sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 1 moisA Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happenwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down12
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkA Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happenwww.thedrive.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 1 moismessage-square175fedilink
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·il y a 1 moisYeah and if you hit someone that glass shatters and stabs them. The plastic is shatter resistant.
minus-squarewest2seven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·il y a 1 moisDid you know shatter resistant glass exists? Like your windshield for example. The issue is plastic is cheap and easy to manufacture and nothing else.
minus-squareSummzashi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·il y a 1 moisTempered glass is very hard to mold into a complex shape. Those plastic headlights shrouds are much cheaper to replace, it’s the internals that are expensive. Also that plastic you can just polish and they’re like new.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 1 moisWindshield are actually a composite of two glass layers and an inner plastic layer.
Yeah and if you hit someone that glass shatters and stabs them. The plastic is shatter resistant.
Did you know shatter resistant glass exists? Like your windshield for example. The issue is plastic is cheap and easy to manufacture and nothing else.
Tempered glass is very hard to mold into a complex shape. Those plastic headlights shrouds are much cheaper to replace, it’s the internals that are expensive.
Also that plastic you can just polish and they’re like new.
Windshield are actually a composite of two glass layers and an inner plastic layer.