On April 9, a news of WEILAI's suspension of production blew up the automotive circle, and the reason for the suspension was: Since March, due to the epidemic situation, WEILAI's supply chain partners in Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have stopped production one after another, and have not yet recovered. Affected by this, WEILAI's vehicle production has been suspended.
After the suspension of production, the news that car owners do not want to hear may be that Weilai Automobile will increase in price, the price of models are ES8, ES6 and EC6, the price has increased by 10,000 yuan, and the starting price of ET7 and ET5 is currently unchanged. Weilai Automobile's vehicle gross profit margin is relatively high compared to other new energy vehicle companies, that is to say, Weilai Automobile will have a stronger resistance to the rise of raw materials, and now even Weilai has increased its price, will Gaohe Automobile announce that the price increase will be far away? The following is the official explanation of the price adjustment of WEILAI Automobile products (with deletions).
Explanation of price adjustment of NIO products
Affected by the rise in global raw material prices, from May 10, 2022, NIO will make appropriate adjustments to the prices of its products:
1. The starting price of ES8, ES6 and EC6 versions will be raised by 10,000 yuan, and the starting price of ET7 and ET5 will remain unchanged.
2. Choose the battery rental service, and the long-lasting battery pack (100kWh) rental service fee is adjusted to 1,680 yuan / month, and the purchased car users are not affected by this adjustment.
3. The battery pack is flexibly upgraded to a long-lasting battery pack on an annual basis, and the price is adjusted to 9,800 yuan / year.
4. Pay the ES8, ES6, EC6, ET7 deposit or ET5 reservation fee before May 9, 2022 (inclusive), and the car purchase price and battery rental service fee will not be affected by this adjustment.
April 10, 2022
Coincidentally, the first electric network learned from the Press and Publicity Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Ningde City, Fujian Province: affected by the epidemic, Ningde City opened the audit of cargo transport vehicles during the epidemic prevention and control period, although it is for epidemic prevention and control, but this will invisibly increase the workload of the production material transportation process, thereby affecting the production efficiency of enterprises, and The Ningde era, the largest new energy vehicle power battery manufacturer in China and even in the world, is in Ningde City.
Of course, it is worth affirming that the Ningde Municipal Government has also taken positive countermeasures, on April 1, Wei Zhifu, secretary of the party group and director of the Ningde Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and his party went to Yanfeng Andaotuo (Ningde) Seat Co., Ltd., Ningde Yikong Power System Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Automotive Group Co., Ltd. Passenger Car Fujian Branch to carry out epidemic prevention and control supervision work, check the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures of enterprises, understand the emergency plan for epidemic prevention and control, and exchange views with enterprises on logistics and transportation, nucleic acid testing, production and operation.
The output of the ningde era factory in Ningde City accounts for how much of the total output, and how much the new energy vehicle companies that purchase power batteries in the new energy era will be affected, I have not studied it in detail. However, the epidemic and the rise in raw materials have indeed affected the healthy development of the entire new energy automobile industry.
In the case of rising battery raw materials, no battery manufacturer and new energy vehicle manufacturer can be spared, which makes me wonder, is our new energy vapor industry chain so fragile? In April, the price of new energy vehicles will still rise, but what about next month? Readers are welcome to discuss together, and any ideas can be left in the comment area