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Chapter 1343 Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice

  Zhang Qihang was stunned by Zhao Jie's words: Develop a front-wheel drive hardcore off-road vehicle with an extended-range hybrid system?

Front-wheel drive SUV?

How can an off-road vehicle that doesn’t even have four-wheel drive have the nerve to call itself an off-road vehicle?

What an invincible and bizarre idea is this?

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Qihang understood Zhao Jie's idea and said with a smile: "Are you planning to make a front-wheel drive urban SUV based on the Black King Kong?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Jie smiled and nodded, and his colleague explained, "In fact, compared with real urban SUVs, our Black King Kong has obvious disadvantages, because it adopts a non-load-bearing body structure with a beam, and the body is much heavier than urban SUVs of the same size. Not only is the overall manufacturing cost higher, but it also consumes more fuel. This is also the reason why many users are hesitant when facing our products.

But if I can use your group's hybrid system, the situation will be different. Not only will the control experience be better, but it will also be equivalent to having an automatic transmission and more fuel-efficient. As for the price..."

Zhao Jie looked at Zhang Qihang a little embarrassedly and said, "Your group has been able to make fuel and hybrid vehicles of Excelle have the same price, so..."

  Understood!

Zhang Qihang understood. This was what Zhao Jie was planning.

However, Zhang Qihang had to admit that from a logical point of view, Zhao Jie's idea was indeed feasible. If it was only used as the power of an urban SUV, the extended-range hybrid system on the Excelle was indeed feasible. Of course, considering the needs of publicity, it would be better to replace the 1.6-liter Miller cycle engine on the Excelle with the 2.0-liter Miller cycle engine on the hybrid Sylphy to provide more sufficient power for the entire vehicle. Anyway, the current Cheetah Commando and Cheetah Black King Kong only use a 2.0-liter 4G63 engine and a 2.4-liter 4G69 engine.

Considering that the negotiations between the two sides have almost been completed and consensus has been reached on some major issues, and that they are now only negotiating on the final few minor issues, it is not an exaggeration to say that the negotiations between the two sides have been basically completed and that they can declare that they have reached a consensus.

After a pause, Zhang Qihang said, "Of course you can, but Comrade Zhao Jie, you should know that even if your car model is a mature model and our hybrid system is a mature system, the two still need to be adapted and debugged, and the entire adaptation and debugging process will take at least half a year..."

"Yes, yes, I know," Zhao Jie nodded repeatedly, his face full of excitement and anticipation. "What I mean is, can we publicize it in advance and say that we have reached an agreement on cooperation in the field of hybrid power?"

  It turns out that this guy Zhao Jie was waiting for me here?

Lin Jianguo chuckled, thinking that this was not a bad thing, and nodded: "Okay, I have no objection to this matter in principle. For the details, you can go and discuss with the relevant comrades."

Zhao Jie excitedly whispered a few words to the secretary beside him, and the secretary nodded repeatedly with joy on his face - he heard clearly the conversation between his boss and Zhang Qihang just now. At this moment, he not only felt that the future of Cheetah Group was promising, but he was even full of confidence in the future of Cheetah Group.

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Oil stealing otter headquarters.

Regarding the situation reported by Satoshi Nakata, because they have the detailed sales data of the two models, Huateng Kaiyue and Corolla, in recent months, the senior executives of Corolla can see at a glance that since Huateng Kaiyue implemented the "same price for oil and electricity", the sales of their own Corolla have been seriously affected, and the monthly sales have dropped from about 20000 units to 15000 units.

The absolute number is certainly not small. It still ranks third in the monthly sales ranking of China's compact car segment, second only to Huateng Excelle and Northern Jetta.

But the problem is, if you look down the list, you can find that a monthly sales volume of 5000 units is already enough to rank 15th on the sales list.

If we look at the sales volume, it is even more frightening. Last month's sales volume decreased by 9 million Chinese yuan!

9 million less in just one month, how scary is that?!

Therefore, the entire senior management of the Oil Otter Company attached great importance to this matter. President Watanabe Arisuo personally presided over the meeting. After everyone had read the photocopies of the information sent back by Nakata Satoshi, Watanabe Arisuo said softly: "Gentlemen, have you all read Nakata-kun's information?"

"Hai!"

Everyone present nodded in unison to indicate that they had seen it.

Watanabe Yuzhi nodded slightly, and then said: "Very good, in that case, what do you think of Nakata-kun's suggestion? Of course, if anyone has any ideas, you can also put them forward for everyone to discuss."

Kobayashi Masana, the head of the technical development department, bowed slightly and said, "Mr. President, I have a few words to say."

Watanabe Yuzhi nodded and said, "Please go ahead."

"I am in charge of technical development. From my perspective, Huateng Group's hybrid system is simply crude from a technical perspective..."

Watanabe Yuzhi interrupted Xiaolin Zhengming and said, "So you can't understand why such a simple, crude, and insignificant hybrid system compared to our THS, which is a work of art, is so popular in China, right?"

Sensing President Watanabe's displeasure, Kobayashi Masanagi's heart trembled, but he still had to bite the bullet and nodded: "Yes." Watanabe Yuzhi nodded slightly, but did not say anything immediately. Instead, he turned to look at the others: "Gentlemen, is there anyone who shares the same opinion as Kobayashi-kun?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally nodded sparsely.

Obviously, all the people attending the meeting today hold the same view as Kobayashi Masayoshi.

Watanabe Yuzhi was not surprised by the reactions of the crowd, but slowly said: "I understand what you are thinking. The situation is indeed as Mr. Xiaolin said. Compared with our THS hybrid system, the hybrid system of Huateng Group is indeed very simple. Even their second-generation hybrid system is only slightly inferior to our THS system in terms of performance.

But everyone, let me remind you of one thing, which everyone actually understands, that is, the most popular product on the market is not the most advanced one, but the most suitable one. And obviously, as far as the Chinese market is concerned, Huateng Group's not-so-advanced hybrid system is the most suitable one.

As an executive of a leading multinational company, I hope that everyone will not look at problems with arrogance and prejudice, which will not help solve the problems.

I even think that if Huateng Group's extended-range hybrid system is brought to Japan, it will also be able to occupy a place in the market. After all, its cost is too cheap, and the fuel-saving effect is real. Before this, who, including you and me, dared to think that a car equipped with a hybrid system could be sold at the same price as a traditional fuel car? "

Watanabe Yuzhi's words are full of earnestness and meaning.

This is actually understandable. At this time, the Japanese automobile industry, when looking at the Chinese automobile industry, actually adopts a condescending perspective, and its eyes are full of arrogance and prejudice.

But it's not their fault. Almost all the well-known and technologically advanced cars sold in China are joint venture products from Europe, North America and Japan. Even though Huateng Industrial Group has launched two generations of hybrid technology, and Touyoutao also admits that Huateng Group's hybrid technology is okay, this is not enough to change their attitude towards China's automobile industry. For such a large country and market, it is nothing to have one or two technologies leading, but in the automotive field, one must be ahead.

But today, the situation reported by Satoshi Nakata made Watanabe Arishi a little alert, and he decided to take advantage of this meeting to warn everyone.

Watanabe Yuzhi succeeded, and as Watanabe Yuzhi spoke, everyone lowered their heads in shame.

  Indeed, no matter how much you slander or look down on Huateng Group's hybrid system, one thing is true: cheap is the biggest market competitiveness!

You said that Huateng Group's extended-range hybrid system is not as advanced as your THS hybrid system? But they are cheaper!

You said that the comprehensive fuel consumption of Huateng Group's extended-range hybrid system is higher than that of your THS hybrid system? But they are cheaper!

Cheap!

Cheap!

Still cheap!

President Watanabe is right. What the market needs is suitable products, not the most technologically advanced products.

Xiaolin Zhengming took a deep breath and bent down deeply: "Mr. President, thank you for your teachings."

Watanabe Youzhi waved his hand and smiled, not wanting to dwell on this matter. Instead, he asked, "Haha... Kobayashi-kun, how do you think we should maintain our Oil Otter's competitiveness in the Chinese market? Also, how do we deal with Nakata-kun's request?"

This time, Xiaolin Zhengming was serious.

He thought seriously for a moment before speaking: "First of all, the price of Prius can be reduced appropriately, but it must not be reduced too much. That will greatly damage the reputation of Prius around the world. If the reputation of Prius is damaged, the reputation of our THS will be damaged."

"Um……"

Watanabe Yuzhi nodded and motioned for Kobayashi Masana to continue - his opinion was actually the same as Kobayashi Masana's, that the price of Prius could be reduced, but it must not be reduced by a large margin.

"We can't significantly reduce the price of Prius, but we have to establish our own hybrid technology benchmark in the Chinese market, so..."

At this point, Kobayashi looked up at Watanabe Yuji and said, "My suggestion is to equip the Toyota Corolla with our first-generation THS hybrid system."

(End of this chapter)