Funky features on Tesla's Cybertruck
With a bulletproof body and 500-mile battery-powered range, Tesla's electric pickup isn't like every other truck.
Tesla soon will be sending its futuristic Cybertruck to take on the F-150 in the pickup segment, but you’ll be able to buy three different stainless steel Fords before it does.
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The vehicles are not new; Ford and a company known today as Allegheny Technologies worked together in past collaborations to promote the metal.
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The 1936 Ford Deluxe Sedan, 1960 Ford Thunderbird and 1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible were all manufactured with the Pittsburgh-based steel company’s product on their existing assembly lines. Six Deluxe Sedans, two Thunderbirds and three Continentals were built.
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The cars were all used in the real world to help promote and test the durability of the rust-resistant material, and the bodies held up better than their conventional counterparts before they were finally parked.
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Despite their success, stainless steel hasn’t found common usage in car manufacturing because of its cost and the difficulty of shaping it with machine tooling. The latter is a large part of the reason why the Cybertruck and iconic Delorean DMC-12 feature boxy designs. Stainless steel is also hard to paint, which is why Tesla will be providing color options by offering vinyl wraps.
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The cars are all currently owned by Allegheny Technologies and will be offered in September at the Worldwide Auctioneers Auburn, Ind., auction. The company, which made a profit of over $258 million last year, says it’s selling them in the hopes that they’ll end up in a collection or museum where they will be more widely appreciated.
Worldwide hasn’t issued an estimated price for the lot, but another one of the Deluxe Sedans received a high bid of $550,000 at a Mecum Auctions event in 2010, which wasn’t enough to meet the reserve price, according to Autoblog.
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This story has been updated to clarify ATI's annual profit