There's also a absolute ton of stainless alloys, no idea which one they selected for the exterior panels.
Curious if they'll survive Colorado winters with the salt.
301, a less expensive option with very poor corrosion resistance compared to other stainless steels! 304, which is more corrosion resistant, is used for unpainted train cars, and those aren't even exposed to road salt!
From the Society of Automotive Engineers article: "'Tesla’s strategy with this truck is very interesting," observed Dr. David Matlock, professor emeritus at the Colorado School of Mines’ Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center. Reviewing Musk’s public comments on Cybertruck online, Matlock surmises that the material is 'very likely a modified version of the lean-alloyed austenitic 301 alloy.'"
Two other things line up for me: the rate of rust is right and I think if they were using 304 they'd want to advertise it as 304, not 30X.
He could very well be right, but that is definitely speculation rather than fact.
C'mon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deicing
We use the glycols on aircraft and some electron equipment
https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/snow-removal-and...
> CDOT uses a variety of products to treat Colorado highways during a winter storm. All snow removal products contain salt with added corrosion inhibitors used to prevent or remove the buildup of ice and snow on roads and minimize the impact on vehicles.
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> CDOT makes an anti-icing brine mix in-house at a rate of 42 cents per gallon. This product is applied hours before a snowstorm or ice storm and will appear as white stripes on the roadway once dry.
> Unlike other anti-icing products used throughout the country, CDOT's brine mix contains a corrosion inhibitor, which helps prevent damage on both vehicles and infrastructure. Once snow begins to fall, or the temperature drops below freezing, crews will stop using the anti-icer and switch over to de-icers.
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> Solid de-icers are used for ant-icing and de-icing on roadways during winter weather conditions. CDOT uses two types of solid de-icers:
> Ice slicer — made of granular salt and magnesium chloride.
> Sand or sand/salt mixture — mainly used in high elevations and the eastern plains where more extreme cold temperatures exist, and more traction is needed.
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Beet juice is better because it doesnt kill the FN trees + flora...
Source, grew up in Lake Tahoe - Salting the roads killed the ice AND the trees on the side of the road.
Also, my grandfather and great grandfather on my stepdads side were beet farmers in Idaho.... and yes - beet juice is WAY better for the environment, but you have to do all that farming first. Then Juicing, then trucking then....