Why Rich Rebuilds Is Opening A Tesla Repair Shop
Why Rich Rebuilds Is Opening A Tesla Repair Shop
Rich Benoit runs the popular YouTube channel, Rich Rebuilds, where he takes broken-down Teslas and brings them back to life. Now he and his business partner, a former parts manager at Tesla, are opening up a repair shop to help stem some of the demand for Tesla service. Tesla customers have often complained about having to wait weeks to get their cars serviced.
Benoit has been enchanted with Tesla since it introduced the Model S. He turned his curiosity into YouTube fame in 2016, cranking out videos about the cars, including how to buy, fix and mine wrecked Teslas for spare parts.
Today, his YouTube channel “Rich Rebuilds” is approaching half-a-million subscribers. The most popular episode—”Can you drown a Tesla motor?” — has garnered 2.3 million views and counting in less than a year.
His followers frequently send payments to support his video blogging habit, and random items for his cars, home and garage. Someone sent him a life-sized poster of Elon Musk. Someone had pizza delivered to his house, which Benoit liked. On the weirder side of viral video stardom, a fan sent Benoit a puppy preserved in formaldehyde in a jar.
Eventually, he partnered with a former Tesla parts manager, Chris Salvo, who is also the owner of EV Tuning to open up their own repair shop. While they both hold down day jobs, this spring they broke ground on their “Electrified Garage” in Seabrook, New Hampshire.
“I was never thinking of opening my own shop,” Benoit said. “But I’d been denied so many times by Tesla that I really started thinking there’s got to be a bigger picture here, another player who can help others and get parts as well. Now that there’s a place where people can go for third-party EV repair.”
The Electrified Garage is getting customers who are out of warranty with their Model S’s, and people who own Model 3’s but can’t get Tesla service centers to do work for them because they have after-market parts that negated their warranty Benoit said.
While CEO Elon Musk has long promised to ramp up the company’s service in North America, Tesla is currently in a belt-tightening phase, recovering from mass layoffs and still under pressure to cut costs. Until they’re ready to invest in opening more service centers, hiring more technicians and mobile service “Rangers” – who drive to the customers’ door to fix their cars – there are upstarts like the Electrified Garage ready to repair, modify or rebuild.
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Why Rich Rebuilds Is Opening A Tesla Repair Shop
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If they’re looking for franchisees, I’ll gladly invest!
Good stick it to Tesla
i want to repair my tesla
Thats a good idea… just wait a few years until tesla shuts down your salvaged tesla….
Hey so I know that this is a long shot for me to hear back from you but u r the guy that I must talk to I got this idea that don’t want to say much o er a comment ot msg but this will definitely be in your field I know that u will love it specially since u like to pass tesla off and your good at .asking them look bad I gotta talk to you know ur the guy for this project I know it
This is really cool. Super innovative and ingenuitive!
Need a follow up!
Hello friends, do you need Chinese Tesla model 3 Y S X parts supply?
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Can u take me on I have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering plus a rich experience in Automotive
Good for him. Rich’s genuine attitude to serve others and his focus on his craft is what made America great – in the past. TESLA and the tech attidue – on the other hand is what is making America poorer, a disregard and distain for the very people that put food on your table. Just take the money with no repsonsibility.
Edison generators and or dynamos were supposed to be used to maintain the Treaties instituted by scientists to initiate survival and enlist the military. We need fossil fuels to support the atmosphere and we have to shutdown nuclear technology halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon to survive. That’s no plastic solar panels no fossil fuels power plants and no nuclear power plants. Edison generator and dynamos power plants cars trucks trains airplanes helicopters and ships immediately reduce fossil fuels and nuclear power plants. This is not being enforced or done as we agreed to in Treaties with 180 countries and USSR. We not only violating our own country but violations against life on earth 🌎.
I wish this guy could teach me some basic auto mechanics. May 3, 2022. USA.
I need rich shop address and phone number pl some one help me thank
Well this is how you monetize your YouTube content. It is not only him but a host of You Tubers that create content, most negative, and the sole purpose is to get clicks. Once you get the clicks you find a way to roll it into a career. This is the way of the world now, you attach to a host and you feed.
I keep on getting malfunction headlight warning. Do you think it’s the headlight or ballast?
Such a good investment especially with Uncle Sam pushing on EVs.
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No you cannot just repair Tesla’s they are complicated and sort out a battery side impact !!! Internal combustion engines are fantastic and proper legislation is needed to make them take the next level 150 mpg .
Excellent work!!!
Well done keep it serious it gets more clicks!
I take customer service very seriously, and a company that has grimy customer service is a deal breaker for me. The cars are beautiful, but I’m glad I saw this.
This is Amazing.
I am a big fan of your show.
Thumbs up and subscribe.
I just bought a model x signature addition.
Is signature red with cream interior.
I love this car.
It only has twenty three thousand miles.
Is going in for the battery fuse replacement.
I have an appointment august fourteen.
And tesla is going to charge me seven hundred and fifty dollars for the new battery fuse and to install.
Any comments?
Would like to think they would reach out and help/motivate. Hope it’s just not another greedy car company. Good luck.
I want to work in your garage
Hi i need your help
You got it, get ’em…
Rich is a smart guy. I’d love to chat with him a pick his brain. But great Business idea I think he’ll do well!
As an engineer and entrepreneur, I think Elon Musk must have a lot of respect for these guys, I’d imagine…
It’s inevitable that people will eventually make things as normal as gasoline cars are
This man is TRULY rich. Love love love what he does.
Hello I am planning of buying a Model S 90D 2016. Do you have an opinion about this model? I mena problems, motor and battery? Thank you so much.
I would like to talk about expanding in Southern California. Email me
YOU-GUYS ARE AWESOME !!!.
BEST of Everything to Success.
Hey, Long time watcher: If you ever have Tom Lee, Mike Novogratz, or Kevin O’leary on any of your programs it will be shut off with haste.All 3 of them proved they know absolutely nothing about they talk about so pls, give it a rest.
Do not enter contract with any of those Europeans they would take your company from under you it’s in their DNA, only time when they come to you is when they want to take something from you.
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Exodus 23;32
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
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Philippians 3:2
2 ¶ Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
How fast are tesla cars, I see so many damaged ones, they must be quite quick to get into so many scrapes and bumps etc.
When you buy a Tesla you agree to contract that only Tesla will work on it. Elon worked his a** off to build this no one else has the right to mess with that man’s this creation
We love our uncle Rich!
If they do it full time and open multiple garages, these guys could become millionaires.
I wish him absolute success. It’s good to know that there are people out there that are willing to help car owners. Elon does need to work on quality on the Tesla. I hope there’s more men of integrity like him
Any email contact ?
Any recommendations ? I was offered a 2014 Tesla S – 330,000km or 200,000 miles for $6000 ? BUY or RUN ? needs minor repair ? How do I determine Life time charging qualification
You are a GOD what you are doing is rightouse and just. POWER TO THE PEOPLE !
Inspiring video!!
You guys should make this hobby a profitable business !!
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