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Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel (jalopnik.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

known as rustless steel

Corrosion resistance Although stainless steel does rust, this only affects the outer few layers of atoms, its chromium content shielding deeper layers from oxidation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If they had picked the correct grade of stainless steel, it wouldn't rust just by being outside. Cheaper grades rust, higher grades don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Fun fact: the soviets simply used thicker steel. That's partly why there's so many of those shitboxes still riding around the ex-soviet block. Based on the Fiat 124, which often rusted and died in the Italian sunshine, the Soviet variant often rusted but survived in Siberia.