I believe their intention was to make it more dent-proof which ended up making it bullet proof(ish) at the same. I think that’s a good feature. Modern cars are made out of cardboard
Comment on Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all
Wogi@lemmy.world 2 months agoSS301 is a great material. It’s workable, ductile, and still plenty hard. It’s absolutely perfect for work holding in an industrial spot welding environment.
Why on earth they’d use that for body panels is fucking beyond me. Ok, it’s bullet proof, kinda, which is cool I guess? I’ve never been shot at in a car, I don’t know anyone who’s ever been shot at in car.
I know lots of people with cars that they don’t like to rust. Or scratch tho. Seems like the bigger problem in car design honestly
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Rubanski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s by design. It’s called crumple zone and it saves lives
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 months ago
On cars yeah but I’m not sure if that’s so much of a factor on “body on a frame” trucks because the frame does not crumble much. Cybertruck doesn’t have such frame because it has an exoskeleton but if you were to make it out of thinner metal then you’d need to add the sub-frame anyway so the end result is still the same.
Also, Tesla has a pretty impressive track record on when it comes to IIHS and Euro NCAP crash tests so I’d be surprised if Cybertruck was an exception.
Wogi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So what you’re saying is not only is it ugly, rust prone, and poorly designed, it’s ALSO unsafe.
Fisch@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The Cybertruck is an exception tho. It was tested at ~50 km/h and hardly crumpled at all.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Totally agree. Having said that, I regularly have to use sandpaper to remove rust from my SS301 knife.
If you want “real” stainless, you want 316, but it’s not very strong and would require significant modifications - making it thicker/heavier/more expensive/worse battery range/etc.
Plopp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe the cyber truck owners will convince themselves the rust is a beautiful patina (and your cat sucks because it doesn’t have one!)
Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Don’t you talk about my cat that way!
i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml [bot] 2 months ago
Instead of gold versions, rich people will get inconel-pannel cybertrucks!