Tesla Inc. raised the U.S. prices for its Model S and X premium electric vehicles, according to its website on Thursday, although they are still 20 percent lower than the start of the year after a slew of price cuts to drum up demand.
Tesla has been slashing prices globally since January, including as many six times in the United States until as recently as Tuesday, to drive volume, especially for its mass-market cars, the Model Y crossover and the Model 3 sedan.
Tesla’s Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid—the performance versions of those models—are now priced at $107,490, up from $104,990 earlier, the company’s website showed….