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.

Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix::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.

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    100% this. I don’t like supporting big oil, but at the end of the day I value the ability to repair a vehicle at an affordable cost.

    Things like a 20k battery replacement? Hell no thank you, I’ll grab another aspirated one with 100000 on the clock, and many more to go.