The only thing I can imagine they could try to argue that way is if installing electric motors, batteries, and wiring is faster than installing the engine/trans

The only thing I can imagine they could try to argue that way is if installing electric motors, batteries, and wiring is faster than installing the engine/transmission. Plus manufacturing an engine is much more tolerance bound because there are so many parts. So maybe it's a collective hope that the speed savings of EVs will magically make Tesla faster at making cars even though they've basically never been able to keep up with demand (chip shortage notwithstanding, that screwed everyone lol)