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

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

  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • Bonehead@kbin.social
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      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.

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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      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.