Tesla's wall-climbing Roadster gets Jason Fenske's engineering check

Engineering Explained draws about 1.5 million views in a day as its Roadster fact-check passes that mark just two days after publication.

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Why this story? The whole channel is running at 1,527,970 views a day, 9.4 times a normal day (162,049).

I Fact-Checked Every Stunt in the Tesla Roadster Reveal

A car hanging upside down is a long way from a question about changing gears. For Jason Fenske, though, both belong to the same project: explaining what a car can actually do, and why.

Engineering Explained drew about 1.5 million views across its library in a day, more than nine times its usual daily pace. The surge comes alongside the continued attention to "I Fact-Checked Every Stunt in the Tesla Roadster Reveal," published two days earlier. As we reported here, Fenske turns the reveal into an engineering test rather than simply repeating its promises.

The description sets out three demonstrations to examine: climbing a wall and hanging upside down, performing a kickflip over other cars, and accelerating to highway speed in under a second. Each gets assessed as "legit" or "nonsense."

That spectacular subject sits beside a decidedly practical back catalog. The channel's most-watched regular uploads include guides to automatic and manual transmissions, plus an explanation of horsepower and torque. Fenske's everyday questions concern what drivers should avoid doing; the Roadster video asks what a manufacturer can convincingly demonstrate.

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The numbers

The channel-wide daily audience is far above its usual pace. The Roadster upload has also passed a million views on its own.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

162,049

now

1,527,970

subscribers

4,230,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,068,901,104

views per day

1,527,970

typical day: 162,049

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