This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting

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This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting::Who knew stainless steel might not be such a good idea for the exterior of an electric SUV? The entire automotive industry, that's who.

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Wait, they're made of stainless fucking steel? That's so stupid it's beyond words, why not just paint the damn things to look like stainless steel?

I think the original idea was the stainless steel would provide a rigid exoskeleton so the vehicle could save weight/space on internal structural support, but in the end they still needed similar internal structural supports so the insistence to retain the uselessly heavy/expensive steel panels was probably one of Elon's classic strokes of genius.

It’s hard being a misunderstood genius. Especially if the part that’s misunderstood is that you possess virtually no genius.

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