alien heir

Chapter 116 Driverless Smart Bus

Nanocomputers and terahertz technology are naturally advanced, but there are three main reasons why they can produce results so quickly.

First of all, it is natural that Sweden has long accumulated strong technology in this area.Sweden has always been a country with relatively strong industry and scientific research, and its investment in scientific research is relatively well-known in the world.For example, Ericsson has been researching and developing terahertz for many years and has accumulated a lot of technical experience. The same is true for research on nanocomputers. Although it is not as good as the United States' investment in this area, it is not far behind in terms of technology accumulation. .

Secondly, the emergence of new nanomaterials, especially high-quality graphene, and carbon isotope materials such as carbon nanotransistors, allows these technologies to move from paper to actual manufacturing, which can be said to be a victory for technology.In fact, this is the case in many developing countries. They may have passed the test in theory and technology, but they are not good in materials and technology, so they can't do anything, and they can't do it well.This is the case with Huaguo's fighter jet engines and submarine engines. They are all excellent in theory and technology, but the material technology is backward, which leads to the backwardness of the entire manufacturing process.

The last point is the addition of talented brains such as Feiding Hallen. Although their total number is smaller than that of scientific research companies such as Saab and Ericsson, they are out-and-out genius elites, and their role is just like a few more Einstein is about the same.With these people's genius thinking and restless fanatical spirit, it is tantamount to adding a catalyst to the scientific research behavior, driving the entire scientific research atmosphere, and speeding up the entire research and development progress.

In fact, after Cheng Yuan visited those laboratories, he discovered that those ordinary researchers who had never eaten green or even blue flashes, led by Feidinghalun and other disciples, also broke out. A surprising vitality.For example, those scientific researchers almost all board and live in the research institute.Most people have not been out of the gate of the scientific research institute for a month in a row, and have become classic homeboys. Even the scientific researchers who have been out rarely go home to have a look. Most of them are to purchase materials and the like. Be back soon.

Seeing the working status of those ordinary and extraordinary scientific researchers, Cheng Yuan couldn't help sighing, whoever said that foreigners are uncles, and whoever said foreigners are slobs.After looking at these scientific researchers, Cheng Yuan finally understood why Huaguo's scientific research strength was so far behind them. The mental outlook and professionalism alone were different.

Cheng Yuan has already asked, even if Harun and others did not enter to drive the frenzied atmosphere of scientific research, in the past, or usually, these scientific researchers belonging to companies such as Ericsson or Saab Group basically devoted their energy to scientific research. , seldom pay attention to other things.It can be said to be truly specific.

Thinking about China again, there are so many scientific research institutions and colleges and universities in China that require huge amounts of scientific research funding every year, but what are these funds doing in the end?It's not about enriching your own pockets with various names.It is to turn the scientific research building into a hotel or a fund-raising room. How many of them can really invest in scientific research?

In contrast, in Sweden, a country with high welfare.The scientific researchers have such enthusiasm and vitality, which is indeed worth learning from the Chinese.

It was only after seeing this that Cheng Yuan became firm in his idea.That is a century-old plan, education-oriented. He feels that he should speed up the implementation of his elite school plan when he goes back, and train more scientific researchers with a solid foundation, instead of cultivating those who can only play politics. Only in this way can he realize himself faster plan blueprint.

Only after experiencing it can you understand how precious the slogan of learning mathematics, physics and chemistry was, and it is precisely because Huaguo has always been weak in this area that it has been shouting slogans like this. Unfortunately, with the tide of the market economy in this area, It has become weaker and weaker, and few people can really put in the patience and effort to do a good job in scientific research.

In short, after visiting the entire scientific research center, Cheng Yuan felt a lot, not because of the endless scientific research projects and scientific research results, but because of his dedication.

Of course, it's just a sigh of relief. After all, Cheng Yuan's strength and resources can no longer be described in ordinary situations. As long as time passes, the advantages of his army of disciples will become more and more obvious. Just look at Harun, Fei You can see the prestige of Ding, Alfonso and others here.

Don't look at Harunfelding and others are super young, but they have used their abilities to conquer all colleagues in the industry during these days, and this kind of conquest is comprehensive, not only in scientific research, but also in intelligence, They are all recognized IQ geniuses here.

After spending a day visiting, they pretended to sign a cooperation agreement in front of Wang Tao and Shen Hong. Afterwards, Cheng Yuan and his party took a team of technicians sent by the scientific research center and some technical materials to take a A chartered plane flew back to Shangdong International Airport in Huaguo.

Cheng Yuan and the others were still low-key when they came back, but what they did was not low-key, because as soon as they came, they started the production plan of Arrow Motors, and they were about to officially launch products to the outside world.

In fact, Arrow Motors had undergone a series of industrial transformations before, and it was no longer a simple automobile factory. After Liang Hua took over, the administrative structure of Arrow Motors was organized. Thanks to the help from many aspects and the injection of a large amount of capital, it is normal for Arrow Motors to have not launched products to the market until now. After all, the company has just been restructured, but from the perspective of Cheng Yuan, it is a bit too slow .

No way, Aro Motors has undergone a series of transformations, but there are not many real scientific researchers. Although there is a new production line, and even the location of Xiaolan's main engine, Cheng Yuan has been running around since then, so he didn't stay long Here, it is only natural that Arlo Motors did not produce a finished product.

Although no product has been produced, the production line is ready-made, and various high-tech, such as 3D printers, are also available. To really produce a product, it only needs to have a good design, and it can be launched quickly.

"Actually, we have already made some achievements in car design." Liang Hua pointed to a pair of car thumbnail pictures on the big screen and said, "Look, these designs were collected by our Arrow Motors on the Internet through open prizes. The method, the selected products. Hehe, I have to say that there are many good people on the Internet, and they have designed a lot of refreshing products. For example, the two buses I chose look more reliable and can be realized. Not only that, I also conducted a series of digital simulations based on our existing technology and with the help of the supercomputer Xiaolan."

Speaking of this, Liang Hua clicked on one of the images of the car, and the image of that car was immediately enlarged, covering the entire big screen. Next.Liang Hua continued to explain: "For example, the design of this A-type bus is 11 meters long, 2.4 meters high, and 3.52 meters wide. It has two floors, can accommodate 50 people at the same time, and has a maximum speed of 140 kilometers per hour. .Because this car is defined as a long-distance highway bus, it adopts a new hybrid technology of gasoline and electricity.

That said, the car is actually an all-electric drive.It can be charged directly with AC at ordinary times, and because graphene batteries can be used, the charging speed is very fast, if a special high-voltage charger is used.Then it can be fully charged in 5 minutes. If ordinary AC power is used, it can be fully charged in twelve hours.After being fully charged, this car can travel at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour at a time.Run 1300 kilometers continuously.

In addition, considering that it is a long-distance bus, it is convenient to refuel along the way.So there is an extra diesel generator, so that diesel can be added along the way, and the diesel generator can generate electricity for the car.Even if the efficiency of diesel power generation is not high, there will be losses, but because our batteries and electric motors are more advanced, so according to Xiaolan's simulation calculation, the fuel consumption of this car is only about 5.5 liters per [-] kilometers, which can be said to be super economical.

In addition to fuel saving, energy saving, strong power, and rich built-in, the most prominent feature of this car is that it can realize fully automatic driving without a driver, which is truly fully intelligent. "

"Unmanned fully automatic driving?" Cheng Yuan asked, "Has it been realized here?"

"Yes." Liang Hua said, "This car has a total of 48 multi-functional sensor probes, plus a unique intelligent program design, it can go on the road by itself, which is safer than manual driving, and because it has a unique GPS positioning system, compass and map system , so you will never get lost. In fact, this unmanned fully automatic design is not only for this car, but all the rest of the models have such an intelligent design.”

"I'm not asking whether driverless technology can be realized." Cheng Yuan shook his head, "I'm not worried about the technology at all. I mean, in terms of policy, can Huaguo allow cars to go on the road without driver?"

"This is indeed a problem." Liang Hua nodded, "But as long as we produce products, we can apply for it. After all, Huaguo also pays great attention to driverless technology. If our driverless technology really passes the test , I believe they will not embarrass us, at least, they can also let the driver in the car just like the United States."

"Well, if that's the case, then the design of this car is good." Cheng Yuan nodded, "At least it looks good, and the range is good. If we manufacture it, how long will it take?"

"Looking at our fully automatic production line, if you agree to produce, you can start working immediately. As long as the spare parts and materials are in place, the daily output can reach 100 units."

"Well, we can produce the body frame, battery, motor, etc., but other spare parts need to be purchased separately, such as tires, brake fluid, etc." Cheng Yuan said.

"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "Although we have mastered the core technology and can produce core spare parts, we decided not to produce other small parts ourselves, but to purchase them. Such as wipers, tires, manufacturing Hydraulic fluid, engine oil, etc. can actually be purchased separately. Regarding this aspect, we also have a complete procurement plan, including the purchased manufacturers, parts specifications, etc. Do you need to listen now?"

"Forget it." Cheng Yuan waved his hand, "I won't read these, I believe you, let's talk about the next model design."

"Okay, then let me talk about the B-type passenger car." Liang Hua clicked another picture again, and then zoomed in again, replacing the original car pattern, "This car is also a two-seater design, similar to the A-type car In terms of appearance and built-in, there is no essential difference, and it is also a 50-seater. The only difference between the two cars is that because our car is defined as a city bus, it is fully electric, and the diesel generator design is discarded.

We still keep the space after the diesel generator is discarded. This is not only because the specification of the car is the same as that of the A-type car, which is more convenient for production and replacement, but also for the future new charging technology, such as wireless charging technology.

Of course, it is also possible to install batteries in this part of the space.After simulation, if the diesel generator part is replaced with a battery, then the mileage of the car is fully charged once.It can reach 2200 kilometers.However, if you run in the city,

"Well." Cheng Yuan nodded, "Actually, if it is a city bus, the cruising range of 2200 kilometers is not necessary, and 1300 kilometers can fully meet the needs. You must know that our graphene batteries are very expensive. As for Wireless charging technology, it seems that this thing is not cost-effective at present, not to mention the problem of energy loss. Just because this kind of thing needs high-end supporting roads, it is not a small investment.”

"We also thought about this, so we didn't add batteries." Liang Hua nodded. "As for wireless charging technology, our idea is not to use road facilities to charge the car in real time, but to charge the car at a close distance. That is Said that if a wireless charging device is installed, the car can directly walk into a charging door without an external link. It can be charged, avoiding the danger of external facilities. In addition, with wireless charging facilities, the connection between cars. Even our mobile phones, laptops and other related facilities can also be charged wirelessly, when the time comes. The car itself is a huge charger, which is for the purpose of diversification.”

"Hey, that's a good idea." Cheng Yuan nodded. "In this way, in case a car runs out of power, just like refueling an airplane in the air, another car can drive over and charge him directly wirelessly, which saves a lot of trouble. If it cooperates with intelligent unmanned control, then It is even more convenient. And the diversification of charging you mentioned, which can charge other peripheral products, is also a very good idea... Who came up with this?"

"It's a netizen designer." Liang Hua smiled, "Of course, that netizen just thought about these design schemes, and how to realize this scheme depends on us. In fact, not only this car, but also the scheme of the Type A car." He designed it."

"Well, yes, it's a very good idea. From this point of view, we should study the wireless charging technology as soon as possible." Cheng Yuan said, "By the way, don't forget to give him a high reward for this designer, and it's best to pull it yourself. Come, be our professional car designer. Apart from other things, just looking at the shape of the car he designed, it is quite beautiful. If I read correctly, it is a fluid sculpture design?"

"Yes, this is fluid sculpture design." Liang Hua nodded, "It seems that this person was originally engaged in art design."

"It seems that the saying that great talents are among the people is not nonsense." Cheng Yuan sighed, "Those scientific researchers in the system are too rigid in their heads, and I can't blame others for saying that in the field of design, the freer the system, the better. Don’t deceive me.”

"Hehe," Liang Hua said, "Actually, that person not only designed the sketch of the car, but also involved in the operation plan of this car."

"Operation plan?"

"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "After all, these two cars are driverless cars, so they will face many problems. His suggestion is to form a dedicated bus company and road car company, and then all the cars will be unified. For deployment, the driver is just like a train driver, to deal with unexpected accidents. But if there is a traffic accident between these two vehicles, everything will be handled by the bus company and has nothing to do with the driver.”

"It's a good idea, but that's how buses are." Cheng Yuan said, "It seems that the bus driver has no responsibility at all, and the bus company is responsible for handling traffic accidents."

"That's what you say, but it's not the case in reality. The bus driver is actually a very embarrassing existence." Liang Hua said, "Once our current bus driver has a traffic accident, it is difficult to be alone, because many bus companies don't like Responsible, when encountering major and difficult problems, the responsibility is always pushed on the bus driver, so the bus driver has become a high-risk occupation instead.

Of course, another reason is that our bus driver training mechanism is not good. At most, we just learn how to drive a big bus, get a driver's license, and then we can compete for employment.This kind of situation is actually inappropriate. After all, the bus driver is responsible for the safety of the people on the bus. If he is not a senior driver, he should not be driving a bus.

However, if we use fully automatic driving, the situation is different. In fully automatic driving mode, since the vehicle is controlled by an intelligent program, all responsibilities should belong to the company, and the responsibility is clear.As for the driver, just like the train driver, he is only responsible for dealing with unexpected accidents on the train, or temporarily changing the itinerary.For example, if there is a temporary diversion, the program can be changed again, or if there is a problem with the vehicle, it must be forced to change to manual driving mode, etc. "

"It's a good idea." Cheng Yuan smiled, "Speaking of which, have you calculated the price of this car?"

"Forget it." Liang Hua said, "Xiaolan's simulation data is that if we only look at the production cost, then the cost of a type a car is around 500 million yuan, and the cost of a type b car is cheaper. Around 400 million."

"My God, 500 million yuan for a car!" Cheng Yuan said in shock, "Looking at it this way, I'm afraid we have to build this bus company ourselves. After all, few companies can afford this kind of car after all. ?”

"Then you are wrong." Liang Hua also laughed and said, "Our government departments have quite strong purchasing power. If you really sell this car to them, they can afford it no matter how expensive it is. However, I am afraid of them After buying the car, I misread the scriptures. After all, after the car comes out, there must be a supporting information deployment system and information command system, plus maintenance equipment. It is a very complicated system. It is not just buying a car and it is over son of a bitch.

In addition, the cost I mentioned is mainly because many nanomaterials are calculated according to the market price. If those materials do not follow the market price and we supply them internally, the price will be hard to say. "

"Why is it hard to say?"

"Well, let me put it this way, if all the nanomaterials, including the engine, battery, carbon fiber and other materials, are not considered expensive, and only look at other materials, such as ordinary things such as body frame and tires, then the cost of this car is only About 10 RMB."

"...Understood." Cheng Yuan nodded, "Well, from this point of view, these two driverless smart buses can indeed be sold as the first batch of products of Arrow Motors, but after so long , did you just design two passenger cars? No sedans?” (To be continued..)

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