Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel
Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel
Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.
To be fair, a patina of rust will make it easier to imagine oneself as some kind of grimdark postapocalyptic warlord or something.
In particular, oil and acidic soiling, such as tar or bird droppings, should be cleaned immediately with an alcohol-based solvent. Immediately afterwards, rinsing with clear water or a pH-adjusted soap is recommended. This type of cleaning should be necessary after every longer ride.
Nah.
Next thing it'll demand you feed it nuclear pellets
Immediately imagine myself pouring a little bit of nuclear orbs into the front like I'm feeding a small animal.
"Here you go little buddy, eat up.."
You mean next to the weekly sacrifice of virgin blood and ritual singing? This thing is expensive!
Imagine having to do a systematic car wash after every weekly grocery trip lmao
Uh.... they're Stainless not Rust-less, duh.
Maybe it's stain less... it stains less, but it still stains.
For a couple years I worked at a company that mainly sold fasteners. Think nuts and bolts for residential, commercial and industrial use. They came in different grades (strength), materials and coatings based on usage (for example indoor or outdoor use).
I was told by other sales associates that "stain less" was more accurate than "stainless." The reason being that if you expose stainless steel to water long enough, it will rust. However, it will take significantly longer to stain/rust compared to plain steel.
You want to use stainless steel in places where things will come into contact with water but not in situations where it will be submerged in water or exposed to the elements for long periods of time.
Your joke was pretty much how I was taught about stainless fasteners.
Sadly, no amount of money can teach a billionaire such simple things.
So, stain "less", not stain "proof"
Anyone who's worked with stainless could have told you that would happen 🤷
About the same level of quality as their software, it seems.
Never buy the first version of anything, especially something from musk.
Never buy the first version of anything, especially something from musk.
Send any complaints to:
Quabbity Assuance Dept.
c/o Creed Bratton
Quabbity Assuance lives rent free in my head.
Don't you mean 💩?
So you have to treat it like a mogwai?
What if they covered the metal in some sort of protective coating? Perhaps even a colored waterproof coating. I think I heard of something like that once. It's called paint.
They bought their stainless from the bargain bin...
but it's rusting because of the owners doing shit, or it is a design problem?
There are many varieties of stainless.
They chose to use the same stainless as the rockets, 301, which is not the best at resisting corrosion(rust) compared to other stainless varieties like 304 that was used on the DeLorean. Had they used 304 it is likely the rust wouldn't be anywhere near as much of a problem, the DeLorean stainless panels are still looking great and may only need a polish every few years.
Likely they chose 301 over 304 because they are already buying it for Starship and it takes to forming somewhat better.
On the plus side the steel is 3mm thick and that leaves a considerable amount of material to polish with before adding a clear coat or a clear protective film if the vinyl film coating was not chosen when buying it.
Stainless steel, by definition, shouldn't rust. This has nothing to do with the owners.
that is incorrect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainlesssteel
Stainless steel is resistant to a certain degree of corrosion depending on the specific type of steel. If Tesla went with a steel that's resistant enough to handle rainwater but not resistant enough to handle salted roads or salty maritime air then their cars can rust even if they're made with genuine stainless steel.
Of course that still means they chose the wrong steel.
I guess it's safe to say the stainless steel is not marine grade 316.
From Tesla's owners manual, referenced in the article:
Immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, tree resin, dead insects....
I find it really funny that the folks at Tesla consider grease to be "corrosive".
LOL - that's some straight up 🤡 shit.
High on copeium.
When does the Cybertruck: limited COR-TEN® Steel edition come out?
I'm thinking that would actually appeal to some folks as a Mad Max sort of aesthetic.
After the Cybertruck aluminum and cardboard edition. For that derelique fashion
Rust can look great!
I doubt these will age well at all though
My Metalbird is developing a patina that looks a lot like rust. Apparently that's intentional and temporary but we'll see. I only paid $60 not $100,000 so I'm not as upset as I imagine these people are.