Yes. I’d said it on the Technic 2022 discussion yesterday
This model should consider the successor from 42096 Porsche 911 & 42125 Ferrari 488, so the scale shouldn’t be 1:8.
You judge it in too simple way.
Cost of the set may not just about the parts, you have to factor in the license-paid.
This Waste Handler still can be a licensed set. For example, Volvo EW240E.
Nothing related to the pandemic or toy fair cancellation about the delay of Ultimate Series 1:8 supercar IMO.
I expect the Ultimate Series 1:5 motorcycle still have the story, probably every 2 years similar like the supercar.
For the delay, TLG simply just want to separate them to be launched in a same year.
I really hope there will be one technic version tug boat like below: https://www.macgregor.com/Products/Offshore-oil-and-gas-and-renewables/tugs/
We are really short of boat/ship, 42064 Ocean Explorer was waited 25 years since we have the first one in technic.
Hope we no need to wait another 25 years for the next one.
Some set number info about probably the 2HY 2022 sets:
42143
42144
42145
42146
Missing 42142 might be the UCS supercar.
At least we know got 4-5 sets in 2HY.