JAKARTA – Inflation and economic recession that hit the world, made a number of car manufacturers more careful in producing electric vehicles. Chip and other supply chain crises are another obstacle.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he could lower prices for electric cars if inflation eased.
Musk, who has more than 100 million followers on Twitter, replied to a tweet on Friday July 15 asking if Tesla had any plans to lower the prices it had raised to beat the pandemic and supply chain woes.
"If inflation subsides, we can lower the price of cars," Musk said in a tweet.
Tesla has indeed raised the price of the car several times in recent months. In fact, the increase reached several thousand dollars as the cost of raw materials for aluminum to lithium used in cars and batteries soared.
Meanwhile, auto manufacturers are struggling to get chips and other supplies as the entire industry is in shortage.
Musk, the world's richest man, has warned in recent weeks about the risks of a recession and said he had a "very bad feeling" about the economy.
In June, US consumer prices jumped 9.1 percent to their highest in nearly 41 years, as gasoline and food costs rose.
This spike signals tough times for companies that are now looking to cut costs and revamp their hiring plans.
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