Module

The essentials applied to the sector

Covers the core economics of building and financing cars, from platform amortization to EV break-even.

4 lessons • 600 XP available

Lessons

1
Why building cars eats capital: platform economics and amortization

Understand why platform development and amortization make car building so capital intensive.

+150 XP
2
The thin-margin math: decoding automotive per-unit economics

Decode the thin per-unit margins behind automotive economics.

+150 XP
3
Captive finance and the residual value engine

Learn how captive finance and residual values drive automaker profits.

+150 XP
4
The EV cost curve and the battery break-even

Grasp the EV cost curve and when batteries reach break-even.

+150 XP