A former retail employee who stop his job and bought his home to purchase a Telsa has no regrets about his dangerous however lifechanging choice.
Melbourne man Ryan Cowan and his associate Paige wished to ‘shake issues up’ after spending the Covid pandemic within the Victorian capital.
The town endured the world’s longest lockdown after residing by greater than 230 days of stay-at-home orders.
In February 2021, Mr Cowan, 32, stop his job and bought his home earlier than shifting to the coast to purchase a block of land.
Three months later, the couple purchased their first electrical automotive, a Telsla Mannequin 3 and made a $4,500 revenue after they just lately upgraded to a Mannequin Y.
In addition they rented a Mannequin X for every week.
Nearly two years on, Mr Cowan estimates he’s racked up a mixed 20,000kms in his EVs and now earns a residing in his ‘dream job’ spruiking the advantages of electrical autos.
Ryan Cowan (with associate Paige) stop his job and bought his home to purchase his dream automotive
He spends his days creating movies of his electrical automotive for YouTube and social media, which attracted greater than 100,000 followers and caught the eye of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man.
Mr Cowan nonetheless can’t imagine how a call made on a whim to purchase his dream automotive modified his life.
‘From an funding standpoint it undoubtedly wouldn’t be the best choice, however we had a really totally different mentality. We have been simply eager to take dangers,’ he advised ABC Melbourne.
Mr Cowan has greater than 100,000 followers mixed on his TikTok and YouTube platforms.
An 18- second clip demonstrating his outdated EV’s automated shifting doorways was reposted by each Mr Musk and Tesla on Twitter in July.
‘[My] following elevated exponentially from that time on, and now I’ve obtained an entire bunch of purchasers,’ he mentioned.
Ryan Cowan has racked up 20,000kms since his choice to go electrical 18 months in the past
Ryan Cowan and his associate Paige made a tidy revenue after they just lately upgraded to the Telsa Mannequin Y (pictured with their new EV)
Mr Cowan estimates he’s satisfied 1,000 drivers to grow to be EV house owners and might make as much as $1,200 a month in YouTube advert income alone.
‘I get messages each day from folks saying, “I’ve obtained an electrical automotive due to you”, which completely fills my cup and pushes me to maintain doing what I’m doing,’ he mentioned.
His movies additionally share a few of the cons of getting a EV, together with when an influence blackout happens.
Mr Cowan predicts a ‘speedy progress’ in electrical autos within the subsequent few years and just lately uploaded a video of the 5 issues aspiring house owners have to find out about EVs.
The primary was that there’s no stop-start button, which imply motorists simply get in and drive.
The second was any energy level at residence can be utilized to cost an EV. The third was that electrical autos are fully silent when in movement.
Mr Cowan’s fourth tip was that highway journeys require planning and the fifth – that common software program updates assist the automotive go higher.
Mr Cowan says his beloved greyhound Cooper seems like a king in his new Telsa Mannequin Y
