"Have you ever thought about it?
Fill a tank of oil to buy a bicycle,
Add four tanks of oil to buy an electric car. ”
Remember this quote about rising oil prices?
Now, that account may have to be recalculated.
Because, the price of two-wheeled electric vehicles has also increased.
Recently, Xiaoniu Electric issued an announcement that due to the sharp rise in the price of raw materials such as upstream lithium batteries, Xiaoniu Electric will raise the retail guidance price of all lithium battery products from April 1, with an increase of 200-1000 yuan, depending on the release at that time.
At present, the price of the two-wheeler model of Maverick Electric ranges from 2000-6000 yuan, so the price increase is not small. However, at present, other two-wheeler brands, such as No. 9 Ninebot, Hello, etc., do not seem to have the intention of immediately following up.
Like the price increase logic of four-wheeled vehicles, the core factor of the price increase of two-wheeled electric vehicles is also lithium batteries. Since the implementation of the new national standard in 2019, "lightweight" has become a major trend, compared with bulky lead-acid batteries, smaller and lighter lithium batteries have become a better choice for electric bicycles.
Taking The Maverick as an example, in addition to the G3C series using graphene batteries, the 18650 lithium battery is basically used, and most two-wheeled electric vehicles use the same model.
How fiercely has this wave of lithium batteries risen?
Taking the raw material lithium carbonate as an example, in January last year, the price was 50,000 yuan / ton, and now it has become 500,000 yuan / ton, which has directly increased by 9 times. From the beginning of the year to the present, the price of lithium carbonate has doubled.
Since entering March, more than 20 new energy vehicle companies such as Tesla, WM and Xiaopeng have announced that they have raised their prices, all of which mention the recent continuous rise in raw material prices. Tesla, in particular, has raised its price more than 9 times in the Chinese market since 2021.
(Visual China)
Because the price of lithium batteries has risen too fast, the Department of Raw Material Industry and the First Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently held a symposium with the Price Department of the Development and Reform Commission, the Price Supervision and Inspection bureau of the State Administration of Market Supervision and the Anti-Unfair Competition Bureau, requiring upstream and downstream enterprises in the lithium battery industry chain to strengthen the docking of supply and demand, cooperate to form a long-term and stable strategic cooperation relationship, jointly guide the rational return of lithium salt prices, increase efforts to ensure market supply, and better support the healthy development of strategic emerging industries such as new energy vehicles in the mainland.
Netizens were stunned:
Now even the price of two wheels has gone up...
Xiaofang suddenly felt that he could not drive
Doesn't ride an electric car
It's really a saving
In other words, what is your means of transportation?
Source: City Express
EDIT: Small Earthworks