Remember the days when automobiles were built of stamped sheetmetal body panels and chrome-plated metal trim? They seemed safe and indestructible but were heavy and costly to produce and repair.

Stiffness is a fundamental concern for the perceived quality of a body panel. Along with oil canning (the ‘popping’ of a panel when pressed) it determines bow the panel ‘feels’ to a customer. Dent ...

James clarifies this is not the result of shoddily pressed panels that are warped ... A-pillars or the blinding glare that its body panels often create. He says that even though there’s plenty ...

Really? I don't remember any Rivian owners complaining about body panels flying off their trucks while driving, but that's ...

and at one point he pulls out a steel ruler to measure just how flat its cold-pressed, unpainted stainless steel body panels ...