I would 100 percent agree, load bearing and structural. Is there room for Tesla to play with the term “Exoskeleton”, maybe. As in its structural. A Model Y steel panels are mostly skin, they aren’t structure. Here it may have internal structure as well, but it‘s clear since even Cory is...
The entire reason for the stainless steel outer shell is its strength (as it is structural). If people are going to make up rumours, they should at leas have logic if not credibility. (BTW, Structural != exoskeleton)
They engineered a lot of the vehicle to actually keeps prices down. E.g. no paint, etc. I think they will be targeting ICE truck prices as much as possible. The competition is trying to maintain profit and not cannibalize their existing sales. (If you have an ICE F150 XLT for 50, and sell your...