With the subsidy decline, a number of car companies announced the news of new energy model price increases, and SAIC Roewe will also join this camp. Recently, a screenshot of the "SAIC Roewe New Energy Price Increase Forecast" shows that SAIC Roewe will raise the prices of many of its new energy models on March 1.
In the screenshot, SAIC Roewe said that due to the global chip shortage and the decline of the national new energy subsidy policy and other unfavorable factors, forced by the rising pressure of costs, SAIC Roewe had to decide to raise the official guidance price of many of its new energy models from March 1, 2022 to cope with changes in the new energy market. SAIC Roewe also said that the global chip shortage, pushing up production costs, subsidy policies declining, affecting terminal prices, multiple force majeure factors led to an increase in product prices, but also hope that consumers understand. At the same time, we will make every effort to ensure the production capacity and supply of our models.
It is reported that the payment of a deposit before this signing of the car will not be affected by this price adjustment. At present, SAIC Roewe owns new energy products: pure electric vehicles, Ei5, i6 MAX), EVs and plug-in hybrid ei6 MAX, RX5 eMAX, RX5e PLUS and other models. According to the data of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers, saic motor Roewe's highest-selling new energy model in 2021 is Coleway, with annual sales of 49,845 units, followed by Roewe eRX5, with cumulative sales of 20,455 units in 2021, and another model with tens of thousands of sales of Roewe Ei5, with 16,640 units. According to the data, SAIC Roewe sold a total of 42,140 vehicles in January 2022, an increase of 20% month-on-month. Among them, the sales volume of new energy models was 9892 units, an increase of 80% month-on-month and an increase of 85% year-on-year.
Previously, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly announced on December 31, 2021 that the subsidy standard for new energy vehicles in 2022 will be reduced by 30% compared with 2021, and it is clear that the subsidy for new energy vehicles will be terminated on December 31, 2022. Before and after this news, many car companies have begun to raise the price of their new energy models. According to incomplete statistics in the industry, when the zero-run car launched the 2022 T03 model on December 28, 2021, its announced price increased significantly compared with the 2021 model. On December 31, 2021, Tesla announced a price increase for the Model 3 and Model Y on its official website. Among them, the Model 3 after-wheel version rose by 10,000 yuan.
GAC Aeon also adjusted the price of its products since January 1 this year, the 2022 Aeon LX increased by 7,000 yuan compared with the old model, and the entry version of AION S Plus 70 increased by 5,200 yuan. FAW-Volkswagen also announced that the price of new energy models will increase from January 1, 2022. Since January 11, 2022, Xiaopeng Automobile has raised the price of its products, with an increase range of 4300-5900 yuan. NIO also announced the latest price for 2022 a few years ago, and it is reported that car buyers who paid a deposit to buy ES8, ES6 and EC6 before December 31, 2021 and successfully picked up their cars before March 31, 2022, can still enjoy subsidies in accordance with the 2021 national subsidy standards. This news has made many on-the-sideliners expect that after this date, all its models will increase in price according to the amount of corresponding subsidies.
Nezha Automobile raised the price of its products at the beginning of 2022, of which some models of Nezha U were raised by 3,000-5,000 yuan, and some models of Nezha V were raised by 2,000 yuan. SAIC Feifan Automobile announced on February 1 that the MARVEL R and ER6 models have been priced. Among them, the marvel R rear-drive PRO version and four-wheel drive PRO version increased by 2,000 yuan; the price of the Feifan ER6 full range of models increased by 1,000 yuan. On the same day, BYD's "official announcement" of the price increase of new energy models, including Qin PLUS DM-i, Qin PLUS EV, Song PLUS DM-i, Song PLUS EV, Song Pro DM-i, YuanPro, Han EV, Han DM, Tang DM-i, 2021 Tang DM, Dolphin model, including 11 models, the price increase ranged from 1000-7000 yuan. On February 7, the price of the entire Wuling NanoEV series under SAIC-GM-Wuling rose by 3,000 yuan.