Recently, according to relevant data: as of the close of march 19, the WTI price of US light crude oil was 104.70 US dollars / barrel, the price rose by 1.67%, and brent crude oil price was 107.93 US dollars / barrel, the price increased by 1.21%. At present, the average price of No. 95 gasoline in the mainland has entered the "9 yuan era", setting a new high in oil prices in the past 8 years! At present, the price of No. 92 gasoline in some parts of the country is 8.64 yuan / liter, and it will cost 30 yuan more to fill a tank of No. 92 gasoline. In this regard, many car owners said: the oil car is not fragrant in an instant, and it is impossible to drive the car.
The rise in oil prices has also brought more attention to new energy vehicles, and there are related new energy vehicle sales disclosures: With the recent continuous rise in oil prices, more and more consumers are now choosing new energy vehicles because of the rise in oil prices. The 100 kilometers of new energy vehicles only need a dozen yuan in cost, which stimulates consumers' desire to buy.
It is worth noting that yesterday Tesla officials posted the praise of car owners through Weibo, and said that "oil prices are very expensive, and saving is the focus!" With the new member of the family charging pile, charging life is really a beautiful thing! "What a fragrance! Charge at home, it's easier, and you can save again and again! Meziz's family recharges life, you deserve to have ~" and other comments.
From the comments of Tesla owners released by him, it can be seen that a car owner for "Yan Nanfei" wrote: "Having a charging pile at home feels like there is always a steady stream of energy input. There is no need to worry about energy consumption at all, and there is no mileage anxiety at all. Nothing to charge, fuller is healthier. The most important thing is that it is too cheap. About 80 yuan a month is one-tenth of the cost of my fuel car. Household charging piles have become a new member of the family. Another car owner commented: "I have been using the car for four months, and every month I receive a bill that is fragrant." Generally, it will be set to start home charging at 00:30, 38OV, and charge at 4 a.m. Once in January, I forgot to set the timing, crossed the peak section and the flat section, opened 200 kWh electricity a month, only 90 yuan; in December, it was all valley electricity, went to Shenzhen, just a box of electricity, only 102 yuan. The cost of using a car should not be too cheap.
However, is the rise in oil prices really fragrant for new energy vehicles? Recently, new energy vehicles have also seen a wave of price increases, and nearly 40 models have "risen in unison". Tesla, since March 10 to now, has adjusted the price of its models for the third time. In addition, many car companies have also issued price increase announcements. Li Xiang, founder of Ideal Auto, also posted: "At present, brands that have contracted with battery manufacturers to determine the price increase in the second quarter have basically announced price increases immediately. If there is no price increase, most of them have not yet been negotiated, and the price will generally increase immediately after waiting for the negotiation. ”
It is not difficult to see that car companies can only raise prices under the pressure of rising costs of upstream raw materials. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Association, said: Since the beginning of this year, due to the increase in the price of raw materials, the speed of the price increase of power batteries has greatly exceeded the expectations of the industry, and many car companies have previously negotiated low prices with battery suppliers, and the pressure on car companies is not prominent, but the pressure on car companies that sign new orders after the price increase of power batteries is very large, and they can only alleviate cost pressure by raising prices.
The recent sharp rise in international oil prices has also brought a god assist to new energy vehicles. Although the new energy vehicle sector has seen price increases this year, sales have still soared. According to data from the China Automobile Association, domestic new energy vehicle sales in February 2022 were 334,000 units, up 184% year-on-year and down 23% month-on-month, and the cumulative sales from January to February were 765,000 units, up 155% year-on-year. Some insiders said that most of the current new energy vehicle manufacturers have not yet made a profit, and the market will not accept that the price of new energy vehicles is significantly higher than that of traditional cars of the same level, "the rise in raw materials is too large, it is difficult to absorb all the increases in a certain link of the industrial chain alone, and the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain should be coordinated in unison to share the cost increase brought about by the price increase of raw materials."
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