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> n=1 but I’ve been in collisions with unibody cars, and they were not written off just because the frame was bent. You might've missed this earlier comment by
by CharlesW 3y ago
> n=1 but I’ve been in collisions with unibody cars, and they were not written off just because the frame was bent.
You might've missed this earlier comment by @unregistereddev: "Compared to stamped metal, a cast metal part is brittle under impact and is far more likely to crack rather than deforming."
In Tesla's case specifically, this isn't just hypothetical: https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-model-y-owner-finds-scary-cracks-in-gigacast-front-end https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-model-y-owner-finds-scar...