happy talk regarding EVs ... making the body from a single panel could be applied to ANY auto, EV or ICE, IF it’s a good idea ...
Plus, this does nothing to reduce the weight of THE battery, extend THE battery’s lifetime, OR extend the battery’s range ... SO, basically doesn’t do ANYTHING at all to improve the basic problems with EVs ...
We’ve maxed out the potential of lithium-ion batteries, without a new paradigm about them. So, we can’t do anything about the battery itself.
There is work on solid-state batteries may hold some promise of progress. However, the only thing that we can do, which is doable, is deal with lightening the car through new technologies. That is something we can do something about.
That's just negative thinking. It makes it cheaper to build with fewer assembly persons. It improves the bottom line for Nissan. Now, don't you just feel silly?