Re:Tesla’s new car-building process could be an industrial b...
by CharlesW on Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:59PM
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> n=1 but I’ve been in collisions with unibody cars, and they were not written off just because the frame was bent.
You might've missed this earlier comment by @unregistereddev: "Compared to stamped metal, a cast metal part is brittle under impact and is far more likely to crack rather than deforming."
You might've missed this earlier comment by @unregistereddev: "Compared to stamped metal, a cast metal part is brittle under impact and is far more likely to crack rather than deforming."
In Tesla's case specifically, this isn't just hypothetical: https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-model-y-owner-finds-scar...