At $109,990, Plaid iterations of the S and X now cost $26,000 and $29,000 less than they did in early January.
Musk said last week that desire to own Teslas was “indistinguishable from infinite,” and that demand will “go crazy” as the company makes its cars more affordable. Reducing prices of S and the X models again suggests those vehicles might have gotten less of a boost from cuts the company made across its lineup seven weeks ago.
“We found that even small changes in the price have a big effect on demand, very big,” Musk said during Tesla’s March 1 investor day.
Tesla shares rose 0.5 percen as of 6 a.m. New York time Monday, before the start of regular trading.
The stock has climbed 61 percent this year after plunging 65 percent in 2022.
Tesla’s dynamic pricing is unique in the automotive world, where manufacturers typically only make changes to what they suggest their retailers charge from one model year to the next. Reductions to the Model 3 and Y in January made those vehicles cheaper relative to the average price of a new vehicle in the U.S. than ever before.
The changes to the 3 and Y were at least in part driven by Tesla wanting those models to qualify for tax credits made available by the Inflation Reduction Act.
After the Biden administration changed how it distinguished between passenger cars and sport utility vehicles in early February, thereby raising the price limit for Model Ys to be eligibile for credits, Tesla bumped prices back up.
