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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by maxerickson on Saturday March 20, 2021 @06:27PM (#26526515)
Sales volume is ~1 million a year.

There's something like 50 million people that are very well off in the US.

Narrative this, narrative that.

Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by rsynnott on Saturday March 20, 2021 @08:12PM (#26527072)
So, contradicting my previous claims, it looks like, while the starting price is about 28k, the ASP is 47k(!), so if the average buyer earns 80k household income, yeah, they're _really_ overspending.
Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by toomuchtodo on Saturday March 20, 2021 @06:38PM (#26526581)
People with purchasing power want trucks. Sell them Cybertrucks.