TESLA

Branded vehicles will see significant price increases

This year, a rare month has passed without increasing the prices of Tesla's electric vehicles, although the head of the company, Elon Musk, did not tire of repeating that in this way the company leaves some room for the future increase in the cost of materials , and if cost stabilizes, electric vehicle prices could be reduced. However, unofficial sources claim that Tesla prices will increase by another one or two thousand US dollars in September.

This is reported by the website DigiTimes, while also explaining that Tesla is actively increasing production of electric vehicles not only in Shanghai, but also in Texas as well as Berlin. There isn't much of a hurdle for that and the latest problems with power supply in China's Sichuan province, where many automotive component suppliers operate. As far as semiconductor chip supplies go, Tesla has had enough alternative sources during the crisis, so it maneuvers flexibly in changing conditions and continues to expand production. A newly opened facility in Texas has already achieved a solid utilization rate of 70%.

However, rising costs for purchasing automotive components will still force Tesla to consider raising the price of its electric vehicles by $1,000 or $2,000 as early as September, according to Taiwanese sources. The good news for the entire automotive market is the readiness of third-party chipmakers to reorient some of the lines that were involved in making chips to the consumer electronics segment, which is now experiencing a decline in demand, for their production.

This week it was learned that in the secondary market for electric vehicles, prices in the last 12 months have increased by an average of one and a half times, specifically for Tesla products, have increased by an average of 19.2%, while flagship sedans have increased in price by 27 .5%. Some of these problems are generated by a sharp increase in demand for electric vehicles, but all is not well in the mineral market for the production of traction batteries, so the cost price is inevitably increasing.

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