Factbox: Details of Tesla price cuts in China, other Asian markets - Reuters.com

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) cut electric car prices in China and other Asian markets on Friday, part of efforts to stoke demand for output from its Shanghai plant, a person with direct knowledge of the plan said. read more

Following are details of the price cuts:

CHINA

Tesla slashed prices for all versions of its Model 3 and Model Y cars in China by between 6% to 13.5%, according to Reuters calculations based on the prices shown on its website. The starting price for Model 3, for instance, was cut to 229,900 yuan ($33,427) from 265,900 yuan.

The latest cut in China, along with a price cut in October and incentives extended to Chinese buyers over the past three months, mean a 13% to 24% reduction in Tesla's prices from September in its second-largest market after the United States, according to Reuters calculations.

JAPAN

Tesla cut the prices of Model 3 and Model Y cars by about 10% each in Japan, the first time it had done so since 2021. The price for the Model 3 rear wheel drive version is now 5.369 million yen ($40,091), down from 5.964 million yen.

SOUTH KOREA

Tesla's price cuts in South Korea differed from model to model but ranged from about 6 million won to 10 million won ($4,725 to $7,875), a local Tesla sales official said.

The price of Tesla's basic Model 3 rear-wheel drive vehicle was listed as 64.34 million won ($50,637) on the company's website on Friday. Its Model Y Long Range sports utility vehicle was 84.999 million won.

($1 = 6.8775 Chinese yuan)

($1 = 133.9200 yen)

Compiled by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Kim Coghill

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