Comment on Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix

• Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hmm, yes. Some trucks with broken or bent frames get patched up and driven.

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  • pirat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably because trucks are industrial vehicles built to be driven millions of km*, and therefore are a much bigger investment, so the repair is more often “worth it” than for personal vehicles.

    Also, one truck can have the cargo capacity of many cargo vans, and one bus in pendular movement has the capacity of many personal cars, so each truck/bus repair will have a greater impact.

    *At least, that’s the case for buses, according to a schoolbus driver when I was a kid.

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• bemenaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is for cars and small SUVs. The trucks still have frames. The cars and small SUVs are already unibodies. Just not multi-segmented unibodies. The two differences are that its multi-segmented, and the metal is cast, instead of forged in a stamping press.

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