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The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels (www.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The missing point is it's a property of stainless steel that it remembers being a coil and can unflatten itself weeks later if the manufacturer doesn't know how to work around that.

[โ€“] JiveTurkey 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've worked with stainless steel (specifically 304, 430 and 401) for 15 years and the steel shouldn't have a memory after being run through a de-coiling machine that is configured properly. Excessive heat in a focused area would definitely cause it to warp but this can usually be overcome by adding geometry to stiffen the parts. It seems like the team at Tesla is missing a step somewhere.