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Ron Krikorian (not verified)    March 12, 2024 - 8:24PM

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First a question. How do I read comments. All I see at the bottom of the article is "Add a Comment" I don't see a way to view comments.

Comment. Despite searching the web, I could not find any information on how the various estimates of the cost to Tesla of the GigaBerlin sabotage. Estimates range from 100 million (Google AI response) to "Close to 1 Billion" (Fortune, by CHRISTIAAN HETZNER March 6, 2024). My rough estimate follows.

The factory was producing 6,000 cars a week pre-sabotage. If the average model Y sells for around $55,000 US and Tesla makes about 20% margin per car, each week of outage means the profit from 6,000 cars is production lost or 12,000 x (.20 x $55,000) = $66 million/wk.

I don't know it the battery factory's production is fully consumed by the factory's car production. If it is, the cost is included in the above calculations.

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