Toyota plans to make electric car bodies in the same style as Tesla's "gigacasting." But the resulting EVs might be too hard to repair.

Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix::Toyota plans to make electric car bodies in the same style as Tesla’s “gigacasting.” But the resulting EVs might be too hard to repair.

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
    50·
    1 year ago

    As has been pointed out MANY times on the current CAST items if you have an accident large enough to go through the replaceable parts the crash bars and it DOES damage the cast it is a write off anyway.

    • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I thought this was already an issue with unibody designs. Once the internal structure is damaged, it’s a write-off either way.

    • bluekieran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I was wondering why this wouldn’t make insurance unaffordable and the car unsellable, if it were a real issue, and that answers it - thanks.

    • ChickenFeet @lemmings.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      These days repairs on regular cars are so cost prohibitive, that if the accident is severe enough to deploy airbags it’s a write off.