L4sBotOct 6, 2023

Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix

https://lemmy.world/post/6363811

Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix - Lemmy.world

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.

Show threadAlternateRouteOct 6, 2023
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.
Show threadbluekieran
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.
Oct 6, 2023 at 9:09amWeb