I feel this is a work in progress = the delays. The drive train will be lighter, and the new battery cells will also be lighter, but it seems to me that a well

I feel this is a work in progress = the delays. The drive train will be lighter, and the new battery cells will also be lighter, but it seems to me that a well designed frame will also be needed to maintain the usual 36 tonnes load and keep within the total max weight. It is possible that a rules variance for electric trucks will be requested - and granted to raise the total by 4-6 tonnes with the same 36 Tonne load, since this will help meet the carbon lowering that mankind MUST have. IC engine makers will fight this, but not strongly as they see the need for electric and will also back Tesla. Tesla has stated he will mutually allow access to all Tesla patents, so a convergence towards an EV truck will emerge. Those who refuse access to their patents will soon fall behind the Tesla de-facto patent pool. This is much like the way the radio patent pool worked.https://www.jstor.org/stable/792163 https://www.jstor.org/stable/792163. Back in the days of Kitty Hawk the right brothers were classic patent trolls and never made another major advance - and set back US aviation for many years.https://time.com/4143574/wright-brothers-patent-trolling/ https://time.com/4143574/wright-brothers-patent-trolling/ Musk is well aware of this and has been very creative in earning many new and valuable EV patents. I expect these to serve him well in creating this pool. Right now his cars are battery starved and he is unable to fill all his own needs, and others are also after lithium and related minerals - I expect lithium reserves will serve adequate, esp if other metal battery techs emerge - it is quite possible lithium will be surpassed by a new-tech battery?