sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前A 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 · 1 个月前message-square175fedilink
minus-squarewest2seven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 个月前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.
minus-squareSummzashi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 个月前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.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前Windshield are actually a composite of two glass layers and an inner plastic layer.
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.