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Some Tesla homeowners say their Cybertrucks are beginning to rust after being caught within the rain.
In a submit on the Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board, a member with the username Raxar wrote that they’d collected their car on February 1 — and have been warned that day that rain may trigger it to rust.
“The advisor particularly talked about the Cybertrucks develop orange rust marks within the rain and that required the car to be buffed out,” the discussion board member wrote. “I do know I heard the story of by no means take out your Delorean within the rain however I simply by no means learn something about rust and Cybertrucks.”
In one other submit, Raxar stated the automotive began creating rust spots after simply two days within the rain.
The person additionally shared photographs of what they stated have been small specks of rust on the automotive’s stainless-steel physique. The person stated the photographs have been taken after a “dish cleaning soap wash.”
In keeping with Mead Metals, a Minnesota steel providers firm, chrome steel is liable to rust in sure environments. A weblog submit on its web site says that rust is commonly a results of water publicity, though it will also be attributable to “publicity to damaging chemical compounds, saline, grease, or extended publicity to warmth.”
Vertigo3pc, one other Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board member, wrote on Monday that they took their Cybertruck to a service heart to have it checked out after experiencing rain in Los Angeles. “I observed the corrosion was forming on the steel like different individuals have famous,” they wrote, “so I made a decision to begin documenting it and bringing it to Tesla’s consideration.”
The discussion board member added {that a} service heart employee “documented the corrosion” and stated they may restore the harm.
Vertigo3pc additionally posted photos of what they stated have been corrosion spots on the Cybertruck. “The spots are positively in every single place within the steel,” they stated.
Elon Musk stated the Cybertruck was “actually bulletproof” with its “ultrahard stainless-steel” physique when he revealed the electrical car in 2019.
Elon Musk at a Cybertruck occasion. Tesla through BI
In a submit on X from September, Musk stated Tesla may be capable to provide homeowners an choice to get tungsten-carbide coating, a ceramic materials that helps shield towards corrosion. He added that the coating was “principally scratch-proof to all the pieces under diamond hardness.”
In two YouTube movies, the posters claimed to have entry to the Cybertruck’s proprietor’s manuals (which Tesla hasn’t shared publicly). The supplies the movies present say the EV does not have “a transparent coat” on its exterior stainless-steel physique.
The movies give a glimpse of the obvious proprietor’s information, which says: “To stop harm to the outside, instantly take away corrosive substances (similar to grease, oil, chook droppings, tree resin, useless bugs, tar spots, highway salt, industrial fallout, and so on.).”
Tesla did not instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider, made exterior regular working hours.
