TESLA

Brand models have new price increases

Elon Musk's Sunday lamentations about the inflationary pressure on Tesla's business did not go unnoticed - prices for the brand's new electric cars in the US and China rose for the second time in 7 days, and in his historic homeland the price increase has arrived. at $3,000, $5,000, or $10,000 per car, depending on the model. Electric cars made in China have increased in price by 5%.

As the Electrek resource explains, the most affordable Tesla electric car on the US market is the Model 3 at $47,000, and the oldest modification has gone up in price from $3,000 to $61,990 in one go. The presence of the FSD option, which implies the automation of some control functions, increases the cost of all electric vehicles listed by another $12,000.

The most interesting thing is that the Model S and Model X electric vehicles, which are small in terms of their production schedule, also failed to avoid price increases and ended up being more serious. The entry-level Model S sedan went up in price by $5,000 in one go, and now the firstborn in the current Tesla lineup can't be approached without $99,990 in the pocket. For a three-engine Model S Plaid with excellent dynamic performance, you'll have to pay at least $135,990.

The Model X crossover did not lag behind its younger sibling. It immediately went up in price by $10,000, its basic version is offered for $114,990 and the Plaid version is estimated to be $138,990. It is worth mentioning that the more expensive the car, the less you will have to wait when placing the order. Junior configurations are linked by the configurator to the next year's due date.

In China, Tesla only assembles the Model Y and Model 3, its cost to local customers has already increased by $1,500 since March 10, but in less than a week, prices have increased by another 5%. In monetary terms, the increase approached $3,000 and, in fact, last year Tesla refrained from frequently indexing the prices of Chinese products, trying to keep the basic versions in the range subsidized by the authorities and also not wanting to give in to the local competitors.

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