Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents

You didn't qualify that with "only if you buy a model that doesn't have a structural battery."

Yes that's exactly my point.

Engineers speak of the traditional “Russian nesting doll” method of building battery packs: Start with the battery cells, which then are assembled into modules and finally loaded into a large pack. If that pack is mounted directly to the vehicle frame or body and helps to stiffen and strengthen it, it is a “structural” battery.

That's how batteries are made today. They're still perfectly serviceable. Tesla's batteries aren't serviceable because they're filled with impenetrable foam.