• SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
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    17 hours ago

    A high depreciation cost is a benefit to the company, since it can otherwise offset income earned elsewhere in the company, thereby increasing profits over what they would have otherwise been.

    They’re selling these for another reason than depreciation, but the comments here already seem to get that.

    • ninja@lemmy.world
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      High depreciation is only valuable if there’s no additional cost associated with them. Teslas have high repair costs (and opportunity costs as it sits idle waiting for the dealership to get to it) and, since they’re selling them, there’s now a replacement cost.