       Yeah. A Tesla is the new BMW in terms of people who are driving like shit bags on the way to work.
7. 20:58 – 30:37

   Cybertruck skepticism: crash tests, concept vs. production, reservations, hype financing, and questionable demos

   1. JRJoe Rogan20:58

      Yeah. Ask me if I'm getting one of those trucks.

   2. MFMatt Farah21:00

      (sighs) Bro, good luck.

   3. JRJoe Rogan21:02

      Ask me if I'm getting one of those trucks.

   4. MFMatt Farah21:03

      You getting a truck, Joe?

   5. JRJoe Rogan21:05

      Fuck yeah!

   6. MFMatt Farah21:05

      (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan21:05

      Why you asking? Of course I'm getting one of them trucks.

   8. MFMatt Farah21:08

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan21:08

      Look at that thing.

   10. MFMatt Farah21:09

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan21:09

       You don't like it?

   12. MFMatt Farah21:10

       No. (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan21:11

       He don't like it.

   14. MFMatt Farah21:11

       No. He don't.

   15. JRJoe Rogan21:12

       No.

   16. MFMatt Farah21:12

       I don't like it and I-

   17. JRJoe Rogan21:13

       How dare you?

   18. MFMatt Farah21:14

       I'm not entirely sure it's, it's real.

   19. JRJoe Rogan21:17

       Mm, interesting.

   20. MFMatt Farah21:17

       I mean, I think, I, I, I think... (sighs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan21:20

       Look at that. Come on.

   22. MFMatt Farah21:21

       I mean, look, I, I-

   23. JRJoe Rogan21:22

       Come on.

   24. MFMatt Farah21:22

       My initial reaction to that was, that's not a real thing.

   25. JRJoe Rogan21:25

       << Meet George Jetson, << da da da ba dum ba dum >> (laughs)

   26. MFMatt Farah21:28

       And my second reaction is, I'm pretty sure they couldn't build and sell that in America.

   27. JRJoe Rogan21:32

       Why?

   28. MFMatt Farah21:33

       Uh, th- because I, I just, I just don't think that that will pass the tests that it needs to pass. And I, and furthermore-

   29. JRJoe Rogan21:43

       What kind of tests?

   30. MFMatt Farah21:44

       More, more, like crash tests, pedestrian safety, stuff like that. Furthermore, it's, it's, it's because... (sighs) How do I say this without... It's really hard to talk about Tesla because their fans are fucking crazy.
8. 30:37 – 34:21

   Deepfakes and the Cybertruck window moment: how internet comedy amplifies tech spectacles

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:37

      Do you know who Kyle Donegan is?

   2. MFMatt Farah30:39

      No, who's that?

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:39

      One of the funniest guys alive. He's got the best Instagram on the planet, and he does face swaps.

   4. MFMatt Farah30:44

      Uh-huh.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:45

      In his video... You- you- you, now that you know, you didn't know-

   6. MFMatt Farah30:47

      Is it the deep fake guy?

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:48

      Now that you know, he does a lot... Well, Dr. Fakenstein did a lot of his-

   8. MFMatt Farah30:51

      Oh, that's the one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:52

      ... or the fakening, the fakening.

   10. MFMatt Farah30:53

       The fakening, that's the one. Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:54

       But look at his newest one. Gi- give me some volume on this, give me some volume on this, and then go to full screen.

   12. NANarrator30:59

       Yeah.

   13. MFMatt Farah31:00

       Oh, my God. How creepy.

   14. NANarrator31:02

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan31:04

       Yeah. (laughs) Look it.

   16. NANarrator31:05

       Fuck. Fucking shit. (laughs)

   17. (laughs)

   18. MFMatt Farah31:08

       (laughs)

   19. NANarrator31:08

       Oh, great idea, Elon. Do it again.

   20. MFMatt Farah31:10

       (laughs)

   21. NANarrator31:11

       Same window, same ball. This should go differently.

   22. MFMatt Farah31:14

       (laughs)

   23. NANarrator31:14

       Nope. (screams)

   24. (laughs) Oh, fucking shit.

   25. MFMatt Farah31:16

       (laughs)

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:16

       (laughs)

   27. NANarrator31:17

       You fool. Now I, Mark Zuckerberg, is officially cooler than you.

   28. No, I'm cooler. I make rockets. That's cool.

   29. Well, I connect the world through Facebook. I'm cooler.

   30. I'm double cooler. Double.
9. 34:21 – 36:54

   Rezvani oddities and the Taycan pivot: when looks don’t match driving dynamics

   1. JRJoe Rogan34:21

      Well, you saw, I'm sure you've seen that Rezvani-

   2. MFMatt Farah34:24

      Oh, my God.

   3. JRJoe Rogan34:24

      ... military bulletproof car that releases tacks, electrifies the door handle.

   4. MFMatt Farah34:30

      (coughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan34:30

      You know, I was at the fucking gas station-

   6. MFMatt Farah34:31

      I had a really bad experience with a Rezvani. (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan34:33

      I was at the gas station once pumping gas and this fucking Rezvani pulls up. I'm like, "Who is driving that fucking thing?"

   8. MFMatt Farah34:40

      It was a Tyrese.

   9. JRJoe Rogan34:41

      And Jamie Foxx jumps out.

   10. MFMatt Farah34:42

       (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan34:42

       He goes, "What's up, Joe Rogan?" I was like, "What's up, Jamie?" (laughs)

   12. MFMatt Farah34:45

       (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan34:45

       And he goes... Jamie Foxx-

   14. MFMatt Farah34:47

       Oh, is he a spokesman? He's gotta be a spokesman or something, right?

   15. JRJoe Rogan34:50

       Um, I think he's friends with the guy who owns it-

   16. MFMatt Farah34:53

       Bro.

   17. JRJoe Rogan34:53

       ... and the guy gave it to him or something.

   18. MFMatt Farah34:54

       That's hysterical.

   19. JRJoe Rogan34:55

       I don't think he's a spokesman. Jamie's busy.

   20. MFMatt Farah34:58

       I, uh, I met, uh-

   21. JRJoe Rogan34:58

       He's busy winning Oscars and making Grammies. He's got no time to be a spokesman for a tank.

   22. MFMatt Farah35:02

       That's hilarious.

   23. JRJoe Rogan35:03

       (laughs)

   24. MFMatt Farah35:03

       I drove this company's other car. They have a car called the Beast, the Rezvani Beast.

   25. JRJoe Rogan35:08

       Oh, let me see what that looks like.

   26. MFMatt Farah35:09

       I drove it. It, it wasn't good. (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan35:12

       Oh, it didn't look-

   28. MFMatt Farah35:12

       No.

   29. JRJoe Rogan35:12

       Well, it's based on a Wrangler, right?

   30. MFMatt Farah35:13

       No. Well, the Beat... The Tank is.
10. 36:54 – 54:07

    Cars are too fast now: Taycan performance, Nürburgring talk, and Porsche’s thermal-management advantage

    1. MFMatt Farah36:54

       We should talk about the Taycan. 'Cause we talked about it for two seconds and got away from it.

    2. JRJoe Rogan36:58

       Dude, your video's insane. It looks like you're about to fly off the road and into space.

    3. MFMatt Farah37:02

       It is.

    4. JRJoe Rogan37:03

       ... might be a problem.

    5. MFMatt Farah37:04

       So it actually is, I think, I think we're at a point-

    6. JRJoe Rogan37:07

       Yeah.

    7. MFMatt Farah37:07

       … really, where cars are actually too fast-

    8. JRJoe Rogan37:10

       I think that-

    9. MFMatt Farah37:10

       … just to sell to regular people.

    10. JRJoe Rogan37:12

        Well, I think that all the time and I, I made that argument about the ZR1-

    11. MFMatt Farah37:15

        Yeah.

    12. JRJoe Rogan37:15

        … because it's so sketchy to drive with the rear-wheel drive.

    13. MFMatt Farah37:17

        Yeah.

    14. JRJoe Rogan37:18

        I'm like, "You're selling a 750 horsepower car to someone like me."

    15. MFMatt Farah37:21

        Yeah.

    16. JRJoe Rogan37:22

        Who, at least I know how to drive a little bit.

    17. MFMatt Farah37:23

        Dude, you are probably in the top 20% (laughs) of people-

    18. JRJoe Rogan37:26

        (laughs) Yeah.

    19. MFMatt Farah37:27

        … in terms of driving a billion dollar car.

    20. JRJoe Rogan37:28

        Yeah, I can drive a little.

    21. MFMatt Farah37:29

        Yeah.

    22. JRJoe Rogan37:29

        But th- there's a lot of people that get those, they don't know what happens when you stomp on the gas and go sideways.

    23. MFMatt Farah37:34

        No.

    24. JRJoe Rogan37:34

        And like that fucking poor guy in Kevin Hart.

    25. MFMatt Farah37:37

        (sighs) .

    26. JRJoe Rogan37:38

        There's a l- you know, when I saw that, and I saw the fucking lines on the street-

    27. MFMatt Farah37:41

        Yeah.

    28. JRJoe Rogan37:42

        … and then off his j- I'm like, "This guy doesn't know how to drive one of those."

    29. MFMatt Farah37:44

        Yeah, that's a gnarly-

    30. JRJoe Rogan37:45

        You can't let someone do that.
11. 54:07 – 58:48

    Charging, grid limits, and infrastructure: fast-charge reality, 800V architecture, and why LA isn’t ready

    1. JRJoe Rogan54:07

       Now, how many miles can it get from fully charged?

    2. MFMatt Farah54:11

       In theory, 300.

    3. JRJoe Rogan54:14

       In theory.

    4. MFMatt Farah54:14

       Yeah, yeah, but that's meaning-

    5. JRJoe Rogan54:15

       But that's you driving like an old lady.

    6. MFMatt Farah54:16

       So I was able to drive around normally and I found that the range estimate was pretty accurate. I only got the car for one day.

    7. JRJoe Rogan54:24

       Hmm.

    8. MFMatt Farah54:24

       So it was pretty accurate. And then I went (laughs) to the canyons, and in that video I burned off 40% of the battery just making that video.

    9. JRJoe Rogan54:32

       Really?

    10. MFMatt Farah54:32

        Yeah. T- it would be the same in a Tesla. It, it's not, it, it's-

    11. JRJoe Rogan54:35

        That's where it's a real bummer, right?

    12. MFMatt Farah54:35

        When you start driving real fast in EVs, bro-

    13. JRJoe Rogan54:38

        Yeah.

    14. MFMatt Farah54:38

        ... uh, you, you're just, you're just smoking through battery. And then you're- (laughs)

    15. JRJoe Rogan54:43

        But do you think that with the demand, technology will improve to the point where they can get like real range out-

    16. MFMatt Farah54:48

        (clears throat)

    17. JRJoe Rogan54:48

        ... of these things? Like, the theoretical range of the Tesla Roadster was like 600 miles-

    18. MFMatt Farah54:52

        Yeah.

    19. JRJoe Rogan54:52

        ... but again, that's never been done. Right?

    20. MFMatt Farah54:54

        I think, (sighs) so r- I'm not an expert on EVs and there's like electrical engineers that'll be screaming, fucking at their i- iPods right now.

    21. JRJoe Rogan55:02

        Well, it's normal with those podcasts.

    22. MFMatt Farah55:04

        I, I believe... I know, right? I believe that the k- the, the c- 300-mile range is a good, that's a good amount of range. The key that we will see that will really be a game changer is battery charge times. How, i- c- you know, can we get it charged in five minutes or 10 minutes-

    23. JRJoe Rogan55:18

        Hmm.

    24. MFMatt Farah55:18

        ... and not 30 minutes or an hour?

    25. JRJoe Rogan55:20

        Right.

    26. MFMatt Farah55:21

        Uh, and the, the number of stations, the opportunity to charge.

    27. JRJoe Rogan55:25

        And that's an issue with, uh, the Porsche over the Tesla is they don't have the supercharging network, right?

    28. MFMatt Farah55:29

        Correct, although they are using the Electrify America network, which is actually-

    29. JRJoe Rogan55:34

        Where's that?

    30. MFMatt Farah55:34

        ... it's another one of the networks that's meant for like-
12. 58:48 – 1:18:34

    Building Westside Collector Car Storage: earthquake/fire code, vertical stacking, and city bureaucracy

    1. MFMatt Farah58:48

       My building is the f- only collector... This is, sorry, Westside Collector Car Storage, my new business. It is the-

    2. JRJoe Rogan58:53

       And it's open for reservations currently, right?

    3. MFMatt Farah58:54

       Yes, we'll be open in January. We're a little bit behind, but it, construction's hard as it turns out. Um, it's the f- it's the first, eh, time that we've ever put indoor quad stackers in Southern California. We have four high vehicle stackers. We have 18 of them.

    4. JRJoe Rogan59:09

       What are you doing about earthquakes? You got rubber everywhere?

    5. MFMatt Farah59:11

       The buil- we're, 2019 code, dude.

    6. JRJoe Rogan59:13

       Yeah?

    7. MFMatt Farah59:13

       Dude, we have, we have more concrete and rebar... I mean, this, we're up to a, we're good for a 12-0 earthquake.

    8. JRJoe Rogan59:20

       Ooh.

    9. MFMatt Farah59:20

       That's what we're rated at. That's the 2020 standard.

    10. JRJoe Rogan59:22

        I want a house like that.

    11. MFMatt Farah59:23

        It's... (blows raspberry) Bro, we poured-

    12. JRJoe Rogan59:26

        I want a 12-0 house.

    13. MFMatt Farah59:26

        ... I poured 110 cement trucks.

    14. JRJoe Rogan59:30

        Wouldn't that be great if the world's on fire and you're sitting there sipping tea?

    15. MFMatt Farah59:33

        Dude, well, s- you know what, speaking of that-

    16. JRJoe Rogan59:35

        Drinking a sip.

    17. MFMatt Farah59:35

        ... so the wall d- the dividing wall in between the car storage area and the members' lounge, my office and my studio, is legally required to be a two-hour firewall. So you can sit there and have a tea and watch a fire on the other side for two hours and then just walk out the front door.

    18. JRJoe Rogan59:51

        Really?

    19. MFMatt Farah59:52

        Yeah. That's a law for t- for Cal- for LA for 2019.

    20. JRJoe Rogan59:54

        Wow.

    21. MFMatt Farah59:55

        We had to have the fire code written for us. It sucked. (laughs)

    22. JRJoe Rogan59:58

        That seems pretty cool though, that they're doing that. That they're making these standards extremely high.

    23. MFMatt Farah1:00:04

        I believe that it's good to have high standards.

    24. JRJoe Rogan1:00:06

        Yeah.

    25. MFMatt Farah1:00:06

        And that you can get e- you know, you, but you end up with a higher quality product and you can then charge more for it, you know, and that's sort of how it works, but...

    26. JRJoe Rogan1:00:15

        That's a big leap for you, to just jump in and build some crazy car storage building.

    27. MFMatt Farah1:00:20

        (laughs) Yeah, I'd never done shit like that before.

    28. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

        Like what... Did you think about the like, the amount of money that must cost is fucking extraordinary.

    29. MFMatt Farah1:00:26

        I'll tell you off mic, but it's-

    30. JRJoe Rogan1:00:27

        Tell me. Yeah.

Episode duration: 3:08:49