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Yes, because unibody designs will all have this problem, where it's extremely expensive to repair damage to the frame.
Body-on-frame is generally better for repairability because you don't have this problem - you can just remove the damaged panel and replace it.
In both slate and rivian's case (I think), they seem to use a hybrid of both. So, it's probably around the same expense as repairing a Rivian in regard to labor (and possibly materials).
The point is that Slate might not resolve this problem either.