> The minute a chassis of any modern vehicle is bent in any way it is an automatic write-off in the insurance industry. This is true much more often than it wa

> The minute a chassis of any modern vehicle is bent in any way it is an automatic write-off in the insurance industry. This is true much more often than it was in the past, but it’s certainly not always the case. I think it will be cool if they found a cost-effective way to make vehicles more modular like body on frame vehicles are, but without the tradeoffs. There’s not enough detail about the process and materials here, but one of the issues with castings generally is that they sometimes fracture rather than bend. Anyway, maybe this is a way to bring the cost of new vehicles down for more affordable models in the future.