giants of the era

Chapter 486 Pre-sale, try the waters
Toyota Motor Corporation ridiculed Li Zetian in this way, and Li Zetian naturally would not let them go.

"Didn't you say that I will encounter Waterloo in the automobile industry, okay, just wait and see!" Li Zetian said angrily, with a murderous look in his eyes.

The combination of Rolls-Royce + BMW + Daimler-Chrysler + Tesla + Bosch, in Li Zetian's view, is already a mess. As long as it works well, it dares to pull Toyota down!

The position of the world's largest car company should be given up...

Li Zetian counted the car brands he owns in his heart. He really didn’t know how many cars he owned. He was shocked when he counted them: BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Veyron (self-built), Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maybach, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Freightliner, Plymouth, Stirling, Western Star, Thomas Bilt Bus, Setra, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hunter, Tesla and many more.

Seeing that I now own so many car brands, one word, cool! ! !
……

On March 3th, Li Zetian was preparing to leave for the United States. A series of things such as the company's subsequent resource integration and optimization were left to the company's management personnel. After he arrived in the United States, he not only provided the necessary help, but also focused on Tesla. company development.

When Li Zetian returns this time, he intends to build Tesla into the Apple of the auto industry! ! !
On the morning of the 7th, Li Zetian returned to Los Angeles, stayed at home for a few days, and then went to Tesla Motors.

Tesla Motors is headquartered in Palo Alto, south of the San Francisco Bay Area in Silicon Valley, California, and the famous Stanford University is also located in Palo Alto.

It takes just over an hour to fly from Los Angeles to Palo Alto.

When Li Zetian came to Tesla Motors, Li Zetian happened to meet Peter Houston, CEO of Chronos Energy, who came to discuss cooperation with Tesla Motors, providing assistance in battery technology and battery production .

After Li Zetian greeted him, they came to Martin Eberhard's office together.

Martin Eberhard is the founder of Tesla Motors, also known as the "Father of Tesla". However, little is known about his previous life, almost all of which were overshadowed by Musk's limelight.

Speaking of it, Martin Eberhard is really pitiful. Musk wants to become the real leader of Tesla, but the so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, so Musk began to crowd out Eberhard in all aspects, and finally In January 2008, Musk dismissed Eberhard as CEO on the grounds of product development delays and cost overruns. After that, Eberhard, the father of Tesla, had to announce his departure from Tesla and was unable to witness the first Tesla. The delivery of a Tesla electric car.

Subsequently, Musk became the CEO, won Bai Fumei, and reached the pinnacle of life, so that many people in the previous life thought that Musk was the father of Tesla.

Someone couldn't help sighing: "Tesla lost to Edison and brought us alternating current; Eberhard lost to Musk and brought us Tesla..."

Even though the Tesla company in his previous life had developed very well, Li Zetian still felt that driving away the company founder would not be conducive to the company's development.

……

"Eberhard, how many employees does the company have now?" Li Zetian frowned slightly, walking all the way from the company gate, feeling that Tesla has very few employees.

"85 people." Eberhard replied.

"There are too few 85 people. We need to recruit people immediately, and we must speed up the development of Tesla's electric vehicles!" Li Zetian said.

"Okay!" Eberhard nodded. Tesla was acquired by BMW, and with Li Zetian, a wealthy boss, Tesla Motors never had to tighten its belt.

Li Zetian then asked a lot about Tesla's research and development. Tesla's self-developed battery control system is unique. It can combine many batteries into a battery pack to provide a strong battery life for electric vehicles. Even if there is a short circuit, it will not Fire, individual battery damage will not affect others.This can't help but surprise Peter Houston, the CEO of Chronos Energy Company present!
But at the same time, Tesla Motors also encountered great difficulties, even bottlenecks, in the research and development process!
Martin Eberhard frowned and said: "As a super sports car comparable to Porsche and Ferrari, Tesla Roadster has very high requirements for high-performance acceleration, but at this time, ordinary electric vehicles are not equipped with multi-stage gearboxes. The situation clearly cannot meet the needs of the Roadster, because the power output efficiency of the asynchronous motor is low at low speeds, so the introduction of a two-stage gearbox is logical. But the question is, how to make a balance between the high-voltage and high-power electronic control system and the coordination of the gearbox There is no precedent in the industry for systematic research and development!"

The engine, gearbox and chassis are the three core parts of a car!

Obviously, the technology and craftsmanship involved in the gearbox are very high, and it is definitely not something that Tesla Motors can design, let alone a two-stage gearbox.

Li Zetian thought for a while and said: "Although the world's three major gearbox suppliers are ZF, Aisin and Jekt, Mercedes-Benz has always insisted on its own research and development in the field of gearboxes, and the technology will not differ too much from them. For problems that Tesla Motors cannot solve, you can ask the parent company for help!"

Li Zetian paused, and said: "It can be seen that Tesla Motors has unique advanced technology in battery control, but in other respects, there is still a big gap with traditional car giants. Entering even closer cooperation with Rolls-Royce, BMW and DaimlerChrysler!"

"Yes, Mr. Li!!!" Eberhard was overjoyed, as expected, he could enjoy the shade with his back against a big tree. With the support of a big company, it would be much easier to develop Tesla.

"Well," Li Zetian nodded, and said again: "Also, the cost of the Tesla Roadster must be reduced as much as possible! Only in this way can it truly open up the market and compete with traditional cars! In addition, the development of unmanned vehicle technology must also be put on the agenda , but it can be used as a long-term project, accumulating technology first. Don’t worry, the development of unmanned vehicles does not start from scratch, Chronos Industry will provide artificial intelligence technical support!"

After finishing speaking, Li Zetian patted Eberhard on the shoulder, and said: "Toyota Motor Company said I can't build a car, so I just want to build a car that is popular all over the world! Eberhard, I hope that Tesla Be able to become the Apple of the automotive world! Don't let me down!!!"

"Okay, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will live up to my trust!" Eberhard nodded firmly.

Li Zetian laughed when he heard the words: "Very well, from now on Tesla Motors will be handed over to you. Of course, I will always pay attention to the development of Tesla Motors."

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Tesla Motors began hiring massively, bringing in some from Rolls-Royce, BMW, and DaimlerChrysler.In the past ten days, the number of Tesla Motors employees has increased from 85 to more than 500.

The industry and the American media couldn't help being shocked by the expansion speed of Tesla Motors, and there were heated discussions on the Internet.

"Chronos Li is so fancy about pure electric vehicles, is it possible that pure electric vehicles are in the air?"

"Pure electric vehicles have zero emissions and no pollution. They are indeed very promising!"

"The main problem of pure electric vehicles is battery life and charging. If these two problems are not resolved, the sales of pure electric vehicles will definitely be limited..."

"Has Chronos Li's heart swelled?"

"..."

On the Internet, there are those who agree with it, and those who question it.

But anyway, Tesla Motors is on fire, attracting interest and attention.Among them, people in the technology circle are particularly interested in the Tesla Roadster. On March 3th, the Tesla Roadster was pre-sold on the official website of Tesla, and wanted to see the reaction of consumers.

At the same time, Li Zetian updated a message on Facebook and Weibo: "The pure electric car Tesla Roadster is pre-booked on Tesla's official website. Friends who like it can book it right away. First-served, first-served! Thank you for your support!"

The news quickly spread throughout the Internet.

Not long after, Bill Gates, Jobs, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Wei Xiuping, Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Li Yanhong and many other tech giants ordered one after another.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw that the users who ordered Tesla cars were all these great people.

"Damn it! So many bigwigs want to use Tesla cars, why the hell am I hesitating! Driving this car out, it's more face!!!"

"Chronos Li is so awesome, it's almost a hundred responses!"

"Uh, I suspect that there is an ulterior PY transaction behind it~~~"

"The upstairs is correct, telling the truth of the matter!"

"The netizen who said PY transaction, your courier has arrived!!"

"..."

Before everyone woke up, suddenly, Hollywood superstars, directors, and producers ordered Tesla Roadster on Tesla's official website, which caused another disturbance.

The netizens were collectively dumbfounded.

"Damn it, is Hollywood collectively kneeling?"

"Is it so exaggerated, it's too obvious to want to please Chronos Li!"

"Awesome! I don't even support the walls, so I just serve Chronos Li."

"..."

An apartment in Hollywood.

"Julie, you need to book a Tesla Roadster," said the agent.

"why?"

"You can find out by looking online. Now Hollywood stars are ordering Tesla Roadster on the official website of Tesla Motors in order to hug Chronos Li's thigh. If you don't go, you may be put on small shoes in the future. The key is, you want to go further in the future. Today’s incident must not become an opportunity for your competitors to retaliate against you.”

"How could this be?" Julie asked in surprise, taking out her iPhone from her bag.

The agent said: "First, it's the rhythm of the tech circles collectively brushing up. I estimate that [-]% of the rest is inspired by Chronos Li. Hollywood stars are also. You know, no one dares to give Chronos Li face!"

"How much is a car?"

"$10 million."

"Oh, then hurry up and order one for me!"

"Ok!"

……

After tech giants and Hollywood stars ordered Tesla cars one after another, rich users all over the world also joined in one after another. Within two days, 2 Tesla Roadsters were pre-sold.

Automakers are collectively stunned...

It's not fair to bring it like this!

(End of this chapter)