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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by kjksf on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:08PM (#37804075)
No need to speculate.

Model Y has been using casting for a few years now.

It's also among the safest cars in a crash: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/956/tesla-model-y-receives...

In this particular test it was THE safest cars ever tested by Australian ANCAP.

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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by CharlesW on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:37PM (#37804317)
Crash safety is unrelated to the problem with "gigacasting", which is that "a huge cast part is almost impossible to repair whereas the traditional folds of stamped metal can be fixed using traditional methods".

https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-gigacasting-a-cars-entir...

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