Xiaomi raises the prices of external batteries it sells in Chinain addition to other products where the cost of raw materials increases.

Lithium and other raw materials are getting more expensive

Lithium is one of the key materials for battery manufacturing. Its price hasn’t stopped rising lately and this is the main reason why the Asian company had to raise the price of its batteries. It should be noted that some of these They are officially sold in Spain.

Again, Lithium is not the only raw material to risebecause the company has also loaded other accessories like smartphone-related chargers and other items.

The increase in prices is not very noticeable, especially it was between 30 and 40 yuan, ranging from 4.5 to 5.5 euros, depending on the product. As we mentioned, this increase was only implemented in China, but it’s easy to think that current prices are adjusted for inflation and other parameters that are already affecting the vast majority of products.

Lithium especially increased by approximately 10,000 yuan tons, what’s in return For the same raw material, it is 1,440 euros more than a few months ago.

In the spotlight is now the electric car developed by Xiaomi, as everything indicates that it will be too. will use lithium-ion batteries. While it’s true that Xiaomi already has a lot of deals, we’ll have to see how this will affect such devices.

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