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Stainless steel has two advantages. First, no need to have multiple multi-million dollar machines for stamping every panel, which reduces initial investment in the factory and cost per unit. Two, no need to paint the vehicles, the paint process takes up a huge chunk of a factory's footprint...

The idea is to build an ID3 rival out of stainless steel that costs less (to tool up and per unit) and last longer. Imagine a 25000 car with a million mile powertrain and a body that lasts decades.

I was thinking the exact same idea described in this post. Also made a rendering of it: