Recently, the rise in gasoline prices has almost touched the hearts of the people of the whole country. The recent turmoil in the world crude oil futures market, under the premise that we are all convinced, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that at 24:00 on March 17, the price of gasoline will rise...
The result of this price increase is 8.65 yuan per liter of No. 92 gasoline and 9.21 yuan per liter of No. 95 gasoline (Beijing area). This gasoline price increase is the sixth since entering 2022.
For all fuel car owners, even prospective owners, it seems that under the premise that fuel prices are rising at such a terrible rate, they will still buy fuel models in the future. Some people are even starting to think about buying electric vehicles.
Many satirists on the Internet are "mocking" fuel car owners from the perspective of electric vehicle owners: "Do you still want to buy fuel vehicles now?" Driving an electric car is really fragrant.". However, the truth of the matter is that electric vehicles have even announced direct price increases from the end of 2021. To this end, we have counted some car companies that have announced price increases, with the lowest price increase of 3,000 yuan, and the higher price even 30,000 yuan. At the same time, we found that the car companies that have announced price increases this year have even had a second price increase.
As we mentioned earlier, the two models of Euler Black Cat and Euler White Cat have been forced to discontinue production due to cost problems. Perhaps, after the rise of this round of price increases, we will understand why Euler black cats and white cats have stopped production. Because the raw materials rise, the cost of making cars increases, and the profit of bicycles is reduced to a certain extent. Euler Automobile even officially stated that at present, Euler black cats and white cats are forced to stop production is not the original intention, and the sale of bicycles has lost 10,000 yuan, so it can only choose to stop production. Now, we look at the models that announced price increases in turn, such as gagac Aian models with prices ranging from 4-10k, Tesla directly increased prices twice, and some models increased prices to 20,000 yuan.
Electric vehicles give us more of a "physical blow", directly "price increase" when buying a car. In contrast, the rise in oil prices is more of a "chronic output". In contrast, we may also feel the "plunge" in international oil prices, bringing us a "sense of joy", while the price increase of electric vehicles is a real price increase. Specifically, for prospective car owners, whether to buy an electric car or a fuel vehicle does not seem to be a very good choice. After all, we will all feel that we are a stubble of "leeks" under this premise, we may wish to take a look at this price increase list to see which models are still worth buying.
According to some of the price increase information as of March 21, we can see that GAC Aeon announced a price increase on March 4, with a price increase range of 4-10k. In contrast, entry-level models such as the Aeon Y and Aian S PLUS have a smaller price increase, while models such as the Aeon V PLUS and the Aean LX PLUS have a higher price increase. Gac Aean's price increase is actually relatively OK, not too fierce, but it does not mean that the price will not be increased again.
BYD's Dynasty models and marine network models, such as Han, Qin, Song, Yuan and other models, as well as Dolphin and other models, have been affected, but the price increase is different, 3-6k increase. In contrast, the price increase is also more reasonable, but this price increase is already the second price increase since entering 2022. Compared with the end of 2021, the price increase is almost around 6-10k.
Chery New Energy's small ants and Chery QQ ice cream two models, the price increase is also between 3-7.1k, the increase is not very large. The price increase of these models is relatively acceptable, and as of March 22, it has begun to officially sell products at new prices.
At the same time, it should be noted that although WM Motors is about to increase its price, the price increase is 7-26k, and the highest price increase is 26,000, but at present, WM is increasing its price on March 28, and for consumers, it seems to be a better choice to grasp the order at this stage. We can see that the price increase caused by the rise in raw materials for power batteries has almost affected all electric vehicles.
After entering 2022, the raw material market for new energy vehicles has experienced multiple rounds of price increases, especially the raw materials for the most important power batteries for electric vehicles, and the price has directly experienced a crazy rise. The data shows that there is a gap of about 65% of lithium raw materials in the mainland. The price increase is mainly lithium carbonate, it is rumored that the price has risen 10 times from 50,000 yuan per ton, and the current price is 500,000 yuan per ton. Another data shows that from January 2020 to January 2022, the prices of battery pole cobalt, nickel sulfate and lithium carbonate rose by 119%, 55% and 569% respectively. At present, the two most common power batteries used in electric vehicles, ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate, the demand for cobalt, nickel sulfate and lithium carbonate is even higher. At the same time, even if the increase is so large, the momentum of raw materials has not diminished at all, and it is not ruled out that there is still room for further rise.
Previously, whether it is China, Europe, or even the Americas and other markets, are vigorously promoting new energy vehicles, especially pure electric products or plug-in hybrid products as the most powerful categories. Under this premise, the demand for some iron ore suddenly appeared in the international market, and it rose year by year. After experiencing the early trough development zone, the premise that the market will not shrink suddenly raise the price is a very big blow to the entire industry. In the end, manufacturers can't stand the increase in production costs brought about by high-priced raw materials, and can only choose to pass on the consequences of price increases to consumers.
The current new energy vehicles, whether in technology or in the market, have been relatively advanced, and gradually become a scale, and the cost increase brought about by this wave of price increases seems to be in line with the law of the development of things. The change in supply and demand has ultimately affected every one of our consumers who want to buy new energy vehicle products.
Editor's Comments:
For consumers who buy cars in 2022, whether they are buying fuel vehicles or new energy vehicles, everyone will face their own difficulties, as for the various ridicules on the Internet, we will just look at it, don't go to the heart. Because, it is useless to go to the heart... You can seize the opportunity to buy your favorite model within your own budget.