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In fairness, a car represents more than 10x the manufacturing effort. A 10k fancy road bike is going to be much easier to manufacture than the equivalent small
by Panzer04 5y ago
In fairness, a car represents more than 10x the manufacturing effort. A 10k fancy road bike is going to be much easier to manufacture than the equivalent small 10k hatchback.
- globular-toast 5y agoHigh manufacturing cost does not mean high value. A business is just finding something where the value is higher than the manufacturing cost. A bicycle has higher margins because it is truly a marvel of technology, while a car is basically just "yeah it will work if we throw enough fossil fuel at it".
- namdnay 5y agoA bicycle has higher margins because the volumes are much smaller. The engineering that goes into even the cheapest of Dacias is hundreds of times more complex
- globular-toast 5y ago> A bicycle has higher margins because the volumes are much smaller. Are you sure? There are more bicycles in the world than cars. > The engineering that goes into even the cheapest of Dacias is hundreds of times more complex Again, that does not make something more valuable. The engineering that would go into a lunar orbiting plant pot would be very complex, but has no value.
- namdnay 5y agoThere are far more bicycles than cars, but 99% of these are very basic cost-efficient designs , probably sold for less than 100eur new The discussion was about the engineering value of a 10k bike (or a 100k watch I guess) - it’s more of a luxury good than an engineering necessity