Multiple Tesla Cybertruck owners share that their truck’s stainless steel has been rusted and corroded after exposure to a magnet. One owner specifically details the effects magnets have had on his Cybertruck’s stainless steel surface.
  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    12 days ago

    Is there a specific strength of magnet to use and/or a specific spot to place the magnet to that would be easy to access and hard for the owner to notice? I’m just asking for purely scientific purposes.

    • gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      12 days ago

      Well it’s fucked up and don’t do it, but I imagine a dusting of magnetized iron filings would work great.

  • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
    203·
    12 days ago

    This is a non story. Dude got some cheap large fridge-style magnets for marketing, and they left a bit of residue.

    Them being magnets has nothing to do with what happened, and the damage is not nearly as bad as pictures in the lead image.

    If the Cybertruck wasn’t such a grocery hauler, I don’t think anybody would even notice this.

    • FrowingFostek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      12 days ago

      I had no expectations going into this comment section.

      Yet, lo and behold, I am disappointed to learn the existence of “cybertruckownersclub”.

      • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        12 days ago

        Had to hunt down the original forum thread after seeing this story posted a few weeks ago.

        I think it’s pretty obvious why none of the news outlets covering this are including the original photo. Even this article embeds an 8 minute video of a dude talking about it without embedding the original pic.

      • WhyFlip@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        12 days ago

        There’s an owners club for nearly every make and model of vehicle on the road. Did you just crawl out of a cave?

  • chingadera@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    12 days ago

    “I had the same issue with a magnet on my Cybertruck, which is disappointing because of all the possibilities. But oh well. I wonder if we could place something between the magnet and steel that would allow it to stick but not allow corrosion.”

    Toner, paint, topcoat is the answer lmfao

  • LoraxEleven@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    12 days ago

    How shitty is the stainless steel that allows a fucking magnet to stick to it to begin with?

    • TheLowestStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      There are different types and grades of stainless steel for different purposes. Generally speaking though, magnetic stainless steel will rust more easily than non-magnetic.

      • Badabinski@kbin.earth
        4·
        12 days ago

        Yep. 17-4 stainless steel (which is magnetic and is fairly widely used) is just as corrosion resistant as 304 stainless while also being stronger and hardenable. It’s not as resistant as things like 316 (non-magnetic, the gold standard for low cost, low strength corrosion resistance), 2205 Duplex (magnetic, more expensive, more resistant, stronger than 316), or Cronidur 30 (magnetic, fairly exotic, ridiculouly strong and corrosion resistant in many environments), but it’s pretty good.

        I’ve no idea if this is what the stupid truck is using, but there are some pretty damn good magnetic stainless steels out there.

        EDIT: They’re using 301 stainless steel. It’s not magnetic under normal circumstances, but becomes magnetic when cold worked. It is not a very corrosion resistant stainless lol. Motherfucker should have used 316 (or better yet, 316L) like the DeLorean did.

        EDIT: I dunno if the DeLorean actually used 316. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there. I am now giving up.

      • Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        Photo is fake or something, the damage caused looks nothing like the thumbnail and front page pic this article is using. Dishonest journalism. You have to click a link within the article to see the actual pictures. Or a few lovely people have posted it in these comments.

        • kyle@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          12 days ago

          Yeah the actual damage was basically nothing. It says more about the dumb owner and less about the actual vehicle.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago

    So if the Tesla “truck” is made of martensitic stainless steel, one could use a strong current running through it to turn the car into one giant magnet?

    Now that would be a fun thing. They could use those things to clean up metal trash from the highway.