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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by climb_stealth on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:55PM (#31603295)
That is very impressive actually. Though your typo made me laugh out loud.

> Someone on Twitter recently posted their Model S turning over 400km with only $3k in maintenance costs.

400 kilometers and a $3k maintenance bill somewhat reflects the image of Tesla that you see a lot on the internet. Whether or not that is actually the case.

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by toomuchtodo on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:57PM (#31603320)
Distance typo fixed, thank you! Happy to have provided a chuckle.
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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by ars on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:04PM (#31603362)
> 400k km

? LOL

Why not just use megameters? 400Mm

OK, something about that looks odd. But what's the point in SI units if you can't actually use them?

Maybe 250k miles?

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by 14u2c on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:17PM (#31603458)
When have you ever seen a car dashboard display Mm. It was perfectly clear what they were trying to convey.
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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by _carbyau_ on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:47AM (#31604689)
I am totally using Mm next time someone talks cars/bikes with me. Thank you.
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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by taneq on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:14PM (#31603439)
Ah but is a megameter 10^6m or 2^20m? ;)
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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by s_tec on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:53PM (#31603707)
That would be a Mebimeter, according to SI. Whether or not this sounds silly is another issue.
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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by hexo on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:54AM (#31607564)
Nope, miles are always a bad choice.
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