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No need to speculate. Model Y has been using casting for a few years now. It's also among the safest cars in a crash: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/956/te
by kjksf 3y ago
No need to speculate.
Model Y has been using casting for a few years now.
It's also among the safest cars in a crash: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/956/tesla-model-y-receives-top-safety-score-of-any-vehicle-ever-tested-video https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/956/tesla-model-y-receives...
In this particular test it was THE safest cars ever tested by Australian ANCAP.
- CharlesW 3y agoCrash safety is unrelated to the problem with "gigacasting", which is that "a huge cast part is almost impossible to repair whereas the traditional folds of stamped metal can be fixed using traditional methods". https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-gigacasting-a-cars-entire-underbody-is-surely-a-great-idea https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-gigacasting-a-cars-entir...