Gasoline prices rise, want to buy an electric car? Tesla has raised prices 2 times in 5 days...
On March 17, the fifth oil price adjustment this year will begin.
Continuously rising oil prices have exacerbated the cost of travel for drivers, and the voices of "can't drive a car" and "let's just walk" come one after another.
Many netizens have left a message saying that they want to change to electric vehicles. However, electric vehicles have also quietly started a price increase model.
Recently, Tesla’s official website has adjusted the prices of its models again. Among them, the Model 3 high-performance version and the Model Y long-range version and the high-performance version have increased their prices.
Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla and SpaceX are facing huge inflationary pressures.
On March 15, a reporter from the International Finance News found through Tesla's official website in China that the price of the Model 3 high-performance version and the Model Y long-life and high-performance version has increased, ranging from $3,000 to $5,000.
Musk pointed out that Tesla is not the only car company that is currently under inflationary pressure, which also means that the price of new energy vehicles may increase and change at different levels in the future.
Inflationary pressures, especially for raw materials such as nickel, may have delayed the introduction of new strategies for electric vehicle companies. While many automakers, including Tesla, Rivian, Ford, and others, have committed to potentially use nickel-based battery packs. However, nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange have surged to $100,000 a metric ton, causing trading to freeze.
Five days ago, Tesla raised prices for a round, and the sales prices of the Model 3 high-performance version and the Model Y long-range and high-performance version were all raised.
At the same time, the prices of materials such as lithium and cobalt in the upstream of the power battery industry chain are still skyrocketing. Data show that on March 4, battery-grade lithium carbonate rose by $900/ton, with an average price exceeding $60,000/ton, lithium hydroxide rose by $1,000/ton, and electrolytic cobalt rose by $600/ton. Compared with the beginning of the year, the price of domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate has risen by as much as 67%.
On March 8, the price of the London nickel futures contract soared from US$50,000/ton to a maximum of over US$100,000/ton. Even though the LME cancelled the day's trading on the evening of the 8th, on March 7th, the LME nickel surged from nearly US$30,000/ton to US$50,000/ton at the close, a single-day increase of over 89%. Nickel is one of the important raw materials for ternary lithium batteries. Under the trend of high nickelization and decobaltization, the demand for nickel for ternary precursors has increased significantly, and the increase in its price will directly affect the production cost of the entire new energy vehicle industry. .
Post time:Mar-18-2022