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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

If we assume that the dealers did a 24 hour shift it means:

  • 3 Days á 24 Hours = 72 hours
  • 8653 Cars / 72 Hours = 120 cars per hour
  • 120 / 60 = 2 cars per minute...
  • So one car sold every 30 seconds.

If we assume normal 8 hours per day:

  • 3 days á 8 Hours = 24 hours
  • 8653 / 24 = 360 cars per hour
  • 360 / 60 = 6 cars per minute.
  • So one car sold every 10 seconds.

Without reading through the article: No, I'm pretty sure they didn't sell that many cars. --

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If I had a crowd of people around me begging for a free car and all they had to do was sign the paperwork (the minimum legally required steps to buy a car) I couldn't keep up with that.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

Not to mention that you would then also need an extra person to continuously refill the paper in the printer for 8 hours. :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Per the article it was a combines sum from 4 dealerships. Multiply the times by 4 for the average per location.

A dealership selling a car every 40 seconds is still physically impossible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

it was a graveyard ~~math~~ graph

It cosined in a flash

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna do the math but I knew my fediverse nerds would math the math first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now the Canadian government wants to know exactly how the electric carmaker managed to move two cars a minute off its lots — a rate that assumes those four dealers had stayed open 24 hours from Jan. 10 to Jan. 12.

the article's author did the math too!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t come here to read articles. Most of them are behind paywalls anyway

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

the real articles were in the comments all along

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They technically probably did. They sold them to themselves. The plan was to sell them, get the credits, then sell them as used zero mile vehicles at a discount.

It’s shady as hell and they should be fined.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Jailed*/Shot*

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Enron Musk

Fraud, fraud, and more fraud.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah of course not it’s obvious fraud. Question is what happens now ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago