Whiplash March 17 news, today, domestic Tesla announced a price increase again after two days. According to Tesla's official website in China, the price of the rear-wheel drive Model Y was raised to 316,900 yuan, an increase of 15,060 yuan. The price of the Model Y long-lasting and high-performance version remains unchanged.
Tesla official website
Previously, on March 15, Tesla China just completed a wave of price increases, Model 3 rear-wheel drive version, high-performance version and Model Y long-endurance, high-performance version of the price increase, the increase of 14,000-20,000 yuan. Earlier on March 10, the Model 3 high-performance version and the Model Y long-lasting and high-performance version both increased by 10,000 yuan.
Tesla customer service said at the second price increase: Last year, the United States also rose 5 times in a row. This time we did not receive a notification of the specific reason.
It is understood that Tesla frequently raised the price of Model 3 and Model Y, and increased prices 3 times in just 7 days, which is largely due to the increase in the supply of parts and the price of raw materials for power batteries.
Tesla CEO Musk once said in a tweet that the war caused commodity prices to soar to the highest level since 2008, which led to a sharp rise in the price of metals used in cars, including aluminum used in car bodies, palladium used in catalytic converters, and nickel in electric vehicle batteries. The rise in the price of these raw materials is likely to eventually require consumers to pay for it.
So far, all tesla domestic Model 3 and Model Y models have increased prices.