This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting
This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting
Who knew stainless steel might not be such a good idea for the exterior of an electric SUV? The entire automotive industry, that’s who.
It's [stainless steel] also stiff, which makes it potentially more lethal to anybody unlucky enough to be struck by a vehicle built with the stuff.
Of course they picked a more deadly option.
The documentation says: “To prevent damage to the exterior, immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar spots, road salt, industrial fallout, etc.). Do not wait until Cybertruck is due for a complete wash. If necessary use denatured alcohol to remove tar spots and stubborn grease stains, then immediately wash the area with water and a mild, non-detergent soap to remove the alcohol.”
Loooool. That's pathetic. A truck you have to baby or it stains and discolors.
Not just more stiff, the sharp angles on the body are also much more likely to cause serious injury to pedestrians and cyclists (there's a reason modern vehicles have rounded edges). Unfortunately the lack of regulations in North America on safety features vis a vis anyone but the vehicle occupants means these death machines remain street legal.
there's a reason modern vehicles have rounded edges
Rounded edges and soft panels that crumple easily yes.
I'm glad these things aren't permitted here in Europe.
the whole point of a truck is to get shit done.
this truck destroys itself if you try to get shit done with it.
how they fucked up so badly, i have no idea.
Easy, the guy who wanted to make this truck has never worked a day in his life.
No the whole point of a truck in America is for men who have self confidence issues to feel better about themselves. You think people are hauling shit on the reg in a cyber truck or those other lifted shiny shits people drive around?
Truly the work vehicle of tomorrow
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FordTesla tough!Oil is corrosive? Doesn't it usually prevent steel from rusting?
Of course they picked a more deadly option.
Elon specifically said that if a CT gets into an accident with another vehicle, the CT "wins". Which is such a fucking horrifying way to think about automotive safety. Same thing from people who bitch about how "your car gets totaled in even the lowest speed crash nowadays" when doing so is precisely what saves your life. Totalling a car and allowing you to walk away with only minor injuries or none at all, it is the point, but people like him have this idea that it's more manly to die in easily avoidable ways than it is to observe safety measures that we've known about for decades.
Exactly. Cars that didn't deform from damage were death traps. I think there was a Mass Men episode with this in it too.
The next one should be matte black teflon as an exterior. Or some other non-stick surface.
Stainless steel is good for kitchens I guess. It always takes a special spray to get clean. Unless you want to scrub at it all day.
Teflon aka PFAS that we now know we really don't want crumbling off into the environment. Please no
Haven't read the article, but I am going to say it's a bad alloy combined with salt in the air, salt on the roads combined with galvanic corrosion. I'll edit my post after I read this....
Edit: It's the deadly chromium layer not being wrapped in a $5000 clear coat.
not being wrapped in a $5000 clear coat.
This is such bullshit though. Deloreans were built with uncoated 304 stainless steel (think, same as in food grade stainless stuff), and with all their other issues, rust is not one of them.
If Teslas rust, they chose the wrong steel, the end.
@FiskFisk33 @remotelove Yeah, I find it rather interesting, that DMC was able to built a car that had none of the issues more than 40 years ago - which means that it is a doable task. So Tesla simply ignored it.
Who would have thought that their truck would need a $5000 extra to be usable outdoors? Who buys a truck to keep it indoors?
because tesla is a rubbish company that sells poorly made cars at expensive markups because there's no dealer showroom to try before you buy
I think this is actually what Tesla's biggest contribution to cars has been thus far. Dealerships need to die, the stone ages are over.
You can test drive the car before you buy though. I did some months ago, though I didn't end up buying it.
Granted, you don't try the exact vehicle that you'll be buying. You used to be able to return the vehicle within 7 days, but it looks like they canceled that policy.
Is it because they’re shitty overpriced pieces of junk hawked by a known con artist? Or some other reason?
Congrats to Tesla for making the worst truck imaginable. Shit's hilarious, too bad it's not a joke.
It is a joke, it's just unintended 😁
I don't have a lot of sympathy for any of the idiots that buy these idiotic things.
Tesla: for another five grand we will rainproof the metal on your vehicle
How much is a wind-proof windshield? And do they also offer air-proof tires?
@hedge just leave it on the street to encourage tagging and get a free paint job, problem solved
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The headline says it may be rusting. Nobody would be saying “may be rusting” if it was known they were rusting.
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I think they dropped their original plan for a unibody design, and there is a regular chassis underneith. That also could be rusting, but invisibly :)
They forgot to put a sacrificial anode:
Every time I hear about this problem, I get that one part from the song Love Shack stuck in my head.
🎵 Your what?!?!
TEEEEEEEEEEES-LAAA!
...rustedLove shack,
Baby love shack 🎵Because its not actually stainless.
Someone brought up an important point about stainless steal that i forgot until they mentioned it.. It's called stain-less, not stain-free.
Double unstain metal
All "stainless" means is that the alloy contains at least 10.5% chromium. It's not a guarantee that it won't corrode or oxidize.
Ooo, I know this one! Is it because of Elon's massive ego and refusal to listen to experts?
If anyone needs one reason to avoid the stupidtruck, it's the sheer ugliness of that abomination. I don't understand how people can worship such a petulant egomaniac enough to adore such a travesty from him.
Okay, it rusts. Now, ride SpaceX ships...
Stainless steel also stains. "Stainless" does not mean "never stains," just that it stains less than other steels.
Endless Spotless Stainless Steel is a steel that stains, has fewer spots, and ends a bit later. The logic of English is all but senseless. Which means it has everything except a bit less sense.
I found out way too late that "all but" means exactly the same thing as "almost". If "all but X" is taken literally, it should mean "you can describe this thing in lots of ways, but it's definitely not X".
(I am not a native English speaker but I use English more then my native tongue due to being online so much)
Look, we all know the only thing stainless steel is good for is the temporal flux dispersion. In all other ways it's a PITA.
Just like the exterior of their new gigafactory in Austin.
What the washing alcohol off fleck? Do they not know that alcohol evaporates without a trace?
Alcohol evaporates, but the stuff you were trying to clean off does not.
One would think that this is gone too after changing towel. But anyway, that us not what's written in the manual...