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Re:Hertz orders 100k Teslas by guiriduro on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:53AM (#29001156)
I don't know where your figures come from. I've seen Tesla's 2020 FY R&D expense was $1.5Bn, but that is dwarfed by the other players if the linked data is correct[1]. So apart from paying a massive premium, dollar for investment dollar you'd get much more R&D for your money buying a basket of non-Tesla automakers than tesla.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/566060/automotve-firms-b...

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Re:Hertz orders 100k Teslas by panick21_ on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:22AM (#29010109)
Per car their investment is very high.

We will see if they sustain that, but it looks like that is their plan.

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