The Cybertruck's steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper," WSJ reported.

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.

  • Clay_pidginEnglish
    60•7 months 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]English
      14•7 months 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]English
      4•7 months 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]English
        3•7 months ago

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

        • @[email protected]English
          1•7 months 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.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•7 months ago

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