Phosphoric acid will dissolve light rust and passivate the surface by turning it into iron phosphate. You can buy it cheap at most hardware stores, brush or spray it on, let it sit, repeat if needed, then wipe off the excess while still wet. It will probably leave an uneven colored surface so...
Which fits with what the OP described. So either that's exactly what happened or he just imagined the loss of regen and brake boost, which seems unlikely and almost impossible.
Which is completely different than believing it's anywhere near robotaxi level now or in the near term. That means the robotaxi unveil in August is very premature and another product introduced long before it's ready, just like the original FSD, the Cybertruck, and the next gen Roadster...
I didn't say other builds were flawless I said the failure rates of vehicles just dying on the road soon after delivery seems higher. How many of your Tesla's died on the road within a few weeks of delivery?
That experience didn't help them figure out the obvious fact that the Cybertruck needs a washer on the rear camera even with a human driving since the rear view mirror is useless with the bed cover down.
Also, today my Model 3 FSD decided a county road with no speed limit sign, (which in NY...
I just hope they aren't prioritizing the Robotaxi over M2, which this announcement seems to imply. A drop of water on the backup cam gives me warnings that FSD may not work properly. I don't see how they have the hardware in any vehicle to do a fully autonomous robotaxi that won't get stranded...
Yeah even Jalopnik and Electrek aren't exactly widely read but even if they were the idea of buying a Cybertruck and crashing it into a pole on purpose is beyond ridiculous.
So lets see, your premise is he bought a Cybertruck, crashed it, posted pictures here on this forum that few people even know about, to slow EV adoption? Really?
Except that's not what he described:
He didn't say the car accelerated when he hit the brake, which is what would have happened if he actually hit the accelerator. What he subsequently described was increased brake pedal effort with weak braking response, which is exactly what would happen if...
Actually first line of the first post in this thread which I edited 30 minutes after posting it. It seems some people must read only the post title and then comment without reading any of the other comments.
Or it's actually failing at a higher rate. I've been following Tesla since the Roadster days and I don't remember ever hearing this many issues with the vehicle just dying soon after delivery. I'd expect after all this time Tesla would have the basics well under control even in a new vehicle.