In general most modern cars are totaled when the unibody construction gets bent. The car gets written off by insurance and sold at an auction for low price. The repair people typically buy 2 cars and weld them together if possible. Otherwise the unit is parted out.

No real idea on how this would work on a Tesla though.

It is pretty similar. A bunch of stamped, then bent pieces of sheet metal all welded together isn’t more or less reparable. We are talking about frame components here, and so repairs require using hydraulics to bend the components back to straight’ish and then weld gussets to hold it in place. Regardless of the manufacturing technique, most insurance companies will total the car if these components get bent.

so if you fuck the subframe (the single casting that hosts the motor and rear wheels with suspension) and you somehow manage to not break anything else, then its replaceable by unbolting it: https://youtu.be/uoJWjhqjq2k?t=365

this is from a JAAAAAAG. but its the same idea.

Seems to result the car being totaled. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/t-boned-totaled-or-w...

Repairable by you or me? No.