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by MengerSponge 1180 days ago
$100 here, $100 there, after a while you're talking about real money!

I guess it helps explain why Tesla's margins per car are so huge.

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Munro & Associates estimates the cost of the sensor plus installation to be $8 so $96 across the car, and the rest of the cost for the wiring totals to $114[0] all including cost to install them.

From sales alone, ie. 420k a quarter or 1.6 million a year[1], they save $180M in a year and Munro estimates $100k/yr savings in removing them from their inventory.

0: https://youtu.be/LS3Vk0NPFDE?t=276

1: https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-vehicle-production-...