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Arsecroft ,
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apfelwoiSchoppen ,
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Link that isn't behind VPN blocking site:
https://archive.is/37ibH

ThePantser ,
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Coining it now, Cryberust

shortwavesurfer , (edited )

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.

KnightontheSun ,

I could play it poorly quite well thank you very much!!

Artyom ,

I'd play a game with that name

can ,

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.

just_another_person ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fa2b3022-8da0-47cb-b6fb-8eda61c1fb1a.webm

SinningStromgald ,

Oh no...anyways...

RattlerSix ,

I mean, don't buy a car from a conman folks

jabathekek ,
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Watch it, you'll make the musky bois froth.

jaemo ,

Mmmm. Frothy musk.

PhlubbaDubba ,

Jesus Christ that crab is after us for our cars' extended warranties now!

givesomefucks ,

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...

deegeese ,
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Selling you back the clear coat they never gave it.

PersonalDevKit ,

The car equivalent of launch DLC that should have been in the base game

vinylshrapnel ,

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?

ChapulinColorado ,

There are different qualities of stainless steel. Remember kids, it’s stain less not stain never.

vinylshrapnel ,

I guess there is still iron in it. Looks like they didn’t use an alloy with enough chromium for the application.

Lucidlethargy ,
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Tesla, cutting corners?! Say it isn't so!

nilloc ,

Well it has to be workable/formable, weldable and crack resistant under stress. Just welding most stainless mess with its ferrous properties.

Peppycito ,
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Forming it screws it up too. Work hardening after forging can make it magnetic.

lars ,

In addition to funny is this also actually true?

Peppycito ,
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Absolutely. Why would they call it less if it's actually never? That would be exceptionally terrible marketing.

lars ,

Sure, “less” means “fewer” or “not as much as”.

But the suffix “-less” means “without”:

  • flawless: no flaws
  • spotless: no spots; clean
  • fearless: without fear
Passerby6497 ,

Reckless: without wrecks

model_tar_gz ,

Nah, that’s without Rekts.

Peppycito ,
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So then it's genius marketing. Stainless absolutely stains and rusts.

DanglingFury ,

Yeah. I have a small pocket knife i carry everywhere, it is stainless. I've had it for years, and frequently bring it in the water with me clipped to my swim suit (incase i need to cut a tangled rope). I wash it like a dish with soap and water, i use it hard and put it away wet, and it has been fine for years and years.

After all this, i took it on a single trip in salt water, it spotted with rust that night.

I also have a Sig P938 SAS which has a stainless slide. I keep that dry and oil it on occasion, and yet that one spotted with rust within a year despite me taking good care of it. Luckily sig replaced the slide but this taught me one good lesson.

Different grades of stainless make it different grades of rust resistant. Kind of like calling IP67 electronics, like the iPhone 7, "waterproof" when they can only really withstand splashing. Some can get dunked, some can't.

kiwi5400 ,

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.

Peppycito ,
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Stainless can go goofy after working it. Work hardening can even make stainless magnetic. Sorry, I don't know the physics of why.

FiskFisk33 ,

it rusts less, far less in fact, but it still does rust.

Also there are different grades, i bet they cheaped out

HootinNHollerin , (edited )

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.

mellitiger ,

You are absolutely right, just for clarity:

Chromium needs to be > 12 weight-%.
If you take 18 w-% Cr and 8 w-% Ni you get an austenitic steel which is (normally) neither magnetic nor able to be hardened.

And if you add 12 w-% Cr, you remove 12 w-% Fe. So formally this is right-ish too...

Peppycito ,
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The answer is in the name. It's stainless not stainproof

dragontamer ,

“self-healing, urethane-based film

Urethane? You mean paint?

https://www.eastwood.com/paints/automotive-finishes/colors/single-stage-urethane.html

Its like these amateurs are figuring out why we paint cars... its because Urethane protects the metals from rust. I guess they could use Urethane film instead, but that's probably just not as good or efficient as paint...

Gormadt ,
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So they used the wrong grade of stainless?

FFS add it to the pile of embarrassment

SkyezOpen ,

Worse, it's a proprietary tesla steel.

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

zurohki ,

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 ,

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.

Kaboom ,

How on Earth do you fuck that up?

jabathekek ,
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money

Peppycito ,
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I would argue hubris.

crazyCat ,

And what fuels hubris? Money

jabathekek ,
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So, money and hubris. And cocaine.

Peppycito ,
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And ego.

ikidd ,
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Good news, everyone!

Well, the sooner these fugly things rust back into the earth, the better.

sin_free_for_00_days ,

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.

Mog_fanatic ,

I've seen a few now and every time I can't help but think that it's like what a 4 year old with a marker and paper trying to draw a truck from memory would look like in real life.

VampyreOfNazareth ,

That's a you (tesla) problem not a we problem.

Etterra ,

Just now realizing this are we?

anubis119 ,

Oil...can...

zurohki ,

I'm not sure Lemmy has many users old enough to get that reference.

anubis119 ,

Most people that can afford a Cybertruck should get it. Then again, not many Cybertruck owners are on Lemmy. But if they were on Lemmy, they'd probably pose as non-owners of the Cybertruck, thus meaning they'd pretend to not get it...
Oh no, I've gone crosseyed...

tmsbrdrs ,
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@anubis119 @zurohki after seeing the cybertruck in the wild, I can say with 100% certainty it is even uglier irl

archomrade ,

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

camelbeard ,

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.

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