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Chapter 912: Disintegration of the Foundation of Oil Hegemony (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)

Now is the best time to promote electric vehicles!
Why now?

Because European countries will support electric vehicles, not only because it is a cheap means of transportation that can meet the needs of Europe's poor.

Moreover, cars need gasoline, which requires imported oil, and imported oil requires foreign exchange. For European countries, which do not have abundant foreign exchange, they will welcome electric cars that do not require imported oil. After all, the coal industry in European countries is still very developed at this time, and has not yet clipped its wings like the other world.

And what will happen next year?

Suez Canal Crisis!
This will cause tankers to detour around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in a surge in freight rates and a sharp increase in oil prices in European countries.

Isn’t this the perfect time to promote electric vehicles?

If electric cars enter the European market next year and are then rolled out across Europe, then when the oil crisis breaks out, the electric car market will be basically mature, and wouldn't it be a natural thing to launch real new energy vehicles?
Seeing that Your Excellency fell into silence, Zuo Xiaohan thought for a while and said.

"Your Excellency, according to Nanyang's industrial planning, the automobile industry is our key industry for development. It will bring millions of jobs in the future, and it..."

Pointing at the electric car designed by you, Zuo Xiaohan paused and his expression became a little solemn. In fact, from the beginning, he rejected this kind of electric car in his heart. Even though he is not an automotive engineer, he can see that its technology can be described as crude. And this is also the most terrifying thing about it.

"It is the biggest enemy of the development of the automobile industry in Nanyang! From this perspective, the development of this kind of electric car is not in our interest!"

Li Yian raised his brows slightly and responded.

"Oh, is it so?"

Zuo Xiaohan nodded and said.

"Sir, if you say that cars still have certain technical limitations, then there is no technical difficulty at all. It is just an iron shell with an electric motor and a battery. Any country with a little industrial foundation can manufacture it, and the government of each country will obviously support it. This is obviously contrary to our direction of promoting the development of the automobile industry. It will devour and squeeze the automobile market in large quantities, causing a blow to the automobile market, which will seriously affect the development of our automobile industry."

Zuo Xiaohan's judgment is obviously correct. After all, in another world, the rise and overtaking of Tangshan's new energy vehicles have beaten traditional car manufacturers to a pulp. As for Tesla, its sales of a single model are definitely far ahead and far ahead.

"Indeed, it will definitely have an impact on our automobile industry, but..."

Li Yian said.

"This is just the beginning. With the development of technology and the application of new technologies, electric vehicles will develop in another direction, such as higher-energy batteries, more complex power control technology, and even some kind of intelligence. In this process of technological development, this cheap electric vehicle will be eliminated and replaced by a new electric vehicle with longer mileage and shorter charging time. This will not only not affect our auto industry, but may even promote the development of our auto industry. After all, we are still very advanced in battery technology and other related technologies."

Afterwards, Li Yian introduced the lithium batteries that were being developed and a series of related technologies.

"…In general, even the most common sealed lead-acid battery technology is in our hands. As for the lithium battery in the future, it will extend the range of electric vehicles to 500 kilometers or even 600 kilometers, but its technology is very complex. New batteries and electric vehicles will fundamentally eliminate companies with weak technology."

In another world, there are so many old-school car manufacturers in Tangshan, but how many of them have developed into new energy vehicle companies?
Electric vehicle technology is still very complex and not something that ordinary countries can afford.

"As for now, this first generation of electric cars will not have much impact on our automobile industry. After all, the first generation of electric cars is just a means of transportation, and it has certain limitations, such as the short legs you mentioned, and the long charging time. These will limit its use, and it will also cultivate people's habit of using cars. Maybe at that time, it will encourage them to buy cars, firstly to facilitate their travel, and secondly to solve the problem of short driving range of electric cars. After all, once people develop the habit of using cars, they will continue to use them."

Zuo Xiaohan's reminder made Li Yian more determined to promote Laotoule. After all, the more Laotoule there is, the less dependent countries in the world will be on oil, which also means that the importance of oil is declining.

"This……"

Zuo Xiaohan, with his brows still furrowed, paused and said,

"Perhaps it can cultivate people's habit of using cars and may promote car consumption for a certain period of time. But... according to what you said, the future will definitely be the era of electric cars, I mean after the new batteries are put into use."

"That's right!" Li Yian nodded very affirmatively.

"We must ensure this, as it is related to our next industrial layout. New batteries will be the basis for us to control the world's automobile market!"

Lithium hegemony may not be realistic, but it is not impossible to destroy the dollar's oil hegemony, severely damage the United States, and help the Soviet Union escape from future crises.

"That is to say, the automobile industry, which is currently being developed, will definitely be eliminated in the future."

Zuo Xiaohan's expression seemed quite solemn.

"That's about it, but that future may be very long. 20 years is just the beginning, it may take half a century! But this path is irreversible!"

Li Yian said.

"What we need now is to walk on two legs. One leg is traditional energy vehicles, and the other leg is electric vehicles. At present, we use cheap lead-acid batteries to cultivate people's consumption habits and establish a market first."

When talking about the market, Li Yian emphasized,
"This market space should be very broad. Although the economies of European countries have recovered a lot, the national economic strength is not as strong as before. People need cheaper means of transportation. As long as our electric cars are cheap and practical enough, they will definitely be welcomed by the market!"

Li Yian had no doubts about this. Three years ago, an Italian factory that specialized in refrigerators and motorcycles manufactured a car that was easy to produce, cheap, and fuel-efficient in order to protect against wind and rain. So they pioneered the idea of ​​installing a single-cylinder motorcycle engine in a car shell that looked like an egg, and named it ISO Isetta.

Two years ago, after the Turin Motor Show, many manufacturers began to copy the Isetta. In history, even BMW copied it and obtained the Isetta name and manufacturing license. Once this cheap eggshell car was launched, it became a best-seller in the market, and BMW rose again because of it - this was the first car produced by West German BMW after the war.

For Europe now, the most important thing is cheapness. After all, those old cars are better than those eggshell cars.

If Europe and the United States had had tens of millions of Ford vehicles in the 1960s, and if every household had a few electric bicycles, their dependence on oil would have been greatly reduced.

Will the “oil crisis” happen again?

Maybe, but it will definitely not be as big as the impact in history. After all, it is only the petrochemical industry that is affected, and it does not directly impact the lives of ordinary people, at least not too much directly.

Even if it happens, it will not have any impact. By then, Laotoule can seamlessly connect with real new energy vehicles, not just lithium battery vehicles, but also sodium battery vehicles. By then, it will be the time for electric vehicles in Southeast Asia to dominate the market. Lithium battery vehicles that are not resistant to low temperatures will be put into tropical areas, and nano battery vehicles will be placed in Europe and other countries. The two products will work together and will definitely dominate the market. There will even be intelligent new energy vehicles if problems such as chips are solved by then.

Looking at Zuo Xiaohan who was resistant to electric cars, Li Yian continued.

"At present, we can regard electric vehicles as a supplement to the automobile market. There will basically not be much competition between them, at least not now!"

In another world's Tangshan, although there are so many Laotoules, it has not affected car sales.

The two continued to communicate for a long time and finally reached a consensus. At the end, Zuo Xiaohan said.

"Then, let the Heavy Industry Bureau contact the relevant companies and ask them to conduct research in this area."

Li Yian nodded and said.

"It's fine for the Bureau of Heavy Industry to promote the concept of this car. As for the manufacturer, I already have a suitable target. I think Xingfu Machinery Company should be a good choice!"

Why choose Xingfu Machinery Company? Because its major shareholder is Yang Meng's father. Since he slept with someone else's daughter, he should at least give some compensation.

Thinking of her, Li Yian's heart couldn't help but warm up...

(End of this chapter)