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California is famous for having different safety regulations.
I don't see how the percentage should matter, absolute numbers matter. You get money for every sale, if you sell to 1% or to 99% is irrelevant.
Imagine you owned a store, what seems better, having 40 customers come in and all of them buy or having 80 people come in and all use up time with a salesman and then only 45 people purchase. You would end up spending a much more significant amount of the sales revenue on the larger showroom and more staff. This isn’t my opinion this is why the American market has been prioritized, that and the fact that Americans spend more on cars per year
California has different emissions requirements (not safety) but since they are a strict upgrade to the rest of the US (and comparable to other int markets) as long as you follow their requirements all cars in the US can be sold without any contradictory requirements
A very common kpi used is to examine the success of a campaign in a per target demographic so having the much lower response rate is worse
The 80 people with 45 sells, hands down. You don't need more showroom, showroom depends on the product. You don't need more staff, they work on commission, and again are proportional to the inventory.
Let alone that the comparison is pointless, in Europe people who don't want a car don't go car shopping and don't consume any imaginary resources. You are in a town of 80 people and 45 visit your store to buy a car instead of a town of 40 where all 40 buy.
Well this is a waste of my time so I will leave you with one final look up. How many cars are sold per year in the US compared to Europe?
Hint the answer is the US
How many cars are sold per year? The answer is the US.
Am I having an aneurysm or are you?
Considering your restatement was wrong I am going to assume it’s you
“ How many cars are sold per year in the US compared to Europe?”
It’s a comparison between two places and one sells more than the other. The answer to which one sells more is the US
"How many" is a question that expects a number, not a country.
Man, the education cuts are really taking a toll...
It requires inference… maybe that’s a bit too complicated for you
Nah, it's just wrong. Like, "you don't even speak you native language correctly" wrong.