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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
by AlexandrB 3y ago
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-vehicles/tesla-cybertruck/ https://www.worldautosteel.org/why-steel/steel-muscle-in-new...
- nixass 3y agoI read whole paragraph as "yeah, cheap"
- westbywest 3y agoGood 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 https://app.aws.org/forum/topic_show.pl?tid=7585
- HumblyTossed 3y ago> is the same as the SpaceX Starship shell No wonder it's rusting, they're recycling all the exploded Starship shells.