The news of the price increase of some models has made Tesla's heat soar again.
On March 10, Tesla's official website in China showed that the Model 3 high-performance version and the Model Y long-endurance and high-performance version were both priced up by 10,000 yuan. Among them, the price of the Model 3 high-performance version was adjusted to 349,900 yuan, and the price of the Model Y long-endurance and high-performance version increased to 357,900 yuan and 397,900 yuan, respectively. As for the difference between the Model 3 and the Model 3 high-performance version, it is mainly reflected in the speed increase, endurance, maximum speed and so on.
Zhang Xiang, an automotive analyst and researcher at the Automotive Industry Innovation Research Center of the North China University of Technology, told the city, "The ordinary version uses lithium iron phosphate batteries, and the current hot nickel, cobalt and other elements are ternary battery materials, so the price increase pressure is small." In addition, under normal circumstances, the price increase of entry-level cars is conducive to the increase in sales, and consumers who choose high-end versions can afford a large price increase, so it is conducive to Tesla to digest the cost of price increases."
For Tesla's price increase, it has triggered a lot of netizens to discuss, "Tesla is not an old accident, why are there still people to buy", "This is taking advantage of the oil price to fly, electric vehicles take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices", "I don't buy the price reduction, let alone the price increase", "No matter how you rise or fall, I am the owner of the car that you can't get".
Netizens' worries are not unreasonable. In May last year, a Tesla in Guangzhou lost control and hit a fire in a tree, and just a few days later, a Tesla owner in Shenzhen was trapped in the car for more than 15 minutes due to the black screen of the vehicle, almost suffocating. Just last Sunday, the Tesla driven by a man in the United States was suspected of suddenly stopping in the middle of the road due to the "ghost brake" and was hit by two cars behind him and killed...
However, for the netizens' "oil prices flying, taking advantage of the opportunity to raise prices" this reason, Zhang Xiang said, "oil price fluctuations are only temporary, after the price increase of car companies, the competitiveness of products will decline, the current market price increase of car companies is a minority, most car companies do not dare to increase prices." ”
Speaking of which, Tesla can be described as the leader in China's new energy vehicle market.
According to the Association of Passenger Vehicles, wholesale sales of new energy passenger cars in February reached 317,000 units, an increase of 189.1% year-on-year, of which BYD ranked first with 87,473 units, Tesla China ranked second with 56,515 units, followed by SAIC-GM-Wuling with 26,046 units, Geely Automobile with 14,285 vehicles and Chery Automobile with 10,271 vehicles.
As of the latest close on March 9, Tesla, which is located in the US stock market, rose 4.19% to 858.97 US dollars, with a total market value of 887.8 billion US dollars, about 5.6 trillion yuan, ranking 5th in the US stock market value list, equivalent to 2.5 Guizhou Moutai. This makes Musk, the CEO behind Tesla, currently worth as much as $234 billion, about 1.48 trillion yuan, ranking first in the Forbes global real-time rich list, and pulling away the second-ranked Amazon founder Bezos for $68.9 billion, about 435.2 billion yuan.
(Author 丨Shijie Feng Chenchen Editor 丨Liao Ying)