This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
"remember when cars rusted like shitballs? What if we sold trucks that did that?"
"people buy our cars and their panels have these gaps you wouldn't see in any other manufacturer. And our cars, they seem to have a taste for the blood of children. People keep buying the cars though. We're doing something right and it's sure as hell not making cars"
"yeah but look at the stock price"
"good point"
Just as with the battery issues, owners will be out with warranty for driving in the rain
Great news! Tell me - does he happen to make spaceships as well?
I think a lot of people who bought this expected stainless steel not to rust
It wouldn't surprise me if musk thought this as well
Musk probably said something like they used a revolutionary new type of stainless steel, designed for spaceX rockets. Have you ever seen rust in space? No because it's that revolutionary, and we all know space is filled with water and oxygen.
Just now realizing this are we?
That's a you (tesla) problem not a we problem.
Good news, everyone!
Well, the sooner these fugly things rust back into the earth, the better.
Since I first saw a picture of the thing I thought it was ugly as hell. Last week I saw one in real life and I have to say, it's even uglier than I thought it was. And it really looks like it could have been an '80s era crappy kit car for a full size truck chassis. I mean, strikingly ugly and stupid looking. Embarrassingly so.
So they used the wrong grade of stainless?
FFS add it to the pile of embarrassment
Worse, it's a proprietary tesla steel.
Given their current track record for QA I'm going to guess that it's the lowest grade they could still call stainless
One way to keep the Cybertruck’s stainless steel body from rust and damage is to get it wrapped. Interestingly enough, while Tesla saved some money by not clear coating the truck’s body, the automaker offers a “Satin Clear Paint Film” and a “Color Paint Film” for the Cybertruck that costs $5,000 and $6,000. The “self-healing, urethane-based film” protects the truck from scratches and corrosive substances. After hearing about the issues that current owners are having with rust and corrosion on their trucks, we’d consider the film to be a must-have for Cybertruck owners.
There's a fix, it just cost 6k...
They keep using the words “stainless steel” which is an alloy created to be rustproof by removing the iron out of it. So how exactly is this stainless steel if it rusts?
Stainless has chromium added. Iron is still the main element. Different stainless steels have various other elements added, like molybdenum. There’s a wide range of SS for various purposes depending on their formability, weldability, corrosion resistance, heat treatment or precipitation hardened. Some are mildly magnetic (400 series), others not (300 series). Big range of cost too. Not sure which one they used. There’s also a finishing process called passivation that should be used to reduce the likelihood of corrosion.
it rusts less, far less in fact, but it still does rust.
Also there are different grades, i bet they cheaped out
I'm being pedantic here, but stainless steel still has iron in it. The addition of chromium forms an oxide layer on the surface that prevents rust. If the body is rusting, that means they used a shitty grade of stainless. Stainless with an appropriate amount of chromium (and nickel) is expensive as fuck.
There are different qualities of stainless steel. Remember kids, it’s stain less not stain never.
I guess there is still iron in it. Looks like they didn’t use an alloy with enough chromium for the application.
Selling you back the clear coat they never gave it.
The car equivalent of launch DLC that should have been in the base game
Jesus Christ that crab is after us for our cars' extended warranties now!
I mean, don't buy a car from a conman folks
Oh no...anyways...
Tesla Cybertruck May Have A Rust Problem::One of the more standout qualities of the Tesla Cybertruck is its bare stainless-steel body. The stainless-steel body gives the Cybertruck a unique design, but
Bot has great comedic timing.
Coining it now, Cryberust
I'd play a game with that name
This made me laugh. Thank you. That was fantastic.
Edit: A friend pointed out that this would be the perfect name for a metal band as well. I wonder if you could play the steel guitar.
I could play it poorly quite well thank you very much!!
