Tesla Searches On PornHub Surge After Elon Musk Jokes About Autopilot Sextape

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk exits federal court, April 4, 2019 in New York City. A federal judge heard oral arguments this afternoon in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that seeks to hold Musk in contempt for violating a settlement deal.
Tesla becomes a top search on PornHub after a sex tape filmed on the car's autopilot setting goes viral.

Tesla is undoubtedly one of the most popular vehicles on the market right now, at least for those who could afford it. Over the years, Elon Musk's company has revolutionized vehicles and energy consumption and gained praise from some of Hollywood's elite such as Kanye West, Jaden Smith, and more. Tesla's also been one of the first companies with the autopilot feature. I mean, it still seems unsafe to use but a couple decided to try out the self-driving feature while having sex.

Pornstar Taylor Jackson and her boyfriend filmed themselves having sex in their Tesla Model X while it was on autopilot mode. The video made massive waves on porn sites, namely PornHub, which then saw a massive spike in searches for Tesla on their site. PornHub shared a thumbnail of the video on Instagram, and wrote, "Reporting you to Elon for not having two hands on the wheel with autopilot enabled."

Elon Musk then acknowledged the video on Twitter with some cringe-worthy jokes. “Turns out there’s more ways to use Autopilot than we imagined," he wrote. “Shoulda seen it coming."

The video began circulating at the beginning of May but "Tesla" became a hot keyword on their website around May 9th and 10th when Musk tweeted out those jokes. According to their projections, they expect that they'll get three million "Tesla" searches since the video was first uploaded.


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