Musk also claimed that “there have not been new car [brands] that have been successful for 100 years, apart from Tesla.”

Some automotive brands that were founded in the last 100 years:

Chrysler (1924) Volvo (1927) BMW (1928) Datsun/Nissan (1931/1933) Fiat (1932) Toyota (1936) Volkswagen (1937) Jeep (1943) Land Rover (1948) Honda (1963)

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    Are you talking during production or after it’s been sold? On the latter, lack of rusting will go a long way.

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      After it’s been sold, or even on the lot surrounded by other vehicles coming and going all day. Even if it’s driven down the road once, the front bumper will be pitted with rock marks.

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      I highly, highly doubt it will be made entirely of ss. The dissimilar metals problem will be real. But it’ll be branded ‘electrolysis’ which sounds more high tech than ‘rust’