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.

  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

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

      • Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

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

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        1 year 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.