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The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels::The Cybertruck's steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper," WSJ reported.

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[-] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago

What a surprise! The other well known stainless steel car, the Delorean DMC-12, is FAMOUS for being a huge pain in the ass to work on. Dents and dings are tremendous problems, and stainless steel is super heavy.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Not to mention all of the manual labour it took to make all the panels to fit properly. No 2 delorean were the same

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Depending on the grade, the weight difference between stainless steel and carbon steel of the same thickness is not much of any at all.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Don't most cars use aluminum as well as carbon steel in their frames, to save on weight?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I doubt this has any stainless in the frame. Really it should be a comparison of stainless vs aluminum and plastic body panels

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think the majority just use regular steel. Ford was a talking point when they started using aluminum for the F150 body panels. And then they started running into corrosion issues where the aluminum meets the steel fasteners and frame.

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