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Originally Posted by freebeard
Paintless exoskeletons and 48V wiring with Ethernet offer some hope.
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Unpainted stainless steel is incredibly expensive to get right during manufacturing and hard to keep looking good in day to day life. The problem is that with paint a small scratch can be fixed with a bit of touch-up paint and a buffing. With stainless a scratch has to be buffed out - but then you have to do the entire panel because you can't really just buff a small section because it will have a different level of shine than the rest.
48V accessories are more expensive than 12V accessories.
The Cybertruck does not have an exoskeleton. That was just Musk's fever dream years ago. It has huge internal casting that provides the support and holds the stainless panels that make up the body.
Below is what is under the bodywork. Large casting front and rear joined by a regular stamped and welded unibody in the middle. Damage either of those castings in a fender bender and the vehicle is totaled.
