Despite that Tesla managed to hedge the price increase of nickel and move to cheaper LFP batteries for its EVs with standard range packs, it has been unabashedly raising its car prices to preempt future production cost increases, according to Elon Musk. Also, he argued, the waitlist for Tesla cars is long anyway, so people don't seem to be put off by their higher prices.
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