@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoToyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fixwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down15cross-posted to: cars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-square@ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThe problem is that you’d have to pretty much disassemble half the vehicle to replace a cast part, and that will be thousands extra in labor.
minus-square@Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoConsidering that the cast part is practically half the vehicle, I wonder if it is easier to change out the cast vs several frame parts.
The problem is that you’d have to pretty much disassemble half the vehicle to replace a cast part, and that will be thousands extra in labor.
Considering that the cast part is practically half the vehicle, I wonder if it is easier to change out the cast vs several frame parts.