Rich Benoit: My name's Rich, and I run a YouTube channel called Rich Rebuilds ... V8 engine?" So we decided just to combine the two. A lot of people think that, "Oh, you took a brand new Tesla ...

Dropping a V8 gas-burning engine into a Tesla Model S is one of the most ... the motors and batteries were history. Rich Rebuilds yanked the electric powertrain and went to work wedging the ...

For Rich Benoit, that proverb wound ... Demystifying the Tesla Model S he purchased meant effectively rebuilding it from scratch—something that was completely new to him.