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On April 2, Polar Krypton issued a price adjustment statement. Polar Krypton said that due to the recent rising prices of upstream raw materials and other factors, the price increase of new energy vehicles has become a common phenomenon in the industry. Polar Krypton will raise the selling price of Polar Krypton 001 at 00:00 on May 1. The price adjustment plan will be announced before April 30.

In other words, polar krypton 001 has confirmed the price increase, and there is still a gap of less than a month. As for how much the increase still needs to be officially announced at that time, some netizens think it praiseworthy to announce the price increase information in advance. Some netizens think that it is intended to stimulate consumers to place orders first.

Polar Krypton car is Geely's new intelligent pure electric car brand, released on April 15, 2021, the first model of polar krypton 001 is based on Lecker ZERO Concept, the current polar krypton 001 models include ultra-long-range motor WE version (299000 yuan), long-range dual-motor WE version (299000 yuan), long-range dual-motor YOU version (368000 yuan) three models, the new car will be delivered in October 2021.

Polar krypton delivery has been slow in 2022, with 3530 vehicles delivered in January, 2916 in February and only 1795 in March. Polar Krypton officials said the decline in delivery was mainly due to the impact of the epidemic and chip supply, and said production and delivery were expected to improve significantly in April as new core components arrived at the end of March. However, many car owners questioned that Xiaopeng, ideal, Nezha, Zero and other new power brands all delivered more than 10,000 vehicles in March, which did not seem to be affected by the shortage of chips. According to relevant information, car owners who lock up from June 16 to July 31 in 2021 are expected to pick up their cars before April 9, while those from August 1 to October 31 in 2021 are expected to pick up their cars in mid-May. In other words, polar krypton cars are still delivering orders for June.

In fact, the increase in the price of polar krypton cars is also expected. In terms of power, polar krypton 001 has dual-motor and single-motor power, and the mileage is optional with two kinds of battery pack and three kinds of mileage. The single-motor version with ternary lithium battery capacity of 100kWh has the mileage of 712km under NEDC conditions, the mileage of dual-motor version is 606km, and the mileage of dual-motor version with 86kWh battery pack is 526km. Therefore, in the context of the rising price of raw materials for power batteries, polar krypton 001, which is equipped with a large-capacity battery package, is also unable to hedge the pressure caused by the price rise of raw materials, and it is reasonable to announce a price increase. However, polar krypton cars still give an one-month gap, on the one hand, to stimulate consumers to make up their mind to lock their orders, and on the other hand, to clear their minds and give users who have not placed orders or locked orders a certain amount of time to consider.

In recent days, more and more new energy brands have announced price increases. On April 1, Changan New Energy issued a notice that due to the rising prices of upstream raw materials and other factors, Changan New Energy will adjust the multi-color price of the national version of Mercedes-Benz E-Star, raising the official guiding price by 4000 yuan. Jiangling New Energy issued a notice that due to the impact of rising raw material prices, Jiangling New Energy will adjust the prices of its Jiangling Yi and Yizhi EV3 models, ranging from 0.4 to 16000 yuan, effective from 0: 00 on April 1. In addition, in line with polar krypton cars, Lantu Motors also announced that it will increase its price from May 1, with the price of the extended-range version unchanged, while the pure electric version will be increased by 10,000 yuan.

Since March, car companies that are basically selling new energy models have announced price increases, including BYD and Tesla, while at present, Xilai is the only car company that has announced that it does not expect a price increase. As for more and more car companies to join this camp, it is also impossible to know whether it will affect the idea of NIO. There is a view that the increase in product prices has obviously consumed part of the demand for new energy vehicles in advance, superimposed by the insufficient supply of production capacity and the early release of orders caused by the epidemic from March to April. In the following period of time, the new energy vehicle market may usher in the "late spring cold".

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