Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X

Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:49AM (#11534784)

This is a company with a $54B market cap and a 2015 pre-tax net income of $10B out of $150B in revenue. Yeah, I think they can spare an extra $55,000 now and again.

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Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by jasonjei on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:22AM (#11535081)

Exactly. In fact, $200,000 is a rounding error for a company with $150B in revenue.

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Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by Retric on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:55AM (#11534833)

Can spare sure, but this looks more like how a middle manager can quietly hand 50k to a friend.

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Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by monkeyprojects on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:09AM (#11534955)

Given that the car was a freebie for referring 11 Model S sales I doubt it was a friend.. See http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/20/11466810/tesla-model-x-for...

My guess is that this was the first one Ford was able to buy at any price....

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Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by Retric on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @12:35PM (#11535630)

Yea, I think this is a case of looks sketchy but is fine. Still, journalism often focuses on the interesting even if it's not that big a deal.

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Re:Ford paid $199,950 to tear down a Tesla Model X by quakenul on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:01AM (#11534883)

I get it now. What a story.

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