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| Automakers are jacking up prices on electric vehicles to bake in rising materials costs |
| 2022-05-23 |
| [CNBC] Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicles amid changing market conditions and rising commodity costs, specifically for key materials needed for EV batteries. Battery prices have been declining for years, but that may be about to change. One firm projects a sharp increase in demand for battery minerals over the next four years that could push the price of EV battery cells up by more than 20%. That’s on top of already-rising prices for battery-related raw materials, a result of supply-chain disruptions related to Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The higher costs have some electric vehicle makers boosting their prices, making the already-expensive vehicles even less affordable for average Americans and begging the question, will surging commodity prices slow the electric-vehicle revolution. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 "Planned economies" were supposed to end all this price gyration and capacity yo-yoing. Bwahahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahaaaaaaaa....... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-23 08:20 |
| #1 I priced a 40x60 prefab barn, $23,nnn. $6731 of that was a 'steel surcharge'. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-05-23 08:18 |