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6. Tesla is planning production of its new car the Model X. It will require an initial cost of $500 million. The
initial price of Model X will be $80,000 and the cost per unit will be $40,000. Tesla's cost of capital is 20
percent. Assume that the initial investment expenditure is required at t = 0 but sales begin in year t = 1.
(c) Now suppose that Tesla expects to sell 10,000 Model X cars per year for ever. If the price and cost of
production increase by 5 percent per year for ever, what is the NPV of the Model X at t = 0?
(d) Again suppose that Tesla expects to sell 10,000 Model X cars per year for ever. If now the price of
the Model X increases by 5 percent forever, but the cost of production increases by 7.5 percent forever,
what is the NPV of the Model X at t = 0?