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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by guywithahat on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:28AM (#50392688)
I mean once you buy the tooling, it’s still probably cheaper to produce stainless steel trucks than paint normal steel. I agree on everything else though
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by ErroneousBosh on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:36AM (#50392814)
Not really. Stainless is expensive and brittle. It's a lot more work to form complex panels out of stainless, and then they're essentially scrap if there's even a tiny amount of damage. A small dent will start a crack.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by origini on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:08AM (#50393243)
Why?

Steel is heavy, you have to paint the frame anyway, people like cars with colors, the steel has to be maintained too (scratches etc.).

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by stetrain on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:44AM (#50393765)
If that’s true it would only be the case if you could amortize that tooling across enough vehicles. Selling 10k-20k per year from a production line planned with a capacity of 125k per year won’t get you there.