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.
  • lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year 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.”

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.