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

Despite the recent release of these Tesla EVs — and the little road time they’ve been subjected to — Cybertrucks are already developing imperfections on their body panels, leading owners to debate what’s causing the early signs of rust on forums. From Futurism:

One Cybertruck Owners Club forum member says they started noticing small orange flecks appearing on his truck after driving it in the rain for just two days.

“Just picked up my Cybertruck today,” they wrote. “The advisor specifically mentioned the cybertrucks develop orange rust marks in the rain and that required the vehicle to be buffed out.”

The Cybertruck owner posted followup photos after washing the vehicle down with soap, and they didn’t inspire much confidence, showing body panels already pockmarked with small orange spots.

Cross post from https://lemmy.world/comment/7544395

  • @vegantomato
    23•9 months ago

    $81,000 and go up to $101,000 depending on the trim and options

    And they cheap out on the steel?

    • @derphurr
      4•9 months ago

      Um… where do you think they get the steel from? Cheap stainless from China. They lied like most of their pre-sales promises

      Tesla could be sourcing the materials from Outokumpu’s plant in Calvert, Alabama, and may be using more than one supplier

      • @vegantomato
        6•9 months ago

        may be using more than one supplier

        uh oh!

    • @derf82English
      2•9 months ago

      It’s Musk. He cheaps out on everything.

      • @ricdehEnglish
        -7•9 months ago

        Oh you’re right, socialism always yielded incredibly superior products that were totally not of a fraction of the quality of Western products!

        • @Jimmyeatsausage
          5•9 months ago

          planet on fire

          encroaching fascism

          corruption at all levels of government and industry

          These Jordan’s are F.I.R.E!!!

        • @JamesFire
          1•9 months ago

          Nobody said that, take your bad faith elsewhere

    • @[email protected]
      0•9 months ago

      They probably uses a ferritic type of stainless, you can pick sheets up with magnets making manufacturing much easier but they are less corrosion resistant than 304 or 316.