It’s not really a surprise at this point. They’ve been avoiding automotive grade parts for a reasonable amount of their cars. Notably the screen.
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Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
So they used the wrong grade of stainless?
FFS add it to the pile of embarrassment
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Worse, it’s a proprietary tesla steel.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Given their current track record for QA I’m going to guess that it’s the lowest grade they could still call stainless
zurohki@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Depends whether Elon made the decision or Captain Sensible snuck in and did it while Elon was playing with Twitter.