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Tesla Dealers Claimed They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They? (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Markie84@feddit.org 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (11 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. --

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 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!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

the real articles were in the comments all along

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