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Chapter 1347 If you don’t embrace such a powerful person now, when will you do so?

"Yes," Tian Tian nodded affirmatively in response to Zhao Jie's gaze. "Last time, you talked to our CEO Zhang about wanting to move our Huateng hybrid system to your Cheetah Automobile. We had an internal discussion and everyone felt that this system was not suitable for hybrid off-road vehicles, but it was okay for hybrid city SUVs."

Can it really be done?!

Tian Tian's words surprised Zhao Jie and other people from Cheetah Motors.

Mitsubishi's 4G63 and 4G69 engines are not fuel-efficient engines. When used to drive a heavy body like Pajero/Black King Kong, the fuel consumption is even more considerable. A fuel consumption of or grammes is indeed a bit daunting. But if the extended-range hybrid system of Huateng Group can be moved to Black King Kong and Qibing, it would be great. Not only will it have better power performance, but it will also allow Black King Kong to get rid of the label of "oil tiger" in terms of fuel consumption.

  Of course, what makes Zhao Jie and others most happy is the cost: since Huateng Group can achieve "same price for oil and electricity" on the Excelle model, if this hybrid system is transplanted to its own Black King Kong/Wonderful, the price should be similar to the current price, right?

After all, although the Black King Kong/Warrior is a manual transmission, it still has a transfer case compared to a sedan, right? The cost of a manual transmission plus a transfer case is no cheaper than an automatic transmission.

Seeing Zhao Jie and the others overjoyed, Tian Tian had already guessed what they were happy about, and immediately said, "Mr. Zhao, don't be too happy yet. According to our calculations, this hybrid system is fine for Excelle, but it's a bit too much to use on the Black King Kong. The Black King Kong has such a large body and weight, and the redundancy is a bit insufficient."

As soon as Tian Tian finished speaking, Zhao Jie immediately reacted: That's right! How heavy is the Excelle? Just over a ton. A 70-kilowatt electric motor is enough to drive such a light compact car, but what about the Black King Kong, which is a hardcore off-road vehicle? The curb weight is close to 2 tons! Almost equivalent to 2 Excelles, such a heavy body, it is indeed a bit difficult to let such a motor with a maximum peak power of only 70 kilowatts drive it.

He was not stupid, so he asked tentatively, "Chief Designer Tian, ​​do you mean that the performance needs to be enhanced?"

"Yes," Tian Tian nodded, "the power of the electric motor must be at least 120 kilowatts."

Zhao Jie hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the cost?"

Knowing what Zhao Jie was worried about, Tian Tian told him clearly: "It must be increased simultaneously, but the increase will not be much. The motors can be produced on the same line as the existing 70-kilowatt motors, and the overall cost will not exceed 20%."

Zhao Jie heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the cost increase would not exceed 20%. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him and he hurriedly asked, "Can it only be front-wheel drive? Can it be made into four-wheel drive?"

"It is certainly possible, but the four-wheel drive I'm talking about may be different from the four-wheel drive on traditional off-road vehicles."

"You say!" Zhao Jie said hurriedly, "As long as it can be a four-wheel drive, it doesn't matter if the cost is a little higher. At worst, we can make both two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive."

  When Zhao Jie discussed the hybrid Cheetah with Zhang Qihang before, the biggest regret was that this hybrid Cheetah could only be made into front-wheel drive. A hybrid model with the foundation of a hard-core off-road vehicle, since it could not be made into four-wheel drive, this matter was a joke!

Now that Tian Tian told him that he could make a four-wheel drive, Zhao Jie couldn't help it any longer.

Tian Tian could understand why Zhao Jie was so excited, and nodded: "It's actually very simple, it's nothing more than adding another drive motor to the rear axle, so that electric four-wheel drive can be realized.

However, unlike the mechanical four-wheel drive on off-road vehicles that can distribute the front and rear power between 0-100 and 100-0, this electric four-wheel drive is more like the simple four-wheel drive used on urban SUVs. In addition, in order to prevent users from really taking it for high-intensity off-road driving, we also have to set up a series of protection measures for the front drive system of the car. "

Zhao Jie thought about it and figured out Huateng Group's idea of ​​solving the problem of not having four-wheel drive: Don't you want four-wheel drive? Easy! I will install a motor on the rear axle for you, and now your two rear wheels will have power.

  Is it four-wheel drive?

It must be four-wheel drive.

But this thing is really different from the traditional off-road four-wheel drive. With this electric four-wheel drive, there is definitely no problem in doing some actions similar to those of a city four-wheel drive SUV, but it is definitely too much to expect this thing to be comparable to the four-wheel drive system on a traditional hard-core off-road vehicle, especially compared with Mitsubishi's super cool four-wheel drive.

  But then again, something is better than nothing!

At worst, make it an optional accessory!

Thinking of this, Zhao Jie nodded repeatedly: "It's better to have it than not, and it's good for electric things to have this protection function." At this point, he turned to look at Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, will this project be officially approved?"

What Tian Tian just said is, after all, just a feasibility analysis, but a project being feasible does not mean it must be done.

"People definitely want their cars to be as fuel-efficient as possible," Zhang Qihang first reassured Zhao Jie, and then continued, "As for whether the project will be officially launched, my opinion is to wait until this car is on the market and observe the situation. If the performance is good, we will launch a hybrid version."

Zhao Jie laughed when he heard this: "Then the hybrid version will definitely be launched. I have great confidence in the new Black King Kong you designed!" "Speaking of this new Black King Kong, I almost forgot the biggest change," Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "We redesigned the rear suspension for you, and the comfort of the whole vehicle should be greatly improved."

This time, Zhao Jie was really surprised: "You guys even modified the rear suspension?"

Since the Black King Kong is the domestic version of the second-generation Pajero, some of the Pajero's iconic features are naturally continued and inherited by the Black King Kong, such as the rear suspension.

The rear suspension of the second-generation Pajero is an integral rigid bridge with leaf spring shock absorbers. Its main feature is durability when off-roading. However, although such a rear suspension is durable, its comfort is really not good. It can be said that there is no difference from the rear suspension of pickup trucks and small trucks. Although the Black King Kong rear suspension has fewer steel plates and is not as hard as a small truck, let alone compared with cars with independent suspension, even compared with cars with trailing arm semi-independent rear suspension, its comfort is far inferior.

We have to admit that the sales of Black Kong have not been good in recent years, and this crappy rear suspension has made a significant "contribution". But now, Zhang Qihang actually said that they even redesigned the rear suspension for Black Kong?

"Yes, it has been changed to an integral bridge multi-link non-independent suspension," Zhang Qihang said with some regret, "In fact, I would like to change it to an independent rear suspension similar to the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class rear-wheel drive cars, but unfortunately I don't have enough time and it is also quite troublesome. For the time being, I will just make some modifications based on the original integral bridge..."

Zhao Jie no longer cared about what Zhang Qihang was saying and immediately lay on the ground to carefully observe the rear suspension of the car.

This was the case with Zhao Jie, and so were the other staff members of Cheetah Automobile. They were similar to Zhao Jie, and regardless of their image, they either lay down or bent over to carefully look at the improved rear suspension - even though they were not unfamiliar with the structure of the integral bridge multi-link suspension.

After a while, Zhao Jie finally got up from the ground, with a satisfied look on his face: "Good, that's great."

From now on, when promoting the Black King Kong, Cheetah Automobile no longer has to brag about its off-road capabilities and passability, but can also talk about its comfort.

At this point, Zhao Jie held Zhang Qihang's hand, pursed his lips, and his eyes were a little red: "Mr. Zhang, in fact, saying 'thank you' again seems a bit old-fashioned, but I still have to say thank you, thank you!"

With these improvements now, Zhao Jie believes that Cheetah Automobile will definitely get out of its current predicament and come back to life!

"You are so polite. We will be a family from now on."

"Haha...yes, yes, we may be a family from now on."

Zhao Jie laughed out loud. He had no resistance to Zhang Qihang's words at all - for the previous Cheetah Automobile, Mitsubishi was the thigh on which it survived. Only by holding on to Mitsubishi could Cheetah Automobile survive well. But from now on, the thigh of Cheetah Automobile has become Huateng Industrial Group. From now on, as long as Cheetah Automobile holds on to Huateng Industrial Group tightly, Cheetah Automobile will definitely live a better life!

As long as we can live a better life, what does it matter if Huateng Industrial Group acquires us? It's better than the precarious life we ​​have now, right?

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Next, Zhao Jie and others got on the car to experience it.

After this experience, Zhao Jie and others discovered more differences from the original. The seats of the whole vehicle are more comfortable and supportive than before. What is even more rare is that Huateng Group has also designed a 6-seat version.

When Zhao Jie first saw the 6-seater version, he didn't have much feeling. But when he came to the third row and experienced a completely different feeling from before, he no longer felt restrained. Instead, it was more like sitting in the third row of a small MPV. Zhao Jie's mentality suddenly changed dramatically: 6 seats should be the essence of the Black King Kong! If this car is not a hot seller after it goes on the market, I will write my "Zhao" character upside down!

Without saying much, after getting off the car, Zhao Jie held Zhang Qihang's hand and said only one sentence: "Mr. Zhang, wait for my good news!"

Faced with Huateng Group's sincerity and strength, Zhao Jie knew very well what to choose, and he believed that the leaders who listened to his report were also very clear about it.

(End of this chapter)