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On April 7, Tesla's official website showed that the prices of some of Tesla's models rose again, including the prices of American Model 3 Long Range (long-lasting version) and Performance (high-performance version) models. Specifically, the Model 3 Long Range (long-lasting version) is up $1500 from the previous $54490 and the adjusted price is $55990; the Model 3 Performance (high-performance version) is up $1000 from the previous $61990 to $62990; and the Model 3 rear wheel drive version does not change the price, but still maintains $46990.

So far, it is not known whether the price increase of some of Tesla's Model 3 models in the United States will have an impact on the domestic market. However, in March, Tesla China made three price adjustments in eight days, and Tesla China adjusted the price of vehicles three times on March 10th, 15th and 17th respectively, involving all domestic Model 3 and Model Y models. Among them, on March 10, the price of Model 3 all-wheel drive high-performance version rose from 339900 yuan to 349900 yuan, Model Y all-wheel drive version rose from 347900 yuan to 357900 yuan now, Model Y all-wheel drive high-performance version rose from 387900 yuan to 397,900 yuan, and the prices of the three models all increased by 10 million yuan. On March 15th, the rear wheel drive of Model 3 rose from 265652 yuan to 279900 yuan, an increase of 14248 yuan. The price of Model 3 all-wheel drive high-performance version rose from 349900 yuan to 367900 yuan, the price of Model Y all-wheel drive version rose from 357900 yuan to 375900 yuan, the prices of both models increased by 18000 yuan, and the price of Model Y all-wheel drive high-performance version rose from 397900 yuan to 417,900 yuan. On March 17th, the price of Model Y rear wheel drive version rose to 316900 yuan from 301840 yuan, an increase of 15060 yuan.

In addition to Tesla's price increase in Model 3 in the United States, on the evening of April 6, polar fox issued a public price adjustment statement on the official Weibo platform. Polar fox said that affected by the rising prices of upstream raw materials, state subsidies and other factors, it decided to make a certain price adjustment for all models of the polar fox brand from May 1, 2022, and the specific adjustment plan will be announced before April 30, 2022.

On the same day, Chery New Energy also issued a price increase statement on the official Weibo. Chery New Energy said in its announcement that the cost of some models on sale continued to rise due to the continued sharp rise in the price of batteries, chips and other raw materials. In order to provide users with high-quality products and service experience, the prices of some models have been raised by 2900 to 5000 yuan. The price adjustment will take effect from 00:00 on April 7th.

After entering April, some car companies have announced price increases, including Changan New Energy, Polar Krypton Automobile, Jiangling New Energy, Lantu Automobile and so on. Looking back at the first three months of this year, according to incomplete statistics, nearly 2/3 of the top 30 new energy vehicle models sold last year have announced a price increase this year. However, the new energy vehicle market has not led to poor sales because of the price rise. On the contrary, it also triggered a rush to buy. The latest sales data show that the new energy vehicle market performed well in the first quarter of this year. According to the latest data, Tesla's cumulative delivery volume in the first quarter reached 310000, up from 185000 in the same period in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 67.5%. On the other hand, BYD sold 104338 new energy passenger vehicles, up from 23386 in the same period in 2021, an increase of 345.2%. There was also a good sales performance in the "New Power of carmaking" camp, with Xiaopeng Automobile, ideal Automobile and Lulai Automobile delivering a total of 34561, 31716 and 25768 vehicles respectively in the first quarter. Among them, in March this year, Xiaopeng, Naju, ideal and zero-running cars all sold more than 10,000 cars. specifically, Xiaopeng delivered 15414 cars, Nawei delivered 12026 cars, ideal cars delivered 11034, and zero-running cars delivered 10059. However, the delivery of Lulai Motor lagged behind the top four in March, with only 9985 vehicles delivered. In addition, traditional car companies have also grown in the field of new energy. For example, GAC Ian delivered 20317 vehicles in March, an increase of 189% over the same period last year, setting a new record for brand sales. Judging from the above data, although car companies are still facing problems such as shortage of raw materials and rising vehicle prices in the first quarter of this year, sales in the new energy vehicle market have increased to varying degrees.

At present, the automobile industry is still in an environment of shortage of raw materials, so it is expected that more car companies will raise prices in the future. as for the price increase, Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the National Federation of passengers, said that the price increase will have little impact on the sales of new energy vehicles in the second quarter.

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