YouTuber buys stripped Tesla Model 3 ‘go-kart’ for $2,000 — it still has 212-mile range

A YouTuber bought a completely stripped-down Tesla Model 3 for just $2,000 — no body panels, no windshield, no seatbelts — and took it off-roading, drifting, and even jumping it. The wildest part? It still showed 212 miles of range on a full charge.

The video, posted by Remmy Evans, is a testament to both the durability of Tesla’s drivetrain and the questionable decision-making that makes YouTube entertaining.

From abandoned project to $2,000 ‘go-kart’

The story starts with a phone call. Evans gets a tip from his friend Jake about a special vehicle at Jake’s brother-in-law’s house in Idaho: a Tesla Model 3 that has been stripped down to almost nothing. The previous owner, Grayson, had purchased the Model 3 for $6,000–$7,000 with plans to transplant the drivetrain into a 1970s concept car. They even had a 3D artist render the finished design and started fitting parts, but abandoned the project after estimating it would take 800 hours to complete the body work.

Evans negotiated the price down from $3,000 to $2,000, and walked away with what is essentially a Tesla rolling chassis — seats, steering wheel, motors, battery pack, and screen, but no windshield, no body panels, and no seatbelts. The car had been sitting unregistered for at least two years.