Rich Benoit made quite the name for himself in the electric vehicle (EV) community after getting into the business of refurbishing older models, including a 2013 Tesla S P85. EV enthusiasts everywhere were enthralled with his work, which led to him garnering more than 700,000 subscribers and 80 million video views.

But things quickly went south when Benoit launched a recent project called, "Why I'm selling my Tesla and going back to Gas." Benoit announced that he was abandoning a project he had recently started on a Tesla, and is now planning to go exclusively back to gas.

"This video is going to be a little bit different," he stated at its opening. "In this episode I'm going to be re-building a Tesla Model S. It's going to be from start to finish in one episode, while I talk over the reasons why I'm switching back to gas. Kind of ironic, isn't it?"

Tesla fans were not impressed by this announcement and apparently flagged the video, resulting in it being pulled from the platform after just a few hours. According to YouTube, Benoit had violated its "Community Guidelines" with this video.

"The Tesla fanboys formed like Voltron and ganged up to flag my video for removal on youtube," Benoit tweeted to his followers after learning the news.