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[–] Markie84@feddit.org 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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. --

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year 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.

[–] Markie84@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago

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

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year 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.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

!theydidthemonstermath@lemm.ee

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it was a graveyard ~~math~~ graph

It cosined in a flash

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

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

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

the real articles were in the comments all along

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year 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.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago

Jailed*/Shot*

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Enron Musk

Fraud, fraud, and more fraud.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago