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[–] Markie84@feddit.org 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

!theydidthemonstermath@lemm.ee

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

it was a graveyard ~~math~~ graph

It cosined in a flash

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

the real articles were in the comments all along

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

Jailed*/Shot*

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Enron Musk

Fraud, fraud, and more fraud.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago