Tesla has quietly elevated the worth of most of its electrical autos.
Electrek stories that Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y costs increased by $2,000 on Oct. 22, and on Oct. 23, the costs of each the Mannequin S and Mannequin X increased by $5,000. Pricing stays the identical for the corporate’s top-of-the-line Mannequin S Plaid and Mannequin X Plaid, nevertheless.
Tesla hasn’t acknowledged the worth will increase on its web site or social media at time of writing. Nor has Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has as a substitute been focusing on points with the Full Self-Driving beta, which apparently began to battle with left turns at visitors lights with model 10.3.
Electrek says Tesla additionally delayed the supply window of the bottom Mannequin 3 to September 2022 and the Mannequin Y to August 2022. The corporate would not count on to ship new Mannequin S orders till June 2022, and says Mannequin X consumers might need to attend as much as a yr to obtain their automobile.
These value will increase and delivery delays have been seemingly brought on by provide chain points. Tesla cited “the restricted availability of battery cells and world provide chain challenges” when it pushed the production of its Semi truck in July, and it delayed production of its Cybertruck a month later.
These points have been compounded by delays to the opening of the Gigafactory in Germany and suppliers being forced to halt production due to China’s vitality issues. Maybe it should not be a shock that Tesla’s elevating the costs and delaying shipments of its core lineup.