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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So they used the wrong grade of stainless?

FFS add it to the pile of embarrassment

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Worse, it's a proprietary tesla steel.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 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.