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Emyr
Brommers
There's nothing particularly expensive in a Di2 mech. It's a standard 10 cent DC motor and some plastic gears, and an optical encoder for positional feedback.
I mean, I'm sure it cost a shitload to develop and make reliable, but the manufacturing cost for the electronic part is negligible.