Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 817 Direct Supplier

Even this car air conditioner, which looks simple but is actually not simple at all, is quite sad that domestic manufacturers cannot produce satisfactory products.

To be honest, it is not that there are no parts companies in China that do auto air conditioners, but compared with international brands such as Denso, there is still a gap in terms of quality stability and cooling effect.

This is also why Guanghui Automobile has to introduce international suppliers for the automatic air conditioners on its high-end models, but only use domestic suppliers for the low-end manual air conditioners.

"At the beginning, the cooperation degree of suppliers was poor, which is understandable, but understanding is understanding. Everyone has to have an account in mind. When our company develops in the future, those manufacturers who did not have the willingness to cooperate in the early stage will not need to cooperate again in the future. It's gone," Jiang Hui said with a cold face.

Although the core component technologies of the automotive industry are in the hands of foreign-funded enterprises, the automotive industry is a mature industry that has been developed for more than 100 years. Every component and every technology is not controlled by only one manufacturer on a global scale. in hand.

No one is truly indispensable!

Instead of Denso's air conditioner, we can use Delphi's; instead of Michelin's tires, we can use Goodyear's; instead of Johnson's seats, we can use Lear's; instead of Koito's headlights, we can use Valeo's...

Of course, the most important thing is that Brilliant Automobile should master some core technologies as much as possible, and at the same time cultivate a group of its own suppliers, a group of suppliers belonging to the national enterprises of the Chinese dynasty.

Looking at the world, every major automaker has its own direct suppliers. Even European and American suppliers that take the so-called competitive route also have their own relatively stable supplier groups, not to mention those from island countries and Bangzi countries. Once a car company is established, it will directly invest in its core suppliers.

As a newcomer in the automobile industry, Guanghui Motor currently has relatively few core technologies. In terms of engine technology, although it has bought several models of different displacements from Ford, it is still in the stage of digestion and absorption, and it is necessary to realize independent research and development. It will take at least two years to update.

Gearboxes are also directly outsourced at present. Of course, we can consider buying a mature gearbox supplier during the financial crisis this year, and carry out technology research and development on this basis.

In terms of other parts, except for the stamping parts, Guanghui Automobile has acquired Ogiwara in the island country. At present, the main stamping parts are made by Ogiwara, and there is only one Photometric Electronics, which has just been established for less than two years, which is specialized in auto parts. .

Other companies such as ATL and OFILM have also started to get involved in the auto parts business with the help of Brilliant Automobile, but their main business is not auto parts after all.

"Understood, our procurement department has compiled a supply chain blacklist, and we know all the manufacturers with different willingness to cooperate." Pi Wei is also very upset with these international parts giants, but there is not much to do at the moment.

"What parts does Photonics supply us now?".

As the first parts company established by Guanghui Automobile itself, although Guanghui Electronics is a joint venture between Guanghui Automobile and Du Niang, Jiang Hui still cares about her development very much.

Among auto parts, electronics-related parts have the highest technical content, and they will also be used in more and more fields in the future.

With the development of automobile technology, in addition to some breakthroughs in some electronic equipment, it will become more and more difficult for various automobile companies to reflect their novelty in new models.

This further highlights the importance of electronic components.

"Currently, they mainly supply body stability control systems and ABS for high-end models. At the same time, they cooperate with OFILM and AutoNavi to develop navigation and audio systems. Corresponding to our second model, they are also developing instruments and reversing sensors." Pi Wei said.

"Bosch's body stability control system and ABS are now the best. Even the name ESP has been registered as a patent by others. Other manufacturers can't use this name. We consider that it is the first time that Photometric Electronics has developed this system, in order to avoid accidents. , we also introduced Bosch as our ESP supplier," Kato added on the side.

The principle of the vehicle stability control system is actually not difficult.

When the car is turning, if the front wheels first reach the adhesion limit, it will cause the phenomenon of "drifting out". At this time, no matter how the driver turns the steering wheel, the turning radius cannot be reduced, so it is difficult to track the driving, and the steering failure occurs, which is called Understeer.

If the rear wheels reach the limit of adhesion first, a phenomenon called "tail flick" occurs, and the car itself becomes unstable, with the car being pulled rapidly to the side of the steering, known as oversteer.

The function of the body stability control system is to use the computer to control the engine power output to change the braking force of any one or two wheels when understeer causes the vehicle to slip to the outside, or when the vehicle oversteers causes the vehicle to cross the center line of the road, or even rotate in place. , so that the vehicle generates a corresponding turning moment to eliminate the phenomenon of understeer or oversteer and improve the dynamic stability of driving.

The body stability control system is developed from other technologies, such as ABS and traction control technology. When these systems work, they must detect whether the wheels are about to lock up and adjust the braking force of the wheels individually.

The Vehicle Stability Control system takes advantage of this technology with the sensors and computational control units used.

The control unit constantly monitors and processes signals from sensors on the steering system, wheels and body to determine if the vehicle is slipping when cornering.

If slippage is detected, the control unit applies a small amount of braking to the wheels that need to be braked to help stabilize the driving state of the vehicle.

Although its principle is not complicated, the various logics and controls involved in it are very focused on technology and data accumulation. Although Photometric Electronics has also recruited many people from suppliers such as Bosch and Denso, the current product Samples were also produced.

But how about the stability, no one has a spectrum yet. In order to avoid problems with this important equipment, it is a helpless move for Brilliant Auto to bring in Bosch as an alternative supplier.

Of course, during this process, the people in Guanghui Automobile R&D Center can also learn something through the communication with Bosch.

This is probably somewhat similar to the logic of Tianchao Auto's "market for technology".

Yes, in the end, this kind of solution definitely cannot be exchanged for real technology, so mastering the core technology still depends on Photonics itself.

"Well, that's fine, but vigorously supporting group companies to enter the field of auto parts is the strategy for the development of Guanghui Automobile's supply system in the future. You must pay full attention to it. Even if the cost is temporarily higher and the quality is lower, it is acceptable. price," Jiang Hui said.

(End of this chapter)