CAUTION: Some all electric vehicles incorporate an aluminum chassis to reduce total vehicle weight due to the extremely heavy lithium batteries...... In the event of vehicle chassis damage insurance adjusters will write off the entire vehicle regardless of how minor the damage may otherwise appear. 

2) Class Action lawsuit is in the works in southern as a result of premature failure of electric vehicle batteries due to ambient heat issues.......details here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=pxP0Cu00sZs

Incidentally..... the vehicles with top quality long life batteries utilize the aluminum chassis.