On: Owners report rust forming on Tesla Cybertruck

[AlexandrB]

They claim to have developed their own alloy.

> According to matmatch.com, “The Cybertruck exoskeleton is made from Tesla’s own stainless steel alloy, referred to as the Ultra-hard 30X Cold-rolled Stainless Steel. While the blend is proprietary, Elon mentioned during the product launch that the exoskeleton material of the vehicle is the same as the SpaceX Starship shell.”

[1] https://www.worldautosteel.org/why-steel/steel-muscle-in-new...

[nixass → AlexandrB]

I read whole paragraph as "yeah, cheap"

[westbywest → AlexandrB]

Good thing the 304L (etc) comprising Starship's shell won't be subjected to repeated heatings. https://app.aws.org/forum/topic_show.pl?tid=7585

[HumblyTossed → AlexandrB]

> is the same as the SpaceX Starship shell

No wonder it's rusting, they're recycling all the exploded Starship shells.