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Honda had this problem many years ago where the bodies just rusted out. They fixed this by changing their entire process to apply a coating everywhere. Lessons
by Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago
Honda had this problem many years ago where the bodies just rusted out. They fixed this by changing their entire process to apply a coating everywhere. Lessons learned in the past ignored in the present.
Elon is probably only thinking about the use-case on Mars where a lack of atmospheric oxygen will mean corrosion isn't such a major factor.
- gagaJo 3y agoCharitable take on Elon’s powers of foresight. Not so sure he thinks much further out than tomorrow.
- throwaway11460 3y agoIf he can get so far while thinking only about tomorrow, he's the absolute genius. Can't even imagine what he could do if he thought a week in advance.
- Terr_ 3y agoAh, but are we talking about how far in advance someone plans for their own benefit, or is it how far in advance they think of the needs of customers and stakeholders? Those two values are frequently different. I think we're on something like year 7 of Musk promising perfect self-driving cars in one more year.
- throwaway11460 3y agoWe are also in year 9 of self-landing rocket boosters launching 100 times a year reused 10+ times, on the other hand. Or that's the work of SpaceX team and not Musk? So when it fails it's Musk and Musk only, but when it succeeds it's not Musk at all?
- gagaJo 3y ago[flagged]
- throwaway11460 3y agoWhere's yours then?
- gagaJo 3y ago[flagged]
- throwaway11460 3y agoI bought AMD for $3 and Nvidia for $90. I got lucky, you got lucky. Building companies is much more work than a lucky trade or two.
- throwup238 3y ago> Lessons learned in the past ignored in the present. It's a lot easier to move fast and break things when you ignore that.
- greedo 3y agoI wonder if Elon's wonder cars will experience cold welding on Mars?
- dogma1138 3y agoNot just Hondas but many other Japanese cars mid 2000’s to mid 2010’s Mazdas are notorious for having their underside rot out from rust.
- indolering 3y agoYeah, the stainless steel panels of the Cybertruck are not stainFREE. Adding a clear coat to the base model would prevent a lot of disappointment.