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		heisenbit 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TÜV Report 2026: Tesla Model Y has the worst relia... It is not wear that causes break systems to fail but lack of use resulting in a fairly recently discovered threat to blank metal: Rust.

thyristan 4 days ago [–]

I do drive to work almost every day, and I don't drive an electric car. So there is sufficient use.

And quite a few decades ago, people noticed that when you mix chromium, nickel, vanadium or things like that into your steel, it doesn't rust. Car manufacturers are just very slow in noticing.

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