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Cybertruck engineer pushes back on claims that Tesla EVs rust in the rain — “It's surface contamination only and can be cleaned off easily.” (www.businessinsider.com)
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Cybertruck engineer pushes back on claims that Tesla EVs rust in the rain — “It's surface contamination only and can be cleaned off easily.”::A Cybertruck engineer, Wes Morrill, addressed claims Tesla's truck rusts in the rain and said the specks of rust were the size of a "pinhead."

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

It happens, and it's a very sad sight indeed.

Edit: Yeah, that one is a fake. Sorry about that.

Doing an image search, there are a lot of real ones in various states of decay or oxidization. Certainly takes a lot more time (and straight up abandonment) for a DeLorean to show damage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah but like outside of this AI image have you ever seen a rusty DeLorean?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Using technology from the present to depict a past relic in a state it'll be in the future

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

You just have to think fourth-dimensionally.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Obvious AI-generated image is obvious