The electric carmaker increased its Model Y long-range price
to $65,990 from $62,990, its website showed on Thursday, after delaying the
deliveries of some long-range models in the United States by up to a month.
The price hike comes as costs of raw materials have surged,
including aluminum that is used in cars.
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has warned about the
risk of a recession in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, Musk said he had a "super bad feeling"
about the economy after cutting about 10% of jobs at Tesla.
Tesla recently cancelled three online recruitment events for
China scheduled this month, the latest development after chief executive Elon
Musk threatened job cuts at the electric car maker, saying it was
"overstaffed" in some areas.
However, Musk had not commented specifically on staffing in
China, which made more than half of the vehicles for the automaker globally and
contributed a quarter of its revenue in 2021.
The company cancelled the three events for positions in
sales, R&D and its supply chain originally scheduled for June 16, 23 and
30, notifications on messaging app WeChat showed late on Thursday, without
stating a reason.
Notification of a June 9 event to recruit staff for
"smart manufacturing" roles was not visible and it was not
immediately clear it had been held as planned.
The China operation is still allowing resume submission for
more than 1,000 openings posted on the social media platform, such as
aerodynamics engineers, supply chain managers, store managers, factory
supervisors and workers. © Reuters