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Channel
| Channel | TechGeek Tesla · youtube.com/@techgeektesla |
|---|---|
| Creator | Jon Herrity |
| Niche | Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) — owner education, real-road footage, hardware/software explainers |
| Location | Chicago NW suburbs (filming: urban + suburban Midwest roads) |
| Subscribers | 26.8K |
| Library | 487 videos |
| Lifetime views | ~4.57 million |
| Typical long-form | 8k–18k views |
| Occasional outliers | 45k–55k views |
| Testing | FSD Early Access tester since 2021 |
I am an independent creator. I own Teslas and I film them. I do not speak for Tesla. I do not sell Tesla affiliation, factory access, or unreleased software. I am not a Tesla employee.
Day job is regional sales at an electrical-components manufacturer — unnamed, not Tesla, not the product, not a consulting add-on, not for sale.
Who is watching
Owners and shoppers who already care about Tesla FSD (Supervised): new deliveries, HW3 vs HW4 questions, settings, version-to-version behavior on actual roads. Not a general “EV lifestyle” audience. Not a 50K-sub channel. If you need a million-view pre-roll, this is the wrong card.
Rates (automotive integration)
Source for the CPM band: SponsorRadar automotive $25–$50 CPM, July 2026. Applied to this channel’s real view bands — not a 50K-sub fantasy.
| Placement | View band I actually get | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Integration in a typical long-form FSD video (dedicated segment, spoken + B-roll, link in description) | 8k–18k views | $400–$800 |
| Same integration, video that lands near 25k views (I do not promise this; some videos do) | ~25k views | $625–$1,250 |
| Dedicated video (your product is the A-roll, still honest) | 2–3× the integration rate for that view band | $800–$2,400 typical; $1,250–$3,750 if we are pricing a 25k-class slot |
How I pick a number in the range: tighter integration, exclusivity in category, usage rights beyond YouTube, or a rush edit sit toward the top. A 30-second mention with a URL sits toward the bottom.
Package (optional): 2 integrations in a 30-day window, same product — 15% off the two-spot sum. I will not invent a “always 50k views” deliverable to win the package.
What you get, written down
- One pre-publish draft of the spoken integration (you can kill factual errors; you cannot write me a script that claims unsupervised driving).
- Description link + verbal URL.
- Screenshot of the public video URL and a 7-day / 28-day view note. I send what YouTube shows. I do not pad it.
- No fake subscriber count. No “average 50K.” The average long-form on this channel is 8k–18k.
Payment: 50% to lock the date, 50% on publish. Net-15 on the balance.
What I will promote
Products I will put in a real car and talk about on camera, if they are true:
- Tesla-owner accessories that do not touch FSD safety nags (mats, camera-cleaning, storage, all-weather, charging adapters).
- Home / destination EV charging hardware I can actually install or use.
- Dashcam / USB / rear-cam accessories that do not disable cabin-camera monitoring.
- Insurance, finance, or shopping tools aimed at Tesla owners — if the claim is checkable.
- Software/apps owners already use (trip, charge, service scheduling) — no “secret FSD tweak” apps.
- Public FSD education: books, courses, events that stay on supervised use.
I prefer to run the product for a week on Chicago roads and say what happened. If I will not use it, I will not read a card about it.
What I will not promote
- Anything that tells people to go hands-off, sleep, or treat FSD as unsupervised.
- Jailbreaks, nag-killers, occupancy spoofs, sideloads, “disable cabin camera,” pirate maps, stolen firmware.
- Unreleased Tesla software, “I have a leak,” or insider-access framing.
- Repair / collision / wrap shops that want me to diagnose your VIN on their behalf.
- Industrial automation, factory robotics, or electrical-components deals from my day job. Wrong channel.
- Crypto pumps, miracle range additives, fake “Tesla stock inside info,” political PACs, anti-Tesla smear buys, or competitor hit pieces.
- Claims I cannot verify on camera. If the only proof is your landing page, that is a no.
If the brief requires me to imply Tesla endorses you, walk. I am not Tesla.
How a collab actually runs
- You email the product, the claim, the URL, and whether you want integration vs dedicated.
- I tell you yes / no / needs a rewrite within a few business days. No is usually “this wants unsupervised language” or “I will not use this.”
- We lock a film week that matches a video I was already going to make (integration) or we slot a dedicated shoot.
- You get the draft line. I publish. I send the link.
Midwest roads, my cars, my voice. No fake factory walkthrough. No unreleased software.
Contact
Sponsorships: techgeektesla@gmail.com.
Channel: youtube.com/@techgeektesla.
Owner coaching (not sponsors): FSD coaching page — $150 / 60 min or $250 / 90 min, virtual, supervised.