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Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes: Fixing Celebrities' Tesla Cars

7 Nov 2023 · 0 min

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Chris Collins talks with Hogi, a former Tesla regional technician, about the early days when there were only eight people on the technical team covering the Midwest. Hogi shares stories about fixing celebrity-owned Teslas, including one involving George Foreman.

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"There was eight of us at the time."

He said: "They had 22, 2300 cars, something like that, in Europe, China and North America."

So before we get to the list, Hogi, one of the best stories you ever told me is when you were, would you say, regional technician for Tesla.
Our technical title, maybe something like that. Regional technician.
So back when Tesla was just getting started, you were the Midwest.
There was eight of us at the time. They had 22, 2300 cars, something like that, in Europe, China and North America.
And then, you know, true to Elon's marketing prowess or whatever, he had a lot of celebrities that had bought the. The cars. And you'll kind of explain some of them were special editions. And then you would get called to go fix them when. When they. They would break. My favorite story that you have is the George Foreman one.
Well, it's his nephew.