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Musk also claimed that "there have not been new car [brands] that have been successful for 100 years, apart from Tesla."

Some automotive brands that were founded in the last 100 years:

Chrysler (1924) Volvo (1927) BMW (1928) Datsun/Nissan (1931/1933) Fiat (1932) Toyota (1936) Volkswagen (1937) Jeep (1943) Land Rover (1948) Honda (1963)

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago

Those are polite ways of saying stainless steel is hard to work with, and flat expanses of bodywork are unforgiving when it comes to gaps, fit, and finish.

Why would stainless steel be any harder to work with than normal steel?

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I read a comment recently that the flat shape of the panels are going to have a tendency to want to buckle inward or outward as they flex/torque. Similar to how metal sheets behave when used to make “thunder” sound effects on old radio shows. They didn’t put any curve or arc into the panel design to prevent this from happening. Wish I could find the link to share here.

[-] GarrettBird@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Sounds like they ran into the oil canning problem.

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