• bluGill@fedia.io
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      15 days ago

      They haven’t delivered anything yet. They have pre-orders for now that will fill a year of production, but how much of that is people who buy anything new but won’t buy again, vs sustainable people like this and so customers will keep coming.

      Only time will tell.

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      My bet is that the vast majority of the cost of the vehicle comes from making the basics, and then they add the features “no one wanted” in order to look good in the showroom, because they are a cheap way to sway dumb people to buy their car over a competitors