Comment on The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels

JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• arc@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It definitely seems like an irrelevant point. All car sheet steel arrives in rolls.

  I’d be more concerned about how it is formed into panels, how resistant it is to corrosion, what tolerances parts have, how easy is it to replace parts, whether there are visible production flaws due to it being naked steel, and if construction techniques or material thickness makes it more dangerous to occupants or pedestrians in collisions.

  I certainly won’t be surprised if pictures start appearing in a year or two of cybertrucks that have been completely fucked by salt water corrosion, or heat warppage or other issues caused by their design.

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  • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I certainly won’t be surprised if pictures of that don’t start appearing in a year or two because the things still haven’t been delivered

    (I know, I know, they’re supposed to be delivering the first ones in two days, but I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if that somehow falls through)

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• Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When they make plywood it comes wrapped up super tight in a tree

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  • downhomechunk@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Has anyone complimented your genius today?

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• weew@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  yeah. panel gaps aren’t a sheet metal issue, it’s been a Tesla issue since forever.

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• AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Water? Like out the toilet?”

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    *terlet

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    • tabris@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The same thing you can make sangria in?

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      • irreticent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “It’s just chunks of fruit, I swear!”

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  • Nahlej@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Please only wash your Cyber Truck with Brawndo™

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• hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah, but other manufacturers don’t try to origami sheet metal into a car.

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  • Malfeasant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s almost exactly what they do…

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• yogurt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The missing point is it’s a property of stainless steel that it remembers being a coil and can unflatten itself weeks later if the manufacturer doesn’t know how to work around that.

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  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve worked with stainless steel (specifically 304, 430 and 401) for 15 years and the steel shouldn’t have a memory after being run through a de-coiling machine that is configured properly. Excessive heat in a focused area would definitely cause it to warp but this can usually be overcome by adding geometry to stiffen the parts.

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