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Chapter 1217
In October, BorgWarner (Huaxia) suddenly announced that it had reached a cooperation agreement with Jianghuai Automobile. The two parties will jointly develop dual-clutch automatic transmissions. Among them, BorgWarner will provide JAC with the core components of dual-clutch transmissions: dual-clutch modules. And the technical support of the electronic control module.

Although after more than 10 years, Jianghuai Automobile has declined somewhat, but before 2012, Jianghuai Automobile was still in the front line of domestic national automobile brands, especially in the field of light passenger and commercial vehicles, almost no one can compete with them, so this As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused quite a stir in the domestic auto industry—before this, everyone believed that the first company to sign a contract with BorgWarner was either the big brother or the second brother, or the possibility of Shouqi, but no matter In any case, it shouldn't be Jianghuai, but things are so unexpected. The first company to sign a contract with BorgWarner turned out to be Jianghuai, which no one expected.

At the signing ceremony, JAC’s Mr. Zhao was full of enthusiasm and complacent, and announced in front of many media and reporters that JAC attaches great importance to the cooperation with BorgWarner. For this reason, JAC will spend at least 50 billion yuan Due to the research and development of dual-clutch transmissions and the construction of high-standard production plants, it is expected that the first model equipped with dual-clutch transmissions will be officially released in 3 years. At that time, domestic consumers will also have the opportunity to experience the highest level of transmission in the world today. system……

Mr. Zhao's pride and the ambition brought about by this cooperation can be seen from this.

After the initial shock, the media reporters couldn't help becoming curious: How will Big Brother react?
You know, the first partner BorgWarner was looking for was Big Brother, and everyone thought that it was Big Brother who was most likely to cooperate with BorgWarner before. I know Big Brother too well, and they are not of the nature of "sufficiency is a blessing". In this case, what will Big Brother do to show its status in the domestic auto industry?

But to everyone's surprise, Big Brother unexpectedly did not make any statement or stand on this matter. Not only did he never take the initiative to mention this matter in front of the media, even if he was asked by the media, the relevant leaders of Big Brother would also With a smile on his face, he said: "We are very happy for JAC and BorgWarner to cooperate with them, and we are also happy to see this happening. This shows that our country's auto industry is in a period of vigorous development. We hope to see more and more similar situations in the future.”

The person who spoke was not low-level, and was one of Big Brother's core executives. His statement could almost be regarded as what Big Brother meant.

At first glance, this statement seems to have no problem, but the fact is just the opposite. Many people can't accept it in their hearts: isn't it?When did you become so humble?Could it be...

Is there any fraud in it?

In fact, Big Brother has already prepared the means, just waiting to give Jianghuai a ruthless blow?
The more you think about it, the more you feel that this possibility is more likely. After all, over the years, everyone knows Big Brother's temperament very well.

For a while, the various media who thought they had figured out Big Brother’s plans inevitably looked at Jianghuai with a bit of sympathy: If you say you, just toss it, you have to step on Big Brother , It is estimated that it will be unlucky in a short time, right?I don't know who gave you the courage, but you really thought that if you got close to BorgWarner, you could wrestle with Big Brother?

What a joke!
Everyone thinks that Big Brother is thinking about how to deal with JAC, but in fact everyone is wrong. The reason why Big Brother doesn't take the cooperation between JAC and BorgWarner seriously is because Zhang Qihang has already Told them I had something better and could share it with Big Brother...

"8-speed parallel shaft gearbox..."

Geng always understands technology. Although it is really not good to directly engage in research and development, it is still no problem to look at the drawings. At this moment, looking at the simple diagram in front of him, he praised him. At this moment, he is completely convinced: " Tsk tsk, brother, how did your head grow?"

Zhang Qihang waved his hand and said: "This has nothing to do with me, it's all the efforts of our group's transmission department... Mr. Geng, this project is the core cooperation project between our two parties in the next stage, are you relieved now?"

Yes, the reason why Big Brother is so calm about JAC’s offense is entirely because Zhang Qihang has told them before that that he has an 8-speed parallel shaft gearbox development plan, and this 8-speed parallel shaft gearbox Not only has a wider range of speed ratios, but also has higher transmission efficiency. Most importantly, it also effectively controls costs. If Big Brother is interested, you can use this gearbox project as a 4-speed, 5-speed and 6-speed A collaborative project following the Parallel Shaft Transmission project.

When the mainstream of this automatic transmission is still 4-speed and 5-speed, even the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is using a 7-speed automatic transmission, and the BMW 7 Series is still using a 6-speed automatic transmission. It can be said that the 8-speed automatic transmission The gearbox represents the highest technical content in the civilian automatic transmission field. Huateng Industrial Group said that it will develop an 8-speed automatic gearbox, which is almost unbelievable in people's eyes.

Even the big brother, when Zhang Qihang said that he would develop an 8-speed automatic transmission, he was surprised and couldn't believe it: the 8-speed automatic transmission is the only company in the world that has such advanced transmission technology. There are only two, and the transmission department of Huateng Industrial Group is not ranked anywhere in the world. They can also develop an 8-speed automatic transmission?

Fortunately, Zhang Qihang said that the 8-speed automatic transmission that he is going to develop is different from the AT transmission, which is also a parallel shaft structure, but it improves the mechanism reuse rate. After absorbing the advantages of the dual clutch transmission, the parallel shaft structure The product after optimization.

After listening to Zhang Qihang's explanation, Mr. Geng and the entire core management of Big Brother felt relieved to some extent. In his mind, the development of the 6-speed parallel shaft gearbox of Huateng Industrial Group went smoothly. Over the years, the experience and technical background of parallel shaft gearboxes have been deeply cultivated. It seems that it is not impossible to add two more gears on the basis of 6-speed parallel shafts. If Huateng Group can really provide 8-speed automatic transmission box, then there is really no need to mind the cooperation between JAC and BorgWarner.

And today, it is time for Mr. Geng and the experts from the Big Brother Automotive Research Institute to judge the design of Huateng Group.

To be honest, before this, the experts from the Big Brother Automotive Research Institute were actually dubious about Zhang Qihang's words, but today, after seeing the drawings provided by the Huateng Group, they were completely convinced and figured it out. One point is that Huateng Group's accumulation in the field of transmission technology is much deeper than they imagined.

"Hehe... Brother, look at what you said, when did I worry about you?"

Speaking of this, Mr. Geng glanced at Mr. Li, who was at the side of the group, meaning that if you have any questions, you can ask them now.

Mr. Li pushed his glasses and asked Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, although there is no problem with your design from a logical point of view, it can be completely realized from a technical point of view. To make such a small gearbox with 8 gears, from the perspective of technical realization, it should be very difficult, right?"

If you don't complain now, when will you wait?
Zhang Qihang immediately had an expression of "You are so right!", sighed, nodded repeatedly and said: "Mr. Li, you really understand technology, and I will not hide it from you. It is really difficult to make it. It would be easy to say if there is no size limit, but the size of the whole vehicle is here, and the space left for the gearbox is so large. The original four-speed gearbox used such a large space. Now it is 8 A gearbox with a gear still uses such a large space, which not only tests the design skills of the designer, but also tests the material level and supply chain management level of a company. Without enough excellent design capabilities, advanced materials and supply chain management level, This gearbox just can't figure it out."

"Uh-huh……"

Mr. Li nodded repeatedly, agreed with Zhang Qihang's words, and signaled him to continue.

In fact, that's what he really thought in his heart. To get this gearbox out, technology is only one aspect, and there are still a series of problems to be solved, such as materials, supply chain, and technological progress.

Now that Zhang Qihang understands these problems, Mr. Li is more and more curious about how Zhang Qihang thinks about the development and planning of this gearbox.

"So we are not in a hurry. Our goal is to get out the 6-speed gearbox first. With the experience in making the 6-speed gearbox, we can reduce some difficulties in the 8-speed gearbox. Our idea is that after 4 years, This gearbox is considered a success if it can enter the testing stage." Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "Even if the test starts in 4 years, it will not be too late then, will it?"

"Hahaha……"

Now, not only Mr. Li, but also Mr. Geng and other members of the Big Brother’s family all laughed tacitly: Zhang Qihang is right, product development and upgrading must be planned and forward-looking Yes, it is 4-speed now, and then it will gradually develop to 5-speed and 6-speed. After four or five years, it will be considered fast if it can be successfully popularized to 6-speed.

so.Not to mention the testing of this 4-speed gearbox after 8 years, even if it starts to be tested after 7 years, and it will be officially installed and used after [-] years, it will be no problem at all, and with the title of "independent research and development" , Jianghuai is nothing at all.

(End of this chapter)