The Cybertruck will wear a body that's actually an exoskeleton made of ultra-hard cold-rolled stainless steel. Tesla just applied for a patent for the material, and CEO Elon Musk confirmed it.

“That’s how strong the skin is — it’s ultra-hard, cold-rolled stainless steel alloy that we’ve developed. We’re going to be using the same alloy in the Starship rocket, and in the ...

Chromium is a super-hard metal—almost as hard as diamond—and it’s highly resistant ... but Hense notes that the Tesla Cybertruck’s body is constructed from 30X cold-rolled stainless steel.

The steel alloy can also be used without a paint coating, which is unusual in the automotive industry. The patent goes into deeper detail about the metal's hardness (400 HV – 500 HV) and ...