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Chapter 1233 Old Zhao is Right

"Semi-automatic gearbox with cruise control?" Zhang Qihang thought for a while, nodded and said, "It seems to be a good idea."

"You think so too?" Zhang Qihang supported his idea, which made Zhao Yi quite excited: "When I talked about this with my other comrades, everyone didn't think much about it..."

Zhang Qihang was stunned: No wonder Zhao Yi wants to communicate with himself in private. It seems that within the transmission system R&D department, everyone has a lot of differences, but it is not incomprehensible after careful consideration:

With the current technical level of the transmission system research institute of Sinotruk Group, can an AMT automatic transmission based on manual transmission be produced?It definitely won't work in a short period of time, but as long as you continue to spend money and invest funds, it will definitely be fine.And in this way, differences between Zhao Yi and other comrades appeared. Zhao Yi's method was to start with the easy and then the difficult, and accumulate a little bit. As for the other comrades, they just rushed forward with their heads covered.

Which route is more expensive and time consuming?Undoubtedly the second route.

As a result, the differences between Zhao Yi and other comrades also emerged: for the Transmission System Research Institute, which has no independent profitability, the group's allocation is their largest source of income, and the intensity of the group's allocation further demonstrates the group headquarters' commitment to They attach great importance to it, so naturally the more allocations and funds the group gives, the better. Zhao Yi's initiative to help the group save R&D funds is simply "treason."

It's just that Zhao Yi is the chief engineer of the Transmission System Research Institute after all, and compared to other people's small-mindedness, his approach is very reasonable, so other comrades can't directly oppose it, they can only Humming, haha, expressing your own difficulties or determination from other aspects, such as "this is a waste of time", or "I don't think it is necessary, we can make a real AMT automatic transmission in one go, everyone has this Confidence" or something like that...

In this case, Zhao Yi can only find Zhang Qihang.

After trying to understand Zhao Yi's embarrassment, Zhang Qihang patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, I understand what you mean, so, Mr. Zhao, you can write a report to me later, and write it more rigorously." , Be more detailed, I'll show it to Secretary Ma."

Zhao Yi nodded excitedly.

Although Zhang Qihang said these words lightly, but Zhao Yi is not stupid, how could he not understand the real meaning of his words?This is to readjust the group's automatic transmission development strategy based on this report.

Just because of what I said, the group has to make such a big adjustment to the strategy that has been formulated. How much trust does this show in myself?At this moment, Zhao Yi felt extremely grateful to Zhang Qihang.

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For such a big adjustment, it is impossible for Zhang Qihang to wait until Zhao Yi's report is finished before going to Secretary Ma. He must discuss it with Secretary Ma in advance, and the two must first reach a consensus.

Ma Jichun's job as the secretary of Sinotruk Group is actually a part-time job. His job is the deputy secretary of Shungeng City, so his daily work is mainly in the city. After making adjustments and revisions to the development strategy of the box office, he also attached great importance to it, and specially asked the secretary to squeeze out an hour in the afternoon.

Seeing Zhang Qihang, after some pleasantries, Ma Jichun said with a smile: "Comrade Qihang, I'm really curious. What did Comrade Zhao Yi tell you that made you change your mind?"

Zhang Qihang said: "It can't be said that I changed my mind. Our group will definitely develop automatic transmissions in terms of transmission systems in the future, but Zhao Yi's words are quite reasonable, and they have brought me a lot of inspiration. Realizing that the previous thoughts were indeed a bit too eager, ignoring some factors.”

"Um……"

Ma Jichun responded, becoming more and more curious: "Then tell me what's going on."

Zhao Yi was able to persuade Zhang Qihang to make adjustments to the previously finalized automatic transmission development strategy, which made Ma Jichun full of curiosity.

Zhang Qihang nodded, and then told Ma Jichun the content of his conversation with Zhao Yi.

When Zhang Qihang was speaking, Ma Jichun had been listening and thinking carefully, and from time to time he would ask a few questions about the issues he cared about or didn't understand. Adjust the strategy. Listening to what you said now, and thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case. It is indeed more appropriate to add a semi-automatic gearbox in the early stage, and it will also allow our target consumer groups to accept and buffer. time."

Zhang Qihang replied: "Well, I thought so too."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Qihang paused, and then said: "However, adjustments are adjustments, and there are still a lot of procedures that must be followed. On the one hand, we have to wait for Comrade Zhao Yi's documents to be handed over. On the other hand, the market research that should be done must not be done. few."

"That's the truth."

Ma Jichun nodded and agreed with Zhang Qihang's words: "But having said that, semi-automatic transmissions are really popular now. Many girls buy cars with semi-automatic transmissions. My daughter and the others buy cars with semi-automatic transmissions. Gear...Speaking of which, this semi-automatic gearbox can fire up, I really thank you Huateng Automobile."

Different from the semi-automatic transmission that did not become popular in the previous life, only Wuling Motors tried to push it for a while, and was active in the later modification market. In this time and space, as Huateng Motors has just started in the domestic private car market, manual transmissions At the stage when it was the absolute main sales force, it started to push semi-automatic transmissions. The result is that "novices don't have to worry about oil separation, and they don't have to worry about stalling when starting, and there are also prompts for upshifts and downshifts" and "only better than manual transmissions." The semi-automatic transmission is a little more expensive and much cheaper than the automatic transmission”, and the semi-automatic transmission quickly entered thousands of households with the popularization of private cars. Not only the technology and control logic became more and more mature, but also quickly gained everyone’s Many girls who have just obtained their driver's license are no longer afraid of driving a car equipped with a manual transmission. As a result, the whole society has a high degree of acceptance and recognition of semi-automatic transmissions.

Even those truck drivers who call themselves "veteran drivers" think that semi-automatic transmissions are "a transmission that only fools can use", but if the children of relatives and friends around them want to buy a car, especially a car for a girl, they will They usually give the suggestion "How about buying a semi-automatic, which is suitable for girls to drive and saves money than automatics". In Ma Jichun's eyes, all this has naturally become a major effort of Huateng Group. Promotion of semi-automatic transmissions.

"I dare not respond to your words," Zhang Qihang waved his hands repeatedly: "It can only be said that our decision to promote semi-automatic transmissions was in line with the current needs of our domestic consumers, but we cannot give all the credit for this. In fact I think semi-automatic transmissions are just a transition, and the mainstream in the future will still be automatic transmissions, just like I firmly believe that even in trucks, automatic transmissions will gradually become the mainstream."

Because of the emergence of semi-automatic transmissions and the large-scale promotion and popularization, in this time and space, the sales of domestic passenger cars have changed a lot from the time and space that Zhang Qihang was familiar with. The most typical feature is the proportion of automatic transmission models. The ratio is much smaller, and models equipped with semi-automatic gearboxes and manual manual gearboxes account for more than [-]% of the total sales.

After all, for the vast majority of Chinese people in this era, the original intention of buying a car is to "buy a car to meet the family's transportation and travel needs." It is enough to have a car with a good appearance and interior and enough space at home. Now, it has not reached the level of "buying a car that meets my requirements in all aspects". In this case, the emergence of a semi-automatic gearbox can be called an "artifact".

"Is that how you think about semi-automatic transmissions?" Ma Jichun was a little surprised by Zhang Qihang's views on the future of semi-automatic transmissions: "I used to think that semi-automatic transmissions would coexist with automatic transmissions for a long time in the future. "

Before this, Ma Jichun's views on automatic transmissions were actually similar to those of the general public. He felt that although semi-automatic transmissions could not shift gears by themselves, they had already achieved one of the core functions of automatic transmissions, so in the future, manual transmissions would Transmissions may gradually decline, but semi-automatic transmissions will coexist with automatic transmissions for a long time to come and share the world equally.

But now, Zhang Qihang clearly stated that the semi-automatic transmission is only a transition to the automatic transmission in the future, which made him feel a lot of shock: Huateng Group is pushing the semi-automatic transmission. It can be said that the reason why Huateng Group The semi-automatic transmission is indispensable for being able to occupy the position of the big brother in the domestic passenger car industry so quickly.

In Ma Jichun's mind, Zhang Qihang and even the entire Huateng Group should continue to make a big fuss about semi-automatic transmissions and dig deep into the potential, but people did not expect that his views on the future of semi-automatic transmissions are so pessimistic ?
This somewhat subverted Ma Jichun's imagination.

Zhang Qihang responded: "In the next ten or 20 years, semi-automatic transmissions will definitely coexist with automatic transmissions for a long time, but in the future, it will inevitably be a hybrid or even pure electric world. This is the general trend of development. It will change according to someone's opinion."

Ma Jichun was thoughtful: "Is this..."

Ma Jichun will not doubt Zhang Qihang's words. Zhang Qihang has proved how sharp and profound his vision is with his success in the past few years. Since he will not doubt Zhang Qihang's words, Ma Jichun must seriously think about Zhang Qihang's point of view It has guiding significance for the future development of Sinotruk Group.

(End of this chapter)