@EMD posted:Hi Scott,
With 190 reservations, what would the SD40-2 have to cost to have a production run?
For an estimate take $200K (that's the minimum for one or a thousand) and divide it by the number of models. So for 200 models $1K each. And that's for 2020. The Chinese government will give workers their 10-20% raise next year so next year it will be $220K or more.
And oh, for those I know are thinking it, that minimum for making them in the US is ~$500K in 2020. Scott has already tried that route.