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Executives of major automakers felt numb when they received news that BYD launched an electric SUV priced at 15.8 yuan.

The price of 2014 yuan for the 19.8 Dark Blue Coupe has already made them a little breathless.

BYD’s price of 15.8 is going to push them into a dead end.

Not long after the press conference ended, DeepBlue Auto issued an announcement.

Dear consumers, thank you for your support of Deep Blue Automobile. The global reservations for Deep Blue Coupe 2014 have reached 1800 million, and the reservations for Deep Blue GLS 2014 have exceeded 700 million. Due to too many orders, the order schedule has been postponed to March next year.

In order to prevent consumers from having to wait too long, Deep Blue Auto has decided to temporarily close the reservation channel. Please visit Deep Blue Auto's official website for the resumption time. At the same time, our company will also announce it to the public as soon as possible. 】

When competitors saw the order volume from DeepBlue, their eyes were filled with jealousy. DeepBlue Automobile completed in just half a year the amount that would have taken them several years to complete.

The sudden decision by DeepBlue to stop accepting reservations also caused a lot of discussion among netizens.

"Why the hell didn't I make a reservation earlier? Deep Blue stopped taking reservations after waiting for a while."

"Luckily I caught the last bus this morning. I just made a reservation at 9am, but I didn't expect the reservation channel to be closed in the afternoon."

"I think you'll regret booking your future today."

"why?"

"Is it possible that Deep Blue will launch a new model next year? If you place an order today, it means you will be in the last batch of deliveries. By the time you get yours, Deep Blue will have launched a new model."

"Electric cars are not mobile phones. There will be no technological breakthroughs in the short term. Even if Deep Blue has a technological breakthrough, the price of a new car may not be cheaper than the old one."

"In fact, even if DeepBlue Auto has a breakthrough in technology, that is, a breakthrough in autonomous driving, owning a new autonomous driving car will cost at least 30 yuan."

"Autonomous driving involves many problems, and it is not so easy to make a breakthrough. If Deep Blue had achieved a breakthrough in technology, there would have been driverless cars on the road for road testing long ago."

at the same time.

Deep Blue Automobile Factory testing ground.

Ma Changan and Yang Yicheng, together with engineers from Deep Blue Laser and R&D personnel from AutoNavi, were surrounding a specially customized Coupe 2014.

The biggest difference between this Coupe 2014 and the existing Coupe 2014 is that there is a strange component on the windshield.

This component is the 192-line laser radar independently developed by DeepBlue Laser.

At this moment, a group of people are making the final adjustments to this special Coupe 2014.

"Mr. Ma, we have successfully received the lidar data, and the radar data has been successfully connected to the Deep Blue database." said an engineer.

"Han Wenyang, start the Deep Blue simulator to simulate car driving." Ma Changan said.

"Okay, Mr. Ma." Han Wenyang replied.

Just at this time Zhu Xiaotong came to the crowd in a two-wheeled parallel vehicle.

"Mr. Zhu." Yang Yichong greeted Zhu Xiaotong after seeing him.

"What's the situation?" Zhu Xiaotong asked.

"We are currently doing driving simulation and expect to complete the training in one month." Yang Yichong replied.

"The city's road permit has been issued. We can hit the road as long as we report it." Zhu Xiaotong said.

"That's great." Yang Yichong said happily.

The on-road test that Zhu Xiaotong mentioned is the road test permit for driverless technology. Of course, obtaining the permit does not mean that the test can be conducted without anyone in the car. The Ministry of Transport stipulates that there must be a driver in the car for testing.

"When do you expect to be able to carry out mass testing?" Zhu Xiaotong asked again.

"Considering the Chinese New Year break, it is estimated that the earliest we can put vehicles on the road for testing will be March 3," said Yang Yichong.

"Based on your current estimate, how long will the testing take?" Zhu Xiaotong asked again.

"Because our driverless technology uses map-free driving, we will send out 1000 vehicles for road testing according to our arrangement. After they are on the road, they will need to be tested for at least one year. After all, there are still many unforeseen problems waiting for us here," said Yang Yichong.

"Well, don't be anxious. We must solve all the problems. After all, this involves human life." Zhu Xiaotong said.

"We know." Yang Yichong replied.

Office of the President of Deep Blue Group.

In the office, Han Chen was receiving a middle-aged man in his forties with a short head and a big nose.

The middle-aged man was Yuan Jun, chairman of Longcheng Wuling New Energy Vehicle.

Yuan Jun came here this time to learn from Han Chen, hoping to get a breakthrough from Deep Blue.

"Mr. Yuan, I would like to ask what Wuling's slogan is?" Han Chen asked after pouring Yuan Jun a cup of tea.

"Wuling's slogan is that Wuling makes what the people need." Yuan Jun responded without thinking.

"In that case, Wuling should just build a car that the people need." Han Chen said with a smile.

Yuan Jun couldn't help but frown when he heard Han Chen's answer. For a moment, he couldn't figure out what Han Chen wanted to express.

"Even after so long of reform and opening up, there are still many people in our country who cannot afford to buy cars. Why can't these people afford cars? Because cars are too expensive. 90% of people have a monthly income of less than 5000 yuan.

Then Wuling will build a car that they can afford, a car priced between 3 and 5 yuan, with monthly payments of only a few hundred yuan.

Isn't Wuling always doing this? Wuling just needs to keep its original intention. " Han Chen added after picking up the teacup and taking a sip.

After hearing Han Chen's explanation, Yuan Jun suddenly felt enlightened. The problems that had been bothering him were now solved.

"There are many countries at the same level as us. Wuling cannot focus on the domestic market. The overseas market is also very broad. There are still many poor people in the world, but many people want to own a car of their own.

Just like Wuling’s slogan: Wuling makes what the people need. As long as Wuling makes what the people want, I believe Wuling Motors will be a big hit. ” Han Chen said again.

"Thank you Mr. Han for your advice. It seems that I was obsessed. Now I know what to do." Yuan Jun said with a smile.

Originally, Han Chen just wanted to fool the other party, because even if Wuling did not have his guidance, Han Chen believed that Wuling would still produce Wuling Mini.

Han Chen didn't expect that he could just fool the other party and he would understand it. Han Chen really wanted to ask him what he understood.

October 2015, 1, German time.

Mercedes Benz headquarters.

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, 62, checked the time on his watch, logged into an online conferencing software and entered an encrypted meeting room.

Dieter Zetsche was born on May 1953, 5 in Istanbul, Turkey. In 5, he became a director of DaimlerChrysler Group, responsible for commercial vehicle business; in November 1999, he became president and CEO of Chrysler Group.

At this moment, there are representatives from BMW Group, Volkswagen Group, Fiat Group, Ford Group, General Motors Group, PSA Peugeot Citroen Group in the conference room.
Representatives from large foreign automobile groups have already logged into this video conference room.

Norbert Reithofer, the representative of the BMW Group and the CEO of BMW, was the initiator of this meeting. After confirming that everyone was in place, Norbert Reithofer began to preside over today's meeting.

"I believe everyone should know that BYD Auto in China launched an electric SUV for 16.8 yuan this morning. I believe everyone should know that this price is not their limit. In the future, Chinese automakers will definitely launch cheaper electric vehicles.

Chinese automakers are squeezing our living space. If we want to survive, we have to fight back, otherwise our market share will be swallowed up by Chinese automakers in a few years. "Norbert Reithofer said seriously.

"At present, Deep Blue Group has the most advanced electric vehicle technology in the world. It is impossible for us to surpass Deep Blue in this race. We, Toyota, have hydrogen energy technology that can compete with Deep Blue.

As long as everyone is willing to promote hydrogen-powered vehicles, we at Toyota are willing to license our technology to you at a low price. I believe you should know that only hydrogen energy can compete with electric vehicles. "Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said.

"With your crappy technology?" sneered Ford Motor CEO Mark Fields.

Mark Fields knows that there are still many problems to be solved in hydrogen-powered vehicles, including storage and transportation issues that Toyota has not yet solved. Moreover, the cost of hydrogen energy may not be cheaper than that of electric vehicles. In addition, hydrogen energy requires a lot of supporting facilities.

This thing is not something they can promote to the market just because they want to.

When Akio Toyoda heard what the other party said, his face turned red with anger.

"I wonder what good ideas Norbert has?" asked Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo.

"The foundation of new energy vehicles is lithium metal. As long as we raise the price of lithium, their manufacturing costs will rise accordingly. In addition, we will unite to control lithium metal. According to investigations, there are not many lithium mines in China and the production capacity of lithium metal is very limited. As long as we control lithium metal, how can they build electric cars without lithium metal?" said Norbert Reithofer.

"How much money do we need to control lithium?" asked Mary Barra, CEO of Automotive News.

"Each company here only needs to contribute 5 million US dollars, and maybe we can make a lot of money," said Norbert Reithofer.

"Then who will manage our funds?" asked Takahiro Hachigo.

"In order to ensure fairness, we entrust these funds to Glencore for trading. Besides, Glencore's trading skills are better than any of us here," said Norbert Reithofer.

"We at General Motors are joining this matter," Mary Barra said first.

Following Mary Barra's statement, others followed suit, and soon a company called Lucifer Mining was born.

at the same time.

Lithia Hypermarket, Houston, Texas

Just this morning Marcel Peck received a call from Lithia Auto to pick up his car.

He ordered a dark blue GLS2014 in Lithia. When he arrived at the Lithia hypermarket, he saw that the Lithia hypermarket seemed to be under renovation. Some workers were replacing the glass of the store, and some workers were installing solar panels on the roof.

When Marcel Peck walked into the hypermarket, the salesperson in charge of him greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Marcel, I didn't expect you to come so soon." Jai Caicedo said with a smile.

"I see that the glass outside is in good condition. Why do you want to replace them?" Marcel Peck asked curiously.

"Mr. Marcel, you should know that Deep Blue Group launched a whole-house solar energy solution last year," said Jai Caicedo.

"Remember." Marcel Peck nodded.

“Deep Blue Group has launched a new solar panel solution. The workers are installing Deep Blue’s latest solar panels, which have a conversion efficiency of 23% and a lifespan of 25 years.

We replaced the exterior glass and roof with new solar panels, one purpose was to promote Deep Blue Group's new products, and the other was to increase revenue and reduce costs for such a large store.

You may not know that for a store as large as ours, electricity is extremely expensive, especially in the winter. The electricity bill alone is more than $3 per year. It only costs us more than $40 to install such a large store, and it will pay off in just over ten years.

If there is an energy shortage and electricity prices go up wildly, it may take seven or eight years to realize the payback. These solar panels have a lifespan of 25 years, so we don’t need to pay for electricity for the next decade or so.” said Jai Caicedo.

"Is this thing really that good?" Marcel Peck asked in surprise.

"Mr. Marcel, if you install solar panels at home, not only can you power your home appliances, but you can also charge your electric car. In the long run, installing such a system is very cost-effective, and the energy shortage can further reflect its importance.

And with this system, even if the power plant stops supplying electricity, we can still generate electricity with the help of solar energy.

In addition, the dark blue solar panels are transparent, and we can also install solar water heaters under the solar panels if we replace all the electrical appliances in our home with electricity.

We don’t have to pay for natural gas anymore, just imagine how much money we can save every year.” Jai Caicedo smiled.

"How do you charge for these solar panels?" asked Marcel Peck.

After Jai Caicedo's introduction, Marcel Peck was already tempted. He needs to pay a lot of electricity bills to the power company every month. With this set of things, he can save a lot of money every month.

“Our solar energy is a whole-house customized product. We provide two products for you to choose from. One is solar roof tiles, which will not affect the appearance of the house. The other is straight solar panels, which will have a certain impact on the appearance of the house.

Solar roof tiles cost $40 per square inch, and straight solar panels cost $30.

In addition, it depends on how big your house is, where you can install solar energy, and how much energy storage you need. Normally, the price should be around 2 to 5 US dollars. "Jay Caicedo said. (End of this chapter)