Friday, February 16, 2024
Cybertruck Owners Say Their Stainless Steel Trucks Are Rusting
It seems the stainless steel panels of the Tesla Cybertruck are not really stain “less,” and are turning out to be no less susceptible to stains than stainless kitchen appliances, which easily develop grease and water stains. Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are reporting persistent orange stains on the exterior of their EVs, which could be early signs of rust and corrosion, according to Futurism.
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Someone please inform these people it is Stain-less not Stain-free steel. The higher the nickle content the less susceptibility to rust, and the harder it is to form. Forming dies cost a lot of money, so the factory will use an alloy with less nickle. So do like the DeLorean, guys and wash your pretend truck with Ajax.
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Also nickel is an expensive alloying ingredient. It costs 25x more than steel.
DeleteBar keepers friend should work. Unless Elon used imported stainless steel from China. That stuff rusts. And I should know.
DeleteI do know that if a wire brush is used on welded stainless, and the wire brush is not stainless, the small amounts of non-stainless steel that gets embedded in the stainless will rust, making it appear that the stainless is rusting. But that doesn't sound like what is happening to whole panels.
ReplyDelete1st mistake….
ReplyDeleteBuying a damn ev.
Ed357
Cybertruck owners confirm the age-old adage-
Delete"There's a sucker born every minute".
Maybe it’s due in part to the electromagnetic field generated by the huge batteries causing the stainless steel to attract free radicals off the road and out of the air….
ReplyDeleteYeah...what HE said....
DeleteChinese stainless, no doubt....
ReplyDeleteBar Keepers Friend will remove it...but it'll return...
ReplyDeleteNew Tesla owner's kit addition: fine steel wool package with every Tesla truck....learn to scuff, suckers.
ReplyDeleteIf a magnet sticks it ain't good stainless.
ReplyDeleteThat's not rust ... it's *patina*!
ReplyDeleteI heard they used 301 Stainless
ReplyDeleteAre the body panels annealed after welding? If not, they are going to show rust at the weld areas.
DeleteThe die to shape those panels is plain steel which leaves tiny amounts that need polishing off to get pure stainless surfaces.
ReplyDeletewhile I haven't seen one of these up close yet- most stainless steel products- De Lorean, stoves, refrigerators, etc, have a brushed finish texture on them. this is is a secondary process performed after stamping which would hide surface imperfections from stamping as well as reduce glare/ reflections. Assuming this has a brushed finish that should remove any trace amounts of stamping residue.
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