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A Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happen (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] west2seven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Summzashi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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.