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Tesla has spent about $8.5B on R&D in the past decade. Of course, not all of that was spent on FSD, but let's assume it was. Let's also assume our hypothetical
by cmelbye 5y ago
Tesla has spent about $8.5B on R&D in the past decade. Of course, not all of that was spent on FSD, but let's assume it was.
Let's also assume our hypothetical public transport is built in San Francisco. San Francisco recently spent $1.5B on a 1.7 mile subway line. It will also take a decade from when work begun to its opening next year.
That works out to be a 9.7 mile subway that opens in 2032.
- drannex 5y agoYou can't conflate overall R&D development with manufacturing and construction costs, that's a fallacy. I don't know what the exact numbers are but Tesla has definitely invested well over $100b in their supercharger networks, manufacturing facilities, and even cost per car and it will still be far less of a public good affecting far less less people directly and indirectly than a reasonable public transport network.