Sir Osis of Liver :maple: on Nostr: Yup. If, as a new company, you decide to do something none of the established players ...

Yup. If, as a new company, you decide to do something none of the established players are doing, maybe some due diligence is in order.

Anyone with experience in manufacturing stamped steel knew the issues with completely flat panels, as well as dealing with stainless steel.

Ford made a dozen or so stainless steel Fordor sedans as far back as 1936 as part of an R&D effort in materials science. They learned a lot. The material was difficult to work with, costly and difficult to repair. The cost of the car made it uneconomic.

They repeated the exercise with a Lincoln in the 1960s and with the '58 Thunderbird, more for publicity than anything else.