Tesla Dealers Claimed They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?
Tesla Dealers Claimed They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?

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Four Tesla Dealers Said They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?

Tesla Dealers Claimed They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?
Four Tesla Dealers Said They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?
If we assume that the dealers did a 24 hour shift it means:
If we assume normal 8 hours per day:
Without reading through the article: No, I'm pretty sure they didn't sell that many cars. --
If I had a crowd of people around me begging for a free car and all they had to do was sign the paperwork (the minimum legally required steps to buy a car) I couldn't keep up with that.
Not to mention that you would then also need an extra person to continuously refill the paper in the printer for 8 hours. :)
Per the article it was a combines sum from 4 dealerships. Multiply the times by 4 for the average per location.
A dealership selling a car every 40 seconds is still physically impossible.
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I was gonna do the math but I knew my fediverse nerds would math the math first.
the article's author did the math too!