If you plan to buy an electric car, this may interest you: Tesla is lowering the prices of its models around the world, and Mexico is no exception.
Given the low demand and fears of a recession, Elon Musk’s company has a ‘stock’ of unsold cars after increasing its production in 2022, and in various regions of the planet it has begun to lower prices to convince consumers .
For example, Tesla began to reduce the prices of its vehicles in the United States and Canada this Friday between 6% and 20%, depending on the modelto encourage sales after not achieving its vehicle delivery targets in 2022.
New Tesla Announced Pricing Drops Rear-Wheel Drive Model 3 Standard Range $46,990 to $43,990 (826,000 pesos at the current exchange rate), the Model 3 Performance from 62,990 to 53,990 dollars (1.03 million pesos), the Model Y Longe Range all-wheel drive from 65,990 to 52,990 dollars (995,000 pesos) and the Model Y Performance from 69,990 to 56,990 dollars (1.07 million pesos).
Tesla also announced last Friday a reduction in its prices in Europe.
At the start of 2023, Tesla has already cut the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y in China between 6% and 13% which caused some of the customers who had paid higher prices to protest and demand discounts.
In 2022, Tesla missed its forecasts to increase vehicle deliveries by 50%. According to figures given by industry analysts, last year Tesla delivered 1.31 million vehicles, which is 40% more than in 2021.
At the same time, Tesla produced 1.37 million vehicles, 47% more than in 2021so the company has about 60,000 vehicles without a buyer.
The controversial businessman and founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, has blamed the failure to meet the forecasts on the increase in interest rates and the slowdown in the US economy.
Following lower prices in North America and Europe, several analysts downgraded the quality of the investment in Tesla.
And how much did Tesla’s price drop in Mexico?
Although there has not been an official announcement in this regard, the models that Tesla sells in Mexico have also dropped and these are the current ones. Below we compare the prices of August 2022 with those of January 2023, all prices are for the entry models, without additional improvements.
model 3
For example, Tesla’s flagship car, the Model 3, had a price of 1,159,900 pesos in its most accessible version in August 2022, while the performance version (with four-wheel drive) cost 1,519 pesos. thousand 900 Mexican pesos.
According to the Tesla Mexico page, the prices of these models dropped to 1 million 29 thousand 900 pesos and 1 million 259 thousand 900 pesos for the performance version; that is, they fell by 11% and 17%, respectively.
Model S Plaid
The Model S is not available on the Tesla México page, but the Model S Plaid is, which last August cost 3,289,900 pesos, but has now dropped to 2,629,900 pesos, 20% less.
Model X
5 months ago, the SUV Model X cost 2 million 799 thousand 900 pesos, now it is at 2 million 499 thousand 900 pesos, a 10% discount.
ModelY
The Model Y with greater autonomy was sold at 1,549,900 pesos and the Model Y performance, at 1,669,900 pesos. Now these are sold in our country at 1,199,900 and 1,319,900 pesos, 22% and 21% less, respectively.
With information from EFE.
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