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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.

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[–] Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Increase productivity by 20% will reduce price by?

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 year ago

"Increase productivity by 20% will ~reduce price~ increase profits by?"

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago
[–] Nomad@infosec.pub -3 points 1 year ago

There is demand for their cars, how would that change through more efficient manufacturing? Remember demand drives price.

However, withing a few decades probably every mamjfacturer will adopt this technique, which will enable them to ask for less to drives sales. Then all manufacturers will have to reduce prices.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.zip 13 points 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.world 9 points 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.

[–] MaxxisP@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly, it isn’t unusual

[–] betwixthewires@lemmy.basedcount.com 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They want to make everything impossible to fix. They want to turn our land into landfills and fleece us of our income.

Climate change or no, electric fan or no, anyone with self respect would rather buy a 1990 beater than a new car, they're user and owner hostile.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d rather get in an accident with a modern car over a ‘90’s beater any day.

[–] vivavideri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's what 2000s cars are for! Anything like.. mid 90s and beyond is guaranteed airbags, and they mandated tire pressure sensors in what, 2008?

[–] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just watched a video of a guy doing no-paint dent removal on a rivian bumper after a bodyshop had quoted him 41k USD for repair. That's 4 times the value of my truck.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If it wasn't Rich Rebuilds, then I'm at a loss.