On March 15, Xiao Lei learned from Tesla's official website in China that the price of many Models 3 and Model Y has increased again, with an increase of up to 20,000 yuan. On March 10, Xiao Lei reported that Tesla's price increased by 10,000 yuan, but he did not expect that only 5 days later, Tesla ushered in a new round of price increases, less than 30,000 in a week, who can withstand this.
Tesla Model 3 rear-wheel drive version of the previous price of 255652 yuan, some time ago the price increased by 10,000 yuan, today the price increased by 14248 yuan, the current price of 279900 yuan. The previous price of the Model 3 high-performance version was 339900 yuan, the last price increase was 10000 yuan, this time the price increase was 18000 yuan, and the current price is 367900 yuan.
Model Y long-endurance version was previously priced at 347,900 yuan, the last price increase was 10,000 yuan, this time the price increase was 18,000 yuan, and the current price is 375,900 yuan. The high-performance version last increased by 10,000 yuan, this time the price increased by 20,000 yuan, the current price of 417,900 yuan, the price exceeded 400,000 for the first time. At the same time, Tesla's official website in the United States has also raised the price of all models, maintaining the same range as in China, but the official did not respond to the reason for the price increase.
It is not difficult to guess that the price increase should be affected by the price increase of lithium battery raw materials, and the quotation of lithium carbonate carbonate is more than 500,000 yuan / ton, which is double that of the end of last year, and the price of lithium-ion battery packs should also double. Bloomberg New Energy financial data shows that the average price of lithium-ion battery packs at the end of last year was 132 US dollars / kWh, and the average price is now expected to be close to 260 US dollars / kWh.
Tesla Model Y high-performance version of the battery capacity of 77kWh, according to such price increases, its battery cost is expected to increase by 9865 US dollars, about 63,000 yuan. The Model Y actually only increased its price by 30,000 yuan, and Tesla also lost money. Users who placed orders before the price increase, it is estimated that Dole is broken, and they have to pull a banner to thank Tesla.
Musk complained on Twitter yesterday that Tesla and SpaceX are facing huge inflationary pressures in the raw materials and logistics sectors. It seems that in addition to the increase in the price of raw materials, the rise in logistics and transportation costs is also one of the reasons for Tesla's price increase. After several rounds of price increases, Tesla's competitiveness in China is significantly smaller, which is good for other domestic car companies. However, other new energy models have also more or less raised the price, and friends who want to buy a car still have to be early.