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Chapter 1188 We are not in a hurry

Geng Shaojie was very happy about Zhang Qihang's idea. Naturally, he also knew that Zhang Qihang could not take such a big benefit for no reason. How do you think about the dual-clutch gearbox?"

"Dual-clutch gearbox has a good foundation and great potential for development. Although the current dual-clutch gearbox is only 6-speed, it will be easy to develop to 7-speed, 8-speed or even 9-speed and 10-speed in the future," Zhang Qihang first stated I have no opinion on the dual-clutch gearbox, and then said: "But in the final analysis, the dual-clutch gearbox is still a traditional mechanical gearbox. I think the future of the automotive industry must be hybrid or even pure electric drive."

Geng Shaojie frowned: "You mean that the dual-clutch gearbox has no potential for development?"

"Of course not," Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "The status quo of the automobile industry in our country and even the world is here. I think that hybrid technology and even pure electric technology cars will develop rapidly, but based on the reality , for a long period of time in the future, traditional fuel vehicles and hybrid vehicles will be developed at the same time, while pure electric vehicles will be rented in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen with increasingly stringent environmental protection requirements by virtue of their low cost of use. The automobile industry will conduct pilot projects first, and generally speaking, I think transmissions still have at least 30 years of development space.”

Of course, Zhang Qihang knows that after 2020, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the automobile consumption field has been increasing year by year, but the problem is that it is 2007. Standing in 2007, who dares to be so optimistic about the development of new energy vehicles?Everyone knows that the future belongs to new energy vehicles, but how long will it take for this future to come?
20 years?
Or 30 years?
No one can say for sure.

Some people even think that it will take at least 40 years before the promotion and application of new energy vehicles can be gradually realized in China. In comparison, Huateng Group has followed the footsteps of stealing oil and launched hybrid vehicles so early. It's because the steps are too big.

"Is that so..."

Geng Shaojie nodded, feeling that what Zhang Qihang said was correct, so he was relieved: "It also makes sense."

"So for the arrival of BorgWarner, our attitude is very clear, that is welcome, but we hope that BorgWarner corrects its attitude, if BorgWarner cannot correct its attitude..."

Speaking of which.Zhang Qihang paused slightly, and said with a smile: "Then let's help them correct their attitude."

Hearing the words, Geng Shaojie suddenly smiled wryly: "You, you..."

The wry smile turned into a wry smile, but Geng Shaojie's heart was awe-inspiring.

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Soon, all major car companies received calls from Huateng Group.

As Zhang Qihang imagined, although everyone thinks that the reason why Huateng Group is willing to transfer the technology of 4AT parallel shaft gearbox to itself is because of the pressure from BorgWarner, but at the same time, for this Huateng Group Proposal, everyone is really excited.

It was Bob Brownlee's attitude that disgusted everyone. If he really followed Bob Brownlee's proposal, wouldn't he be working for BorgWarner?
But the problem is that the temptation to master the automatic transmission technology independently, even in name only, is still huge for everyone. Everyone is hesitating whether to agree to BorgWarner’s conditions, even for companies like BAIC and SAIC. The giants are just thinking about how to pay less in the negotiation with BorgWarner.

Well now, with the Huateng Group's blending, even if you don't cooperate with BorgWarner, you still have a 4AT parallel shaft gearbox to cover the bottom line, which is enough. With the Huateng Group's 4AT gearbox Come to the bottom line, are you still afraid that BorgWarner will not cooperate?
It's just that our Mr. Bob Brownlee's mood is not so refreshing...

"Mr. Liu, do you know where you are?"

Bob Brownlee threatened the person on the other end of the phone: "You have to understand that this is an opportunity for your auto factory to realize automatic transmission autonomy. Except for us, BorgWarner, no other company will provide you with automatic transmissions." Gearbox technology..."

Vice President Liu on the other end of the phone was in a very good mood. Before Bob Brownlee could finish speaking, he interrupted Bob Brownlee rather shamelessly: "Mr. Brownlee, what do you want to say? But I am wrong, we admit that the technology of the dual-clutch transmission is indeed very advanced, but this does not mean that without your technical support, we cannot make an automatic transmission."

Bob Brownlee frowned: "What do you mean?"

Knowing that Huateng Group is promoting their gearbox technology all over the world, Vice President Liu stopped hiding it from Zhang Qihang, and said to Bob Brownlee with a smile: "It's okay to tell you, Huateng Teng Group is ready to sell us their parallel shaft gearbox technology."

"Huateng Group is going to sell you parallel shaft gearbox technology?" Bob Brownlee frowned suddenly: "Liu, are you kidding me?"

Vice President Liu asked back: "Do you think I will joke with you about this kind of thing?"

"..."

Bob Brownlee stopped talking. He quickly thought and digested the content of the information that Vice President Liu disclosed.

Originally, his first reaction was "This is impossible! Is Huateng Group stupid?" But in the next second, thinking of the conditions and demands he had made to Huateng Group and the Planning and Development Commission on behalf of BorgWarner, Bob Brownlee felt that this matter was not impossible: In order to promote its dual-clutch transmission technology in China, BorgWarner planned to ask the Planning and Development Commission to forcibly cut off the parallel shaft transmission of Huateng Industrial Group (Although the Planning and Development Commission did not agree), in this case, Zhang Qihang from the Huateng Group was allowed to fight back?

After realizing this, Bob Brownlee immediately realized the seriousness of the problem: The reason why BorgWarner dared to propose those harsh conditions before is that the entire European and American auto industries have realized the automatic transmission patent. The monopoly of technology has led Huaxia to have the ability to copy automatic transmissions technically, but it cannot get around the patent matrix of the Western auto industry. In this case, the Huaxia automobile industry wants to develop its own automatic transmission. The solution is to either develop a CVT gearbox by itself, or cooperate with BorgWarner to develop a dual-clutch gearbox, and suppress Huateng Group at the same time.

But I never expected that Huateng Group would make such a big determination!
At this moment, Bob Brownlee was very depressed. He felt that it was a huge mistake that the group headquarters did not fully estimate the possible response of Huateng Group at the beginning.

But no matter how depressed and annoyed he was, he couldn't admit defeat at this time, took a deep breath, and Bob Brownlee said to Vice President Liu: "Well, Liu, even if what you said is true, you should I know that Huateng Group can provide you with parallel shaft transmission technology that can support up to 5 speeds, while our BorgWarner automatic transmission can easily reach 6 speeds, 7 speeds and even more gears..."

"You are right," Vice President Liu said bluntly: "The technology of the dual-clutch gearbox is indeed very advanced, but advanced technology means higher costs, and Huateng Group's parallel shaft technology is already very mature. I believe the cost will not be too high;
In addition, you have been talking about dual-clutch transmissions, but according to what we have learned, Volkswagen’s dual-clutch transmission technology was developed by you and Volkswagen, and what you BorgWarner has is the technology of dual-clutch modules And patents rather than the technology and patents of the entire dual-clutch gearbox, which means that if we cooperate, even if you provide all the technical support, it will take several years to mass-produce the dual-clutch gearbox, but For Huateng Group, their parallel shaft gearbox has been produced for several years, and the technology is very mature. After signing the contract, they can build a factory and start production immediately;
Thirdly, and at the same time the most important point, your terms of cooperation are too harsh for us to accept. "

"Uh……"

Sweat began to form on Bob Brownlee's brow.

"And what you mean is that all the dual-clutch modules and electronic control modules we need in the future will be supplied by you, but Huateng has said that it can transfer all the technologies to us. Clutch module and electronic control module technology."

"..."

Vice President Liu's words made Bob Brownlee sweat more and more on his forehead.

Before that, he thought that this trip to Huaxia was easy and easy. Isn't the backward Huaxia auto industry at his mercy?But now, Bob Brownlee thinks he's in big @trouble.

Listening to Bob Brownlee who was hesitating on the other end of the phone but couldn't say a word, and then thinking of the other party's previous arrogance, domineering and attitude of not taking himself seriously, Vice President Liu felt a burst of joy: Damn you, give me a fright again!
However, Bob Brownlee was not an idiot after all who could be assigned to this position by BorgWarner. He took a deep breath and said to Vice President Liu: "Liu, thank you very much for telling me this news... Well, what happened There have been huge changes, and I need to report this situation to the group headquarters, why don't we talk about it later?"

"of course."

Vice President Liu nodded with a smile. Of course, he can understand how much impact this news has on Bob Brownlee—it's like when he received a call from Huateng Group, facing the meaning of Huateng Automobile, he Aren't you also shocked?

(End of this chapter)