@boem@lemmy.worldcake to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoToyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fixwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up117external-linkToyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fixwww.thedrive.com@boem@lemmy.worldcake to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarelettruthoutlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months ago“Car companies make their money from selling new cars, not keeping old ones on the road. If cast bodies serve that end better than those stitched together, it’d be no surprise to see them become the industry standard.”
minus-square@nilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoparts and repairs make a ton for car companies, bodywork however does not. Ford has been making more and more of their trucks and SUVs from aluminum.
“Car companies make their money from selling new cars, not keeping old ones on the road. If cast bodies serve that end better than those stitched together, it’d be no surprise to see them become the industry standard.”
parts and repairs make a ton for car companies, bodywork however does not.
Ford has been making more and more of their trucks and SUVs from aluminum.