The ‘Truckla’ DIY Tesla pickup truck is still trucking
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6ACSB)
Simone Giertz pulls up in her freshly detailed and upgraded Truckla. | Image: Simone Giertz Remember that Tesla Model 3 that was chopped up to make an all-electric pickup truck many years ago? Well, it's still alive! Inventor and YouTuber Simone Giertz - the self-described queen of shitty robots" - uploaded a new video on Thursday with an update on how her custom Truckla's been doing (via Boing Boing).
In the video, Giertz says it's been four years since the Truckla was built, and since then, she's been using it as her daily driver. It was never completely finished, though: the custom truck bed was never weather sealed, some trim was still unfinished, and the removable tailgate stopped working.
She's a little bit rattle-ly, because the truck bed isn't welded in," Giertz explained in the video. She also has to baby the car...