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Carmakers want to ditch battery packs, use auto bodies for energy storage

• Lipsey 6y ago
  The benefits of reducing the overall car weight will be huge. For this to be viable one has to think carefully about what happens when a high impact occurs. How easily replaceable will the cells be in the event of damage? A local damage should not result in an overall damage to the vehicle. How will the batteries be cooled?
  • verdverm 6y ago
    Does it make sense from a manufacturing process and cost perspective?
• IXxXI 6y ago
  It sounds like they want to emulate the exoskeleton design of tesla's cybertruck. But don't know enough to realize weight savings and other advantages probably wouldn't be worth it. Due to the majority of weight in a battery pack being lithium and metals, rather than the battery pack shell holding it together.