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"As for graphene batteries, our Ruida Research Institute has indeed launched a research and development project and has achieved certain results. However, the cost is too high and it is difficult to promote. To be more precise, the graphene battery developed by our Ruida Research Institute should be called a graphene capacitor. It works similarly to a capacitor and has many advantages such as fast charging speed, high energy density, large discharge current, long service life, and almost no pollution. In the laboratory, we have achieved an energy density of 15000Wh/kg for graphene batteries, which even exceeds the energy density of gasoline. The mass-produced graphene battery can also reach 10000Wh/kg. When installed on new energy vehicles, a set of batteries the size of a suitcase can achieve a range of 1000 kilometers. If a few more sets of batteries are placed, it is not difficult to exceed 2000 kilometers or 3000 kilometers. However, the disadvantages of graphene batteries are also obvious. During the production process, a large amount of electronic-grade graphene must be added, and the cost is ridiculously high. Let’s put it this way, the cost of graphene batteries of the same capacity is almost five times that of lithium batteries. I think only luxury cars and sports cars that cost more than one million can afford such expensive graphene batteries. But today’s luxury cars and sports cars are still dominated by fuel vehicles, and the promotion of graphene batteries has a long way to go. "

As Qiao Ruida explained, the four bosses had different reactions. Mr. Li of Geely was quite interested, Mr. Wang of BYD and Mr. Zheng of Tesla looked cautious, and Mr. Zeng of CATL looked the ugliest, almost as black as the bottom of a pot. In connection with their company's main business, such performance is also reasonable. Geely Group's current development focus is still on fuel vehicles, and the new energy vehicle field has just begun to be laid out. No matter how powerful sodium batteries and graphene batteries are, they can only accelerate the rise of new energy vehicles, and will not have much impact on Geely Auto in the short term. BYD and Tesla's main business are new energy vehicles. Sodium batteries and graphene batteries, one is cheap, and the other has amazing performance. If their companies cannot get these two batteries, it will have a great impact on the subsequent sales of cars. Especially BYD, which also has a large-scale lithium battery production business, will be more affected. As for CATL, it is a company specializing in the production of lithium batteries. The emergence of sodium batteries and graphene batteries can be said to be a fatal blow to them.

"Mr. Qiao, I would like to ask, will the sodium batteries and graphene batteries produced by your Ruida Group be sold to the outside world? If so, how much will the price be?" Mr. Zheng of Tesla was the most impatient and asked the question first.

"Sodium batteries will of course be sold to the public. The supply is basically open, and we can provide as many as you want. The price is about one-third of the price of ternary lithium batteries of the same capacity. For specific specifications and prices, you can contact our group's sales department. If you are buying from Tesla, you may have to deal with customs clearance and transportation issues, and you will have to bear these costs yourself. As for graphene batteries, they will not be sold to the public for the time being due to insufficient graphene production capacity and limited production capacity."

The production cost of sodium batteries is extremely low, the raw materials are everywhere, and the production steps are not too complicated. Large-scale factories can be built in a short period of time to expand production capacity. It is a weapon to lower the price of cars and impact the lithium battery market. Naturally, the larger the production capacity, the better, and the more sales, the better. As for graphene batteries, the production process is not too troublesome, and the research institute has mastered the technology of mass production of graphene by microbial exfoliation, which has completely solved the problem of mass production of electronic-grade graphene. If Qiao Ruida is willing, he can even sell graphene batteries as cheap as sodium batteries. However, toothpaste needs to be squeezed little by little, and good things cannot be taken out all at once. If graphene batteries and sodium batteries are listed together and sold at the same low price, who would buy sodium batteries with much lower capacity? According to Qiao Ruida's plan, for a long time in the future, graphene batteries will be the exclusive technology of Ruida Group and the standard configuration of high-end products. Only top-end flagship mobile phones and top-end high-end Ruida cars will be equipped with graphene batteries.

"That's great. I'll contact the headquarters right away and ask them to send a team to sample and test the sodium batteries produced by your Ruida Group. If the performance is indeed similar to what you said, President Qiao, then we will definitely purchase a large number of sodium batteries for use in Tesla cars." Upon hearing that the sodium batteries would be sold externally, President Zheng was immediately relieved and immediately said that he would contact the headquarters to facilitate the purchase.

"And we, BYD, will also purchase a batch of sodium batteries for use in our new energy vehicles. In addition, I would like to ask, will your Ruida Group's sodium battery and graphene battery technology be transferred to other parties, or authorized for production? Mr. Qiao, you know that we, BYD, also have several lithium battery factories. Once your sodium batteries are on the market, they will definitely have an impact on lithium batteries, causing sales to decline, prices to plummet, and products to be unsalable. In order to find a way out for these factories, I hope to buy the production technology of sodium batteries and graphene batteries and hand them over to the lithium battery factories under the group for production, so that those workers will not lose their jobs." Mr. Wang of BYD spoke quickly. Not only did he want to purchase sodium batteries in bulk, he also requested to purchase the production technology of sodium batteries and graphene batteries.

"Yes, yes, we at CATL also want to purchase the production technology of sodium batteries and graphene batteries. The global battery market is so large that your Ruida Group alone cannot take it all. It would be better for you to sell the technology to us, and we can work together to make China's power battery industry bigger and stronger, and reap the benefits from foreign car companies." Seeing the opportunity, Mr. Zeng of CATL also joined the ranks of those seeking to purchase technology.

Facing the requests of the two CEOs, Qiao Ruida thought for a long time before slowly nodding his head and said, "You are right. The global market is too big for our Ruida Group to handle alone. Let's put it this way. Forget about buying the technology in its entirety. I can promise to authorize you to produce it, and it will only be limited to sodium batteries. For specific cooperation matters, you can send a team to our group headquarters for negotiation. As for graphene batteries, forget it. The current output of electronic-grade graphene is too small. Even if you get the technology, you can't buy enough graphene to produce batteries."

When they heard that Qiao Ruida really agreed to license the sodium battery technology to them for production, both Mr. Wang and Mr. Zeng were delighted. The life-and-death crisis of the company was gone, and they could form a small group to go abroad to reap profits. How could they not be happy?

"Okay, after I get back, I'll send someone to Beijing to negotiate the battery technology licensing."

"It's the same for me. In the past, foreigners were the first to make breakthroughs in lead-acid batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, nickel-chromium batteries, and lithium batteries. They then used their technological advantages to reap the benefits of our technology. I never thought that China would also lead the world in battery technology and reap the benefits of Europe and the United States one day."

The two bosses readily agreed. They didn't say they were going to test the sodium battery or verify the technology. That's because they had obtained the physical sodium battery and even the graphene battery through their own channels and had done countless rounds of testing. It was the performance of these two batteries that was too powerful and the advantages were too obvious that alarmed them. Otherwise, these bosses would not have put down their busy work and traveled thousands of miles to Decheng City to visit Ruida Automobile Company, a latecomer in the field of car manufacturing.

"Mr. Qiao, could you also give us Tesla a copy of the sodium battery production technology license?" Seeing that there was a bargain to be made, Mr. Zheng of Tesla could not help but ask.

This time, Qiao Ruida shook his head decisively and said, "It is impossible for us to license the technology developed by Ruida Group to foreign companies, especially when that company is our competitor."

Zheng Shunjing sighed helplessly. His work at Tesla has not been going well recently. The luxury car sales strategy he is good at does not seem to be so effective when applied to Tesla car sales. Tesla car sales in China have always been tepid, and it is difficult to achieve the sales target set by the headquarters. In addition, local new energy vehicles, led by BYD and Ruida Automobile, are rising rapidly, threatening Tesla's market position. He hopes that the credit for discovering the sodium battery this time can add some points to him in front of the maverick founder of Tesla, so that he will not be kicked out.

"Mr. Qiao, I also want to purchase a batch of sodium batteries for the research and development of new cars. In addition, I heard that your Ruida Group has established a new aerospace company. I wonder when it will have the ability to launch satellites?"

Mr. Li from Geely was the last to speak. In addition to purchasing batteries, he also asked about Ruida Aerospace. If someone else came here, they would definitely feel very strange. Why do you, a car manufacturer, care about things in the sky? But as a reborn person, Qiao Ruida is very clear that Geely Group has great ambitions. In the next few years, they will not only launch multiple communication and positioning satellites, but also establish a space-time aerospace company specializing in satellite business, and put forward the ambitious Geely future travel constellation plan. This is a potential big customer of Ruida Aerospace, so it must be treated well. "The purchase of sodium batteries is easy. Just send the purchase letter of intent directly to the sales department of our group. Speaking of Ruida Aerospace, we have to talk about it in detail. At present, our Ruida Aerospace has developed a recoverable medium-sized liquid carrier rocket. This rocket has a two-stage configuration, a diameter of 3.35 meters, a total length of 49.5 meters, a total weight of 216 tons, a total take-off thrust of 268 tons, a capacity of 500 tons in a 4-kilometer altitude sun-synchronous orbit, and a capacity of 200 tons in a 6-kilometer low-Earth orbit. It can send two standard SUV cars into space at the same time. Some time ago, we completed the launch, low-altitude flight and recovery test of the first stage of the rocket. Probably in September or October this year, our rocket will conduct the first satellite launch test. If this test is successful, our Ruida Aerospace will become the first private aerospace company in China to master the production and launch technology of medium-sized liquid carrier rockets, and will also become the first aerospace company in China to master rocket recovery technology.

Mr. Li is so concerned about our aerospace company, is there any business he wants to take care of us?"

“Hey, it’s too early to talk about this now. We will always have opportunities to cooperate in the aerospace field in the future.” Perhaps the future travel constellation plan at this time is just an idea in Mr. Li’s mind and has not been implemented, so Mr. Li did not reveal too much information, but only gave an expectation of cooperation.

At this time, Shao Heping's male secretary came in and said, "Boss Qiao, and all the other CEOs, the new car launch is about to begin. Do you want to go and watch it?"

"Since we have caught up with the launch of Ruida Automobile, the four of us old guys should go over and help stand on the stage and show our support."

"That's exactly what I wanted. When I came here, I was very curious about what the new car that Ruida Motors is about to release will look like. It's a good opportunity to go to the press conference to take a look."

"After all, our two companies are partners. It is our duty to support our partner's press conference."

“We will go together. I don’t know whether there will be cars equipped with graphene batteries at the press conference, and how many kilometers of driving range they can achieve.”

The four bosses stood up one after another and said they wanted to attend the new car launch. Qiao Ruida, as the host, naturally had no objection and immediately ordered Secretary Yang: "Xiao Yang, immediately arrange an electric patrol car to take me and the four bosses to the auditorium."

"Okay, Mr. Qiao!" Secretary Yang agreed, and left the reception room to prepare the patrol car. Qiao Ruida led the four bosses and walked downstairs slowly.

When the five people walked out of the office building, a white patrol car had already stopped at the door. Qiao Ruida led everyone to the patrol car and said, "The four of you, please get in the car. The press conference will officially start at 2 pm. We have to hurry up.

The four of them got into the patrol car one after another. Mr. Wang, who was sitting in the front seat with Qiao Ruida, looked left and right. He always felt that there seemed to be something missing in this patrol car, but he couldn't remember what it was.

Seeing that everyone had boarded the car, Qiao Ruida gave an order directly to the patrol car, "Chitu, take me to the auditorium."

The patrol car also replied, "OK, sir, please sit tight and hold on. Chitu 4 will start soon, and our destination is the auditorium." The next moment, the patrol car started on its own, slowly accelerated, and drove onto the tree-lined avenue leading to the auditorium.

It was not until this moment that Mr. Wang remembered what was missing from this patrol car. The steering wheel, brakes, accelerator and other facilities were all gone. He couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Qiao, this patrol car has even lost its steering wheel. Could it be that it has achieved full-featured autonomous driving?"

"Mr. Wang is indeed very discerning. Nothing can be hidden from you. This is the self-driving patrol car developed by our company. It can have voice conversations, automatically plan routes, drive itself, and automatically recognize traffic lights, road signs, and road markings. It can automatically recognize obstacles and avoid them. It can be said that except for its slow speed and slow response, it has no disadvantages." (End of this chapter)