Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2031 Seat Heating
On May 5, when Duan Yun appeared in the Shenyang R&D Center again, he was warmly welcomed by all the staff in the center.

Because the day after tomorrow, on Children's Day, Tianyin Group's first self-developed and self-produced domestic mini car officially rolled off the production line. This is definitely a historic moment for Tianyin Group's automobile industry.

Although there are currently many domestic cars that claim to be independently developed in China, in fact, these "domestic cars" are either mature technologies purchased from abroad, or assembled vehicles that import key components from abroad and assemble them in China. It is not an independent research and development in the true sense, but Tianyin Group's mini car that is about to be mass-produced and rolled off the assembly line.

As for the naming of the new car, Duan Yun also considered many options before, and finally decided to name it "Kangyun" sedan.

There are two reasons why the name of the new car is named Kang Yun. One is that the current country is setting off a slogan for all people to strive for a well-off life. A well-off life has become a hot word among Chinese people, and it has also become what everyone wants. attained standard of living.

A well-off society is an attractive social ideal described by ancient thinkers, and it also expresses ordinary people's pursuit of a well-off and prosperous ideal life.

The so-called comprehensive well-off society is not only to solve the problem of food and clothing, but also to meet the needs of urban and rural development in political, economic, cultural, social, ecological and other aspects.In the report of the [-]th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the requirements for the development capacity of building a well-off society in an all-round way are defined from the four aspects of economy, politics, culture and sustainable development.Specifically, there are six "mores": a more developed economy, a more sound democracy, a more advanced science and education, a more prosperous culture, a more harmonious society, and a better life for the people.

After China's reform and opening up in 1992, it officially transformed into a well-off society in an all-round way.Building a well-off society is one of the strategies of reform and opening up.

As for the second word "Yun" in the car's name, it is actually named after Duan Yun, and together they are called Kang Yun.

On the afternoon when he came to Shenyang again, Duan Yun drove a "Kang Yun" car that had just rolled off the assembly line, and drove into the urban area of ​​SY City.

In this era, the number of cars on the streets of Shenyang is still very small, and people usually rely on bicycles for daily travel, but Duan Yun's car is small and unique, so when he drove the car into the urban area, it attracted countless people. human gaze.

In later generations, this kind of miniature car was just a very common scooter, but in this era, even such a cheap miniature car is not affordable for ordinary people, and it has a beautiful and unique appearance, so the rate of return is naturally high. very high.

"Mr. Duan, how do you feel?" At this moment, Chen Qiao, who was sitting next to Duan Yun, asked with a smile on his face.

"It's okay to drive, but the steering wheel is a bit heavy, and the brakes are a bit soft." Duan Yun glanced at Chen Qiao, and then said: "Another thing to pay attention to, this car is relatively thin, and it will definitely be very cold when driving in winter. All vehicles sold in the north are equipped with steering wheel and seat heating, safety and quality must be guaranteed, and accidents such as electric leakage should not occur."

In later generations, only some mid-to-high-end models will have the function of seat heating, and most of them are optional, not every car has it.

In fact, the seat heating function appeared very early. The earliest seat heating function was born in 1966 and was first applied to Cadillac's DeVille car series.Its principle is also very simple, that is, it is heated by resistance wire, which belongs to a comfortable configuration.

Because most parts of the former Soviet Union are very cold, the temperature is below zero all year round, and some areas even reach minus 30 to 40 degrees, so seat heating is widely used in Soviet cars, and the technology is relatively mature.

The best function used by the Kangyun car this time was actually designed by the former Soviet experts from the Tianyin Group. Improvement, under the premise of ensuring safety, try to achieve rapid heating and save power as much as possible. Generally, it only takes less than 2 minutes, and the temperature of the seat can be raised to more than 10 degrees.

For the current domestic automobile manufacturers, this function seems a bit tasteless to them, because in order to reduce the cost and energy consumption of automobiles as much as possible, domestic automobile manufacturers try not to use functional accessories that can be used as much as possible. As long as the car is solid, the cost price The cheaper it is, the better the sales will be.

But in Duan Yun's view, if one's own car wants to gain a competitive advantage in the domestic auto market, it must have its own technical characteristics.

Just like in later generations, the reason why Japanese cars are very popular in Guangzhou is because Hainan belonged to Guangdong Province, and a large number of Japanese cars have been smuggled and imported since the 80s. Another point is that these Japanese cars have air conditioners. Very good, especially this effect is stronger than domestic cars and German cars, and in Guangdong Province where the temperature is relatively high all year round, the powerful cooling function of Japanese car air conditioners has also established a good reputation in this area , until the mid-to-late 90s when Japanese cars aggressively entered the Chinese market, relying on their good reputation in use, they achieved impressive sales in a short period of time.

However, in the north where the weather is relatively cold, especially in the northeast region, the most frequently used additional function is the hot air. With the existence of Changchun FAW, German cars are more popular than Japanese cars in the north. In addition, currently in China, whether it is Domestic cars, German cars, or imported Japanese cars basically don’t have seat heating function, but according to the actual situation, Duan Yun added seat heating function to his Fuyun car, which is actually a big plus. This makes this vehicle significantly more comfortable than other models in winter.

"You can rest assured that the stability and safety of our car is still very strong. During the research and development stage, it has already gone through very rigorous experiments, and most of the technologies used are very mature technologies. As long as If we do a good job of quality control before leaving the factory, there will be absolutely no problem." Chen Qiao said confidently.

Chen Qiao is still very confident about Fuyun's car, because he participated in all the testing sessions of this car from the beginning to the end, and the testing standard of Tianyin Automobile R&D Center is still relatively high, which is higher than that of domestic cars. A large part, especially in terms of durability and safety under extreme conditions, has undergone comprehensive and repeated experiments, which is exactly where he is confident when facing Duan Yun.

(End of this chapter)