Rich Rebuilds at The Electrified Garage
Rich Benoit and his team repair Teslas at his Seabrook garage
December 18, 2020
Photo by Kendal J. Bush
Watch any video that Rich Benoit uploads to his Rich Rebuilds channel on YouTube, and it doesn’t take long to notice his humor. Snarky, tongue-in-cheek, and punctuated by fast-paced graphics and visual blandishments to accompany the information he provides.
In other words, come for the laughs, stay to learn how to convert a Mini Cooper from gas to electric or how to service your own Tesla. Even people who never change their own oil won’t miss an episode.
The entire project took over one year, and the truck went viral
Now Simone s Truckla is her daily driver and comes in handy with her work.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: This is the Truckla, and it s technically the first Tesla pickup truck. Except it s not made by Tesla. YouTuber and engineer Simone Giertz modified a Model 3 into this fully functioning pickup. Here s how she did it.
Simone Giertz: The inspiration behind Truckla was that I ve made a personal promise to myself to try to avoid having a gas car. I ve never even owned a gas vehicle, and I really need a pickup truck for the type of work I m doing. So I decided to make my own.