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Tesla Cybertruck May Have A Rust Problem (www.carsdirect.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So they used the wrong grade of stainless?

FFS add it to the pile of embarrassment

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Worse, it's a proprietary tesla steel.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Given their current track record for QA I'm going to guess that it's the lowest grade they could still call stainless

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Depends whether Elon made the decision or Captain Sensible snuck in and did it while Elon was playing with Twitter.

It's not like Tesla doesn't have smart people, they just don't get to make the decisions some of the time.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

It's not really a surprise at this point. They've been avoiding automotive grade parts for a reasonable amount of their cars. Notably the screen.