On March 23, Ideal Auto issued a price increase explanation, saying that due to the continuous sharp rise in upstream raw materials, from 00:00 on April 1, the national unified retail price of Ideal ONE will be raised from the current 338,000 yuan to 349,800 yuan, an increase of 11,800 yuan. Previously, users who paid deposits through the Ideal Car APP, Ideal Auto's official website and Ideal Auto Retail Center were not affected by this price adjustment.
For this price increase, some netizens commented that "the car has appreciated after a year of driving" and "it seems that the price of my second-hand car has increased".
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In fact, the ideal ONE price increase has already been hinted at in the past few days. After a number of new energy vehicle companies raised the price of some models, Li Xiang, the founder of Ideal Automobile, threw out his own views on this, he said that at present, the 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.
And this ideal ONE price increase, some netizens joked that "it seems that the ideal and the supplier have negotiated."
The data shows that the ideal ONE is in a relatively hot state, in January this year, the ideal ONE single month delivery volume of 12268 vehicles, in February in the case of few working days and the Spring Festival holiday, the monthly delivery volume reached 8414 vehicles.
