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.

  • nxdefiant@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    9 months ago

    13K ish for a model 3/Y. The X and S, that cost north of 80K after options, are in the 20K range for battery replacement.

    That said, the batteries have an 8 year /150Kish mile warranty that kicks in at 70% capacity retention. So even if it’s functional but losing enough capacity, they’ll replace it