2021 car market can be said to be a "missing core" year, many friends who planned to buy cars last year, had to postpone their car purchase plans, or accept no preferential car purchase, long time to pick up the car and other issues. However, just when the chip problem has been initially alleviated and consumers are just about to breathe a sigh of relief, there is a dark cloud that is covering the vehicle market, which is "rising raw material prices". In fact, this is already beginning to appear in the second half of 2021, but many people didn't take it too seriously at the time (they couldn't buy a car anyway).
Based on this situation, many brands have begun to announce their own price increase plans
According to the news we have at present, there are already eight brands undergoing price adjustments, including: bydir Dynasty series and Ocean series of new energy models, the price increase ranged from 1000-7000 yuan; Xiaopeng Automobile price increased by 4300-5900 yuan; Nezha car price increased by 2000-5000 yuan; zero-run car minimum price increase of 8000-9000 yuan; Polar Star Automobile price increased by about 5000 yuan; GAC AION The price of LX was raised by 4,000 yuan; the price of the Volkswagen ID series increased by about 5,400 yuan; tesla also completed the price increase at the end of last year, and the Model 3 and Model Y rose by 10,000 yuan and 21,000 yuan respectively.
Seeing this, I think everyone has found that the price increase is all about some new energy models. Yes, due to the structure of new energy models, it is more difficult than fuel vehicles in cost control, and the price of batteries is relatively transparent, unlike fuel vehicles, the cost prices of different brands of engines are also very different. Batteries and motors do not have so much cost compression space. On the other hand, the subsidy rebate for new energy vehicles is also within the scope of influence. Therefore, the first to increase prices must be new energy vehicles.
Note that I am talking about taking the lead in price increases here, and I think the price of fuel vehicles will also increase this year, perhaps on the surface, or behind the scenes (reduction).
Of course, this matter really can't just blame the car company for not being rude. The global raw material price increase this time can be said to be caused by the large-scale release of water in European and American countries, the circulation of more currency, and the production capacity has not increased, and even because of the global epidemic, it has declined, which will inevitably cause global inflation. It can also be understood that Europe and the United States send money, and the world follows the consequences, which is also no way, after all, the dollar settlement is preferred.
Therefore, if you have the situation of buying new energy vehicles this year, you may have to pay more "car insurance" than in previous years, and I personally feel that the increase is still within the acceptable range. After all, it is an indisputable fact that prices have risen all year, so don't worry too much about this matter.
As for when, the price will fall back? As I said above, there are many factors for price increases, among which the production capacity of upstream suppliers has not kept up with this one, that is to say, as long as the production capacity is followed up, new energy vehicles will then adjust the price of the increase in a preferential way. As for when will this day come? Are there other factors that will affect the price of cars in the future? That's beyond my predictions.
All in all, my advice is to buy early and enjoy early and buy late to enjoy discounts.