The stainless-steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels
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The Cybertruck's steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper," a report says.

The stainless steel body of Tesla’s Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels::The Cybertruck’s steel is made in “coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper,” WSJ reported.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The Cybertruck’s steel is made in “coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper,”

    All steel is shipped from the steel mill in coils just like that.

    Other manufacturers of all manner of stainless products seem to have figured out a solution to the problem.

    • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Other manufacturers of all manner of stainless products seem to have figured out a solution to the problem.

      Two design choices together probably make the problem multiplicatively worse:

      1. Flat panels are not anywhere as stiff as curved panels.
      2. Mechanical parameters of the stainless alloy they’re using (eg it might retain the coiled shape more than some other plain steel alloys).

      I can’t get over the flatness… those panels surely rattle too? Or do they void-fill the doors and body with something?

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Flat panels are not anywhere as stiff as curved panels

        Same for windows. So much for “thermonuclear explosion-proof glass”, Elon.

        Also, the shape has horrible aerodynamics. If it had a combustion engine, they couldn’t sell it in large parts of the world due to fuel efficiency.