Tesla Model S V8: a story of exasperation
The famous YouTuber "Rich Rebuilds", who has already been working on electric cars for a while, decided to do the opposite: transform a Tesla Model S, V8 sauce. His story...
09/03/2023
The famous YouTuber "Rich Rebuilds", who has been working on electric cars for a while now, has decided to do the opposite: transform a Tesla Model S, V8 sauce. His story begins with a certain annoyance.
Rich Rebuilds is a particularly well-known and recognized videographer in the United States. This car enthusiast transforms almost everything that comes into his hands, especially electric cars. We owe him in particular the restoration of a Tesla Model S which had been caught in floods, or the creation of an electric quad, an electric Mini Cooper or an electric Chevrolet Spark. And before that, the man had Audi RS7, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and BMW i8. Varied tastes, then.
Neither an electric pro nor a thermal pro, this self-proclaimed car lover has been complaining for some time now against Tesla's lock on spare parts. As he explains in this summary video: you have a broken engine, go to Tesla, or... just buy a car. No independent repairer will be able to do anything for your car, since the Californian brand has total control over its parts. In any case in the United States, at least.
Tesla Model S V8: a story of exasperation
Weary of this situation and the "sustainable" car argument that he considers abusive, Rich Rebuilds decided to do what has never been done: put a V8 in a Tesla. Not out of a lack of love for the electric car (it would even be the opposite in his case), but simply because it's easy to have spare parts for a V8, a gearbox and everything that goes with it, and for maintain this for the long term.
Obviously, this does not concern the average motorist who takes his vehicle to his dealership at the slightest problem. It concerns rather those who do the repairs themselves (minor or major) and who need to buy spare parts.
The transformation will be, in any case from a technical point of view, interesting to follow, since the aluminum structure is clearly not designed to accommodate a large engine at the front.