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Chapter 1431 Highly Optimistic

When Zhang Qihang was found again, Zhang Fox's face was full of joy.

Seeing Zhang Huli's expression, Zhang Qihang was amused: "Have you convinced other executives of your company?"

"This is the project you are vigorously promoting. How could everyone disagree?" Zhang Huli said happily, "I just briefly introduced the two projects of car-sharing and ride-sharing. After knowing that these two projects were strongly promoted by you, Brother Zhang, everyone wanted to participate without hesitation."

At this point, Zhang Huli looked at Zhang Qihang and said seriously, "Brother Zhang, we at Sohu.com hope to invest in these two projects with our own technology and part of the funds."

"Sure, no problem on my end," Zhang Qihang nodded happily. With the technical support provided by Sohu.com, he felt more assured. "But you still need to convince Horne about the car-sharing project."

"No problem, I'll take care of this!"

Zhang Fox patted his chest, full of confidence.

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When Zhang Qihang, Zhang Huli and Richard Horn sat together and listened to Zhang Qihang's idea about car-sharing, Richard Horn thought for a moment and said, "If Charles's Sohu.com is really as good as you said, he can be counted as one. But, Zhang, you should understand that the premise of all this is that you need to come up with a suitable product."

Zhang Qihang responded: "It's the pure electric car that I mentioned before, which is similar to Smart, right?"

"Yes," Richard Horn responded, and said to Zhang Qihang, "Zhang, you told me before that your company has basically completed the development of this car. When can I visit it?"

  Zhang Huli was also somewhat curious about what the cars that Huateng Group was going to use for time-sharing rental would look like. Would the product power really be comparable to Mercedes-Benz's Smart?

Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "Now."

  Right now?

Richard Horn was thrilled.

Before this, he once doubted whether what Zhang Qihang said was true. How could it be such a coincidence that the Daimler Group had just established CAR 2 Go and used Smart for car time-sharing rental, and your Huateng Group immediately developed a pure electric car of similar size to the Smart and also did car time-sharing rental?

But since Zhang Qihang said that he would be able to see it soon, he couldn't help but feel excited.

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Half an hour later, looking at the small car in front of him, Zhang Huli's eyes lit up and he asked Zhang Qihang, "Brother Zhang, is this the car you plan to use for time-sharing rental? This car is great. How big is the motor? How fast can it run? What is its range?"

The small car in front of him has straight lines, and it is obvious that it is designed this way to simplify the process. But for some reason, even with such a straight design, he actually thinks this car is a bit cute and silly.

He even wanted to buy one, thinking it would be fun to drive it to get off work every day. Looking at the apple green pure electric car in front of him, Richard Horn was relieved: Zhang Qihang did not lie to him.

Looking at the small and exquisite car in front of him, the next moment, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind: Can I bring this car to the UK as well?

Before this, he was only going to be the agent for the pure electric car D1. But when he saw the small car called Huateng mini EV in front of him, Richard Horn felt that this car should also have a good market performance in England. When he heard Zhang Huli asking about the performance of this car, he immediately pricked up his ears.

Zhang Qihang had memorized all the data of this car, so he spoke it out immediately: "This mini EV uses a 27-horsepower motor, with a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour and a range of 155 kilometers." At this point, he turned to look at Richard Horn: "Richard, this range should be enough, right?"

"enough!"

Richard Horn nodded immediately: "After all, we only use it in the city."

At this point, Richard Horn said to Zhang Qihang excitedly, "Zhang, how much is your car? I think this car should be more targeted at ordinary consumers than a time-sharing rental car."

  Richard Horn actually plans to sell this little car to ordinary consumers?

Zhang Qihang was a little surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not impossible...

After a moment's silence, Zhang Qihang said, "The suggested price we discussed before was about 1 euros..."

"Only 1 euros? Oh my God! This is impossible!" Richard Horn was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly. "How can it be so cheap?"

What car can you buy in the UK with 12000 euros?

  Unless it is a second-hand car, you can’t even buy a Volkswagen UP!

Even a small car like Smart costs about 16000 euros in the UK, but now, you can buy a pure electric car with a range of up to 12000 kilometers for only 155 euros? !

Compared to Richard Horn's excitement, Zhang Qihang remained calm enough: "This is just the price in our country. If Horn plans to import this car, including tariffs and freight, it is estimated to be around 16000 to 17000 euros, which is almost the same price as a Polo. Mr. Horn, for the same price, do you think users will choose Polo or our pure electric car?"

Zhang Qihang's words calmed Richard Horn down. He thought seriously for a moment, then frowned and said, "I can't say for sure. After all, pure electric vehicles are a new thing. But the cost of using pure electric vehicles should be very cheap, right?"

"It's really cheap," Zhang Qihang replied, "The battery capacity of this mini EV is 13.5 kWh..."

  Before Zhang Qihang could finish his words, Richard Horn, who had just calmed down, became excited again: "Running 13.5 kilometers with only 155 kWh of electricity? How is this different from not spending any money?

Zhang, I assure you that as long as the publicity is done properly, this car will be sought after by countless people... You may not know that even the diesel version of the Polo consumes more than 4 liters of fuel per 500 kilometers. In my opinion, this car is simply the most suitable first car for young people! I think we can sell at least cars a year!"

  Zhang Huli, who was standing by, couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this: Only 500 cars sold a year?

However, Zhang Qihang was a little surprised when he heard this: According to what he knew, Horn's annual sales volume was only about 5000 vehicles. 500 vehicles was equivalent to one tenth of Horn's annual sales volume. Is this guy so confident about the prospects of this Huateng mini EV?