According to data from Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Network, as of April 8, the price of industrial-grade lithium carbonate was reported at 483,500 yuan / ton, and the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate was reported at 500,000 yuan / ton, an increase of more than 480% year-on-year.
Under the epidemic situation, the price of raw material lithium has continued to rise sharply, and all new energy vehicle companies at home and abroad are facing tremendous pressure from the supply chain level. Coping with this pressure ,
Tesla chose to mine, and Weilai chose to stop production.
On April 8, Tesla CEO Musk bluntly said that tesla cost pressure is too great because the cost of lithium, a key raw material for making batteries, is rising too fast.
In order to alleviate the pressure and resist the crazy price increase of lithium, Tesla will directly enter the lithium mining and refining business on a large scale.
Afternoon of April 9,
Nio Lai
Through its official website APP issued a note that NIO has stopped the production of the whole vehicle and delayed the delivery of some complete vehicles. In fact, Tesla's approach is worthy of reference by domestic car companies, and opening up the upstream supply chain to reduce operating costs is undoubtedly not a good way.
Another way to deal with the rise in raw materials is to increase prices, BYD, Xiaopeng Automobile, Ideal Automobile and other more than 20 car companies have also recently continued to increase prices, Tesla is in two months around the world four times a price increase, the highest single price increase of 30,000 yuan.
I have to say that the wool is out of the sheep, the rise in lithium prices, or we consumers. In order to hedge the risk, it is recommended to buy some lithium battery-themed stocks when buying new energy vehicles [cover your face]