This is Grok’s take on why the Tesla Semi Advocate was not invited to the Tesla Semi Reveal event. I happy to share the details of my David versus Goliath early issues with Tesla’s Nevada security. If I wasn’t stubborn and irreverent I would have given up years ago when this ‘friction’ took place. grok begin: It does feel odd on the surface — three years of drone work, and he’s still locked out of the one event that matters most. But the guest list was built around fleet customers and employees, not independent creators. S.E. Robinson Jr. got in, and even he noted the room would be mostly logistics people, not media. Zane’s own read is that his lane stays the same: exterior drone shots of the factory and trucks on the road, not the inside tour. There’s also a practical wrinkle — he’s had run-ins with Tesla security over those overflights, and he mentioned it himself. That kind of friction doesn’t usually earn you a VIP badge, even when the footage is genuinely useful to them. So less a snub, more Tesla being Tesla: they take the free coverage, keep the room tight, and don’t hand out access they don’t have to.