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Rich Rebuilds Checks SEMA Show Options for Seamless EV Conversions
Rich Rebuilds Checks SEMA Show Options for Seamless EV Conversions

15 Nov 2021, 07:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / He felt guilty after Fox 5 showed the ICE-T – the world’s first V8 Tesla – as an example that SEMA Show had focused on electric cars

 
Rich Rebuilds Taking the ICE-T to SEMA Show Was Almost as Fun as Being There
Rich Rebuilds Taking the ICE-T to SEMA Show Was Almost as Fun as Being There

8 Nov 2021, 11:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Visitors were really looking for Leenda but were more than happy to see a Tesla converted to use a combustion engine... and a pornstar

 
Rich Benoit Tows the ICE-T 3,000 Miles to the SEMA Show
Rich Benoit Tows the ICE-T 3,000 Miles to the SEMA Show

2 Nov 2021, 22:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The first Tesla to use a combustion engine is more than a fine example of customization: it is recycling with high skills.

 
ICE-T, the V8 Tesla, Can Cool Down Thanks to New Front Bumper and a Radiator
ICE-T, the V8 Tesla, Can Cool Down Thanks to New Front Bumper and a Radiator

19 Oct 2021, 08:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This car is in a lot of heat until it is presented at the SEMA Show 2021 by November 2, 2021: there’s a lot to do until it makes its official premiere

 
Rich Rebuilds Gives the ICE-T an Exhaust System That Is a Work of Art
Rich Rebuilds Gives the ICE-T an Exhaust System That Is a Work of Art

4 Oct 2021, 09:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Nobody said that recycling a Tesla with a V8 would be easy. However, some will say it did not have the right to be so beautiful as well

 
Rich Rebuilds Answers Accusations Related to $22K Battery Pack Repair
Rich Rebuilds Answers Accusations Related to $22K Battery Pack Repair

20 Sep 2021, 14:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The discussion goes much further than just that: Rich Benoit and Louis Rossman also talked about greenwashing and the backlash Tesla fans can create.

 
Tesla Hacker Says Replacing Battery Pack Modules in Model S Doesn’t Work
Tesla Hacker Says Replacing Battery Pack Modules in Model S Doesn’t Work

15 Sep 2021, 11:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jason Hughes told autoevolution he has tried that multiple times and his best shot lasted only one year. He now uses a different repair method.

 
Tesla Owner Receives $22K Battery Repair Estimate, Electrified Garage Fixes It for $5,750
Tesla Owner Receives $22K Battery Repair Estimate, Electrified Garage Fixes It for $5,750

13 Sep 2021, 10:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This is another example of how the Right to Repair can keep EVs running instead of turning them into junkyard material for a single component.

 
So Making EVs Is Easy, Right? An Engineer Shows How Wrong That Is
So Making EVs Is Easy, Right? An Engineer Shows How Wrong That Is

11 Sep 2021, 07:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / David Twohig wrote an article on LinkedIn that tries to kill five of the most persistent myths about electric car manufacturing out there.

 
Rich Rebuilds' Tesla Bot Pokes Fun at the Company's Weird Proposition
Rich Rebuilds' Tesla Bot Pokes Fun at the Company's Weird Proposition

8 Sep 2021, 14:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Only Tesla advocates seem to have taken the idea seriously, and Rich Benoit did not miss the chance to make fun of that too.

 
What's Inside a Tesla Model S Plaid: Rich Rebuilds Follows Sandy Munro
What's Inside a Tesla Model S Plaid: Rich Rebuilds Follows Sandy Munro

23 Aug 2021, 12:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The youtuber got a Tesla Model S Plaid and dismantled it to show us what makes this EV unique. Disclaimer: it is quite different from a regular Model S.

 
Salvaged Model 3 That Got to Supercharge Again Cannot Do That Anymore
Salvaged Model 3 That Got to Supercharge Again Cannot Do That Anymore

16 Aug 2021, 14:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The warning came from Steven Salowsky, from the Rich Rebuilds team, who talked to salvaged Tesla Model 3 owners who lost supercharging. Again.

 
Rich Rebuilds Video Shows a Salvaged Model 3 Supercharge, Two Chronic Issues
Rich Rebuilds Video Shows a Salvaged Model 3 Supercharge, Two Chronic Issues

16 Aug 2021, 09:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rich Rebuilds took the salvaged Mad Max Tesla Model 3 to a track and a supercharger, and it presented three of the most common issues this car has.

 
Rich Rebuilds Helps to Create a Mad Max Off-Road-Ready Model 3
Rich Rebuilds Helps to Create a Mad Max Off-Road-Ready Model 3

10 Aug 2021, 10:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Model 3x4 belongs to the Grind Hard Plumbing Co. YouTube channel. However, it was made in a collab with Rich Rebuilds and the Electrified Garage.

 
Rich Rebuilds' Tesla Model 3 Could Be in a Mad Max Movie
Rich Rebuilds' Tesla Model 3 Could Be in a Mad Max Movie

5 Aug 2021, 16:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The YouTuber shared on Twitter some teaser images of what promises to be one of his most popular videos to date. Has he finally give in to the Model 3?

 
A Repair Would Cost $16,000 at Tesla – the Electrified Garage Did It for $700
A Repair Would Cost $16,000 at Tesla – the Electrified Garage Did It for $700

12 Jul 2021, 07:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rich Benoit discusses how important it is for car companies to give their customers a credible right to repair their vehicles.

 
YouTuber Demonstrates Main Issue With EVs In a Single Tweet: Repairability
YouTuber Demonstrates Main Issue With EVs In a Single Tweet: Repairability

30 Jun 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rich Benoit – from the Rich Rebuilds YouTube channel – showed how a simple issue might turn an EV into a salvaged vehicle

 
Rich Rebuilds Shows V8-Powered Tesla Progress, Hole in His Pants Steals the Show
Rich Rebuilds Shows V8-Powered Tesla Progress, Hole in His Pants Steals the Show

26 Jan 2021, 11:29 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The world's first V8-powered Tesla Model S with a manual transmission is coming along nicely, albeit a bit slower than we all would have liked

 
V8-Powered "Tesla Model LS" Project Is Moving Forward, Engine in Place
V8-Powered "Tesla Model LS" Project Is Moving Forward, Engine in Place

4 Jan 2021, 09:06 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / There will soon be a Tesla Model S that needs to take regular trips to the gas station, and that's because it's actually a V8-powered Model LS

 
Tesla Model S to Get Six-Speed Manual Thanks to LS V8 Swap and Rich Rebuilds
Tesla Model S to Get Six-Speed Manual Thanks to LS V8 Swap and Rich Rebuilds

21 Dec 2020, 16:55 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / After countless formerly ICE-powered cars receiving an electric powertrain, it was about time somebody turned the tables; that somebody is Rich Rebuilds