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Elon Musk, Model Y:
price cuts possible
Photo: Aly Song/ REUTERS
The US carmaker Tesla has increased the prices for its models by several thousand dollars several times in the past few months.
The company had given the increased raw material prices as the reason, in particular the prices for aluminum and lithium - these raw materials are used for batteries.
However, Tesla boss Elon Musk (51) can now imagine lowering prices again, provided that inflation, which has risen sharply in the USA, falls again.
"When inflation calms down, we can lower the price of our cars again," Musk said on Twitter on Friday.
Inflation in the US had reached 9.1 percent in June.
It is the highest level in more than 40 years.
In particular, food and energy prices continued to rise, while commodity prices are already falling again.
Musk himself is skeptical about the US economy.
He had already announced in May that he would significantly reduce the number of permanent employees because he had a "super bad feeling" about the economy.
The basic version of a Tesla Model Y currently costs around 60,000 US dollars in the USA.
In Europe, the same model is offered for 60,000 euros.