Tesla is working to address criticism that its huge ‘megacast’ underbody sections are too hard to repair, pushing up the cost of insurance, Autocar has learned.
The American EV giant pioneered the use of giant casting machines – which it calls 'gigapresses' – to eliminate almost 100 underbody parts with a single aluminium piece, cutting costs and speeding up production.
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And yet this morning LV are saying they will no longer insure Tesla Model S/X - not because of mega castings but because the spare/repair parts supply from Tesla to repair centres is too slow resulting in their customers spending too long in expensive hire cars. I was with LV for 20 years. They basically upped their quote to unrealistic levels to exit the market. Other existing customers have simply had their renewals turned down. They have a lot to do to convince UK Insurers on all fronts before we even get to new technology like this.