This article by Lauren Goode profiles YouTuber Simone Giertz, an excellent example of how fearless failures can lead to success.
I spot the Tesla long before I see the strawberry-blonde ponytail of its driver. The car is a candy-apple-red Model 3 sedan that appears to have had part of its rear half deleted, so that it looks like a modish Chevy El Camino. Simone Giertz, the YouTuber behind the wheel, is meeting me under a highway overpass in northern Sonoma County so she can lead me to one of the secret workshops where, for the past year, she’s been hacking away at the sharky EV to transform it into a pickup truck. Ten days ago, she posted a 31-minute YouTube video about building the “Truckla.” Eight million people have already watched it, but barely anyone has seen the mutant EV up close.