Bjørn Nyland (YouTuber)

Bjørn Nyland a.k.a. Teslabjørn (born in Chiang Mai, Thailand[1] on July 29, 1979, living in Norway since age of 4[1][2]) is a Norwegian YouTuber posting videos about electric cars in the English language since 2013,and in Thai language since 2017.

Bjørn Nyland
Personal information
Born (1979-07-29) July 29, 1979
Chiang Mai, Thailand
NationalityNorwegian
YouTube information
Also known asTeslaBjørn
Subscribers307,000
(October 26, 2023)
Total views165,114,250
(October 26, 2023)

Electric cars Youtuber

Formerly a programmer at the University of Oslo and Statistics Norway, Nyland started his YouTube channel in 2010 with a video showing an onboard ride in a Renault Laguna Diesel doing 200 km/h (125 mph) on a German Autobahn. In May 2013, he test drove an electric Tesla Model S, posting his YouTube video in Norwegian language with English subtitles. His own Tesla Model S P85 was delivered in November 2013, and soon he filmed a road trip across Norway in winter weather.

Nyland slowly hypermiled his Model S for 18 hours in 2015 to a "Record-Breaking 452.8 Miles On A Single Charge"[3][4]

1000 km challenge

Nyland has pioneered and repeatedly tested a number of electric cars according to his method called the 1000 km challenge,[5] in which the vehicle must cover 1000 km (621 mi) as quickly as possible; the result is the sum of the time spent driving and the time spent at charging stations.

The tests take place on Norwegian, and sometimes Swedish, roads, which have good DC fast charging infrastructure but generally lower speed limits than German or French highways.

24h EV world records in Germany

After German Youtuber Horst Lüning and his son have covered 2,424 km[6] within 24 hours in a Model S on Bundesautobahn 8 near Ulm to the west of Munich in June 2016, Lüning in 2018 joined an Austrian G-Electric team that used a US-import Tesla Model 3 with a special charging port adaptor to improve the record to 2,644 km.[7]

In July 2019, after Tesla finally delivered European-spec Model 3 with CCS connector, Nyland was part of a team that set the new record at 2,781 km (1,728 mi) in 24 hours in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD. The team set this record using the IONITY 350 kW quick chargers Demminer Land at Bundesautobahn 20 to the north of Berlin because currently, that network is significantly faster than Tesla's Superchargers (v2).[8]

Winner of four Teslas

In October 2015 Nyland won a Founders Series Tesla Model X after ten Tesla customers used his referral code[9] which he named "Optimus Prime". He used his Model X to create his most popular videos, "Tesla Model X doors crushing things", "Tesla Model X vs Hummer H2 tug of war", "Tesla Model X off-roading gone wrong!". By the end of 2015, he won the second European referral contest, and a free Tesla Model S P90D Ludicrous (which was delivered as a P100DL and sold to pay for the taxes for his Model X). By 2019, he won two second generation Tesla Roadsters, , bringing the total to 4.[10]

Personal life

He states that he has Chinese father and Thai mother.[11]

Nyland speaks Norwegian fluently with a native accent, having spent most of his youth in Norway, and Bodø from where he got his regional dialect. He rarely speaks Norwegian in his videos. He also speaks fluent Thai especially Northern Thai language and publish some Thai-language videos in his YouTube subchannel Teslabjorn Thai but he can't read Thai. In his videos he on occasion throws in a few of his favorite German words which he finds funny ("Anhängerkupplung" = trailer hitch), he does not however know much German.

Nyland lives in Oslo married to a Thai woman, known by nickname Amm or stage name Ammery.[12] They have one kid as of 2022, also own a white chihuahua called Dolly they bought in 2017.[13]

In March 2021, he published videos documenting him suffering from COVID-19, which lasted about 16 days.[14]

References
  1. Teslabjorn Thai. "#47 Winter is here part 1 Thai". YouTube (in Thai). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  2. Prukesangkul, Jitrin. "เปิดใจ Bjørn Nyland ยูทูบเบอร์รถไฟฟ้าคนไทย ดังไกลจนฝรั่งยอมรับ (Tesla ยังส่งรถให้ใช้ฟรี!!)". Magcarzine.com (in Thai). Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  3. Gitlin, Jonathan M. (August 26, 2015). "Norwegian hypermiler drives Tesla 452 miles on a single charge". arstechnica.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. Loizos, Connie (August 25, 2015). "Programmer Drives His Tesla Model S A Record-Breaking 452.8 Miles On A Single Charge". techcrunch.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. Nyland, Bjørn. "Tesla Model 3 SR+ MIC 1000 km challenge". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  6. Lüning, Horst. "Tesla Model S Weltrekord 2.424km in 24h mit Nachladen". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. Meyer, Dominik. "Rekord mit einem Tesla Model 3: 2.644 Kilometer in 24 Stunden". efahrer.chip.de (in German). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  8. Dow, Jameson (July 5, 2019). "Tesla YouTuber Bjørn Nyland breaks 24-hour electric car distance record — 2,781km". electrek.co. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  9. Hanley, Steve (November 3, 2015). "Tesla Confirms Bjørn Nyland as Winner of Referral Program". Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  10. Ali, Iqtidar (March 14, 2019). "The incredible story of an EV evangelist who won 4 Teslas". X Auto World. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  11. "Bjørn Nyland". TeslaDB.com. Tesla Database. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  12. "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  13. Nyland, Bjørn. "#42 Dolly's first road trip". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  14. Nyland, Bjørn. "Update after 16 days". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
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