Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 8 Thor Electric Vehicles

The first Thor EV just rolled off the production line.

It looks similar to the little turtle electric car on the market.

Except for the battery, other configurations are similar, such as front and rear disc brakes, tubeless tires and the like.

The electric vehicles of various companies on the market are similar, and no one can avoid this.

Of course, Huang Haojie still has a little innovation, that is, adding a data cable charging socket.

Huang Haojie looked at the silver-gray Raytheon LX1 electric car in front of him, and told Guo Dele beside him:

"Pull it to the test field and try it out."

Guo Dele and three workers hurriedly pushed the electric car to the testing field outside.

After a while, the Raytheon LX1 electric car was pushed onto a test machine similar to a treadmill.

This machine is mainly used for testing, speed, cruising range, and usage time.

Zizizi... The Raytheon LX1 electric car was running quickly on the machine.

Huang Haojie looked at the empty car being tested, feeling a little self-deceiving, and said quickly:
"stop!"

"Boss Huang, what's the matter, the car is fine!" Guo Dele said hastily.

Huang Haojie looked at the puzzled crowd, pointed at the electric car and said:
"Do you think the data from this test is true?"

"Mr. Huang, other electric vehicle manufacturers also test in this way. Is there any problem?" Guo Dele asked in a daze.

He used to work in Xingdazhou, but was later recruited by Huagao's boss, and now he has joined the electric vehicle production line as the factory manager of Raytheon Electric Vehicle Factory, so he knows that all electric vehicle factories do this.

Huang Haojie shook his head and said: "The past was the past, and now is the present. I follow my rules here. Put ten catties of sundries in the seat box, and then go up alone."

Guo Dele and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. Obviously the data obtained by doing this test is true, but it is estimated that it will be terrible.

After all, the production of the battery factory is kept secret. Except for Zhou Hailin and Huang Haojie, the directors of the battery factory, no one knows the real situation of Thor's first-generation batteries. Even the workers in charge of production are ignorant.

After all, all the links are separated, plus the catalyst and some specific values ​​use vague codes, such as No. [-] catalyst, No. [-] catalyst, like voltage, etc. They just press the button like a fool.

The risk of leaking secrets has been minimized by Huang Haojie.

Therefore, people from the electric car factory like Guo Dele don't know the energy density of Thor's first-generation batteries at all.

But whoever called Huang Haojie is the boss, anyway, the data from the test will not look good, and the boss will be the one who slapped him in the face.

He quickly arranged for workers to put ten catties of sundries into the seat box, and then called a worker to go up and ride the electric car.

sizzle...

This time Huang Haojie looked more comfortable.

Due to the limitation of electric vehicle motors, the maximum speed of Raytheon electric vehicles is 50 km/h.

"Mr. Huang, this test is estimated to only have a mileage of more than 30 kilometers." Guo Dele reminded, so that the boss's face would not be ashamed.

Of course, Huang Haojie knew what Guo Dele meant, mainly because of the false standard of electric vehicles.

Domestic electric vehicles mainly use lead-acid batteries, such as Yadi, Tailing, Aima, Xingdazhou, Green Energy, etc., all use lead-acid batteries. The mileage of their electric vehicles is about 50-60 kilometers. But in fact, it is only about 30-40 kilometers.

Even a Daniu electric car using 18650 lithium batteries, although it is claimed to have a mileage of 100 kilometers, is actually only about 70-80 kilometers.

After all, they are testing in an ideal environment, and this figure is of course high. The question is, can the consumer’s usage environment be compared with the ideal environment? Obviously, the two are different.

Therefore, people often report on the Internet that a certain electric car has a marked mileage of 100 kilometers, but it actually stops after driving 70 kilometers.

In fact, Guo Dele and others are also puzzled about their own batteries.

Because this battery is not like a lithium battery, nor is it a lead-acid battery. It is as hard as an iron block, and it only weighs [-] kilograms. Can it really support an electric car for [-] kilometers? He couldn't help but put a question mark.

As far as he knows, the general lithium battery of a Daniu electric vehicle weighs about 12 kilograms, and the cost is about 2200 Chinese yuan.

The cost of 270 kilograms of Raytheon batteries in his home is about 8 Chinese yuan. This cost gap has reached [-] times. It cannot be a parallel import, Guo Dele thought worriedly.

However, as time passed, Guo Dele couldn't help but wiped his eyes, and then looked at his watch.

Quickly checked the test machine again, and the test machine was not broken.

But more than an hour had passed, and he looked at the odometer of the test machine at 65 kilometers, and it was still increasing.

This battery is almost catching up with lithium batteries.

While Guo Dele and the others were stunned, the odometer of the test machine kept refreshing.

70km…

75km…

80km…

85km…

The final odometer figure stayed at 91.46 kilometers.

Guo Dele was already numb. For the first time, he felt that the world suddenly became unreal.

"Boss Huang Huang! We've made a fortune!" Suddenly Guo Dele shouted excitedly.

After all, Huang Haojie can promise that if he does a good job, [-]% of the factory's profits will be distributed as employee bonuses. Guo Dele didn't expect anything from it. After all, the profits of electric car factories are really not high these days.

Like the Yadi electric car, the cost of producing an M2 electric car is about 2500 yuan, and the retail price is about 3200 yuan. It seems that there is still 700 yuan in the middle. In fact, the retailer will occupy about 300 yuan. Earning less than 400 yuan, don’t forget to pay taxes and expenses such as research and development, plus the depreciation of the production line, there is really not much money to earn.

Take Yadea as an example. In 2015, their company sold about 330 million electric vehicles, with a total revenue of about 64 billion yuan. Do you know what their net profit is? 3.7 million yuan, which is 3.7 million yuan. Hua Yuan.

Equivalent to the net profit of each electric car is about 110 Chinese yuan.

What’s the situation? Yadea is currently the biggest player in domestic electric vehicles, and its profits account for about 24% of the domestic electric vehicle industry. That is to say, the total profit of the domestic electric vehicle industry in 2015 was about 15 billion yuan.

This kind of profit is very low, that is to say, large-scale electric car factories can make small profits but sell more, while other small and medium-sized electric car factories are either in the process of losing money or on the way to making losses, or they can only cut corners and materials by opportunistically.

That's why Guo Dele felt that they were going to get rich.

After all, a Daniu electric car sells for 5400 to 5800 Chinese yuan.

And their Raytheon electric car, despite its mediocre appearance, has a solid 90-kilometer battery life. I can’t sell it for 4000 yuan!

So how much is the cost of Raytheon's electric car? 2000 Huayuan, this is because their factory does not have large-scale production, resulting in a slightly inflated cost. Once the scale increases, he is sure to reduce the cost to between 1800 and 1900 Huayuan.

That is to say, every time their factory produces an electric car, they can earn at least 2000 yuan, and the profit is 100%.

"Test the charging speed, as well as other performances of the car, and take a few more cars to test, not only on the test machine, but also in the field, and then combine the data." Huang Haojie was not careless, and quickly ordered Guo Dele .

Guo Dele quickly put away his excitement. He knew that one car really didn't represent all, so he picked three more Thor electric cars that came off the production line.

Huang Haojie accompanied Guo Dele and others to conduct intensive tests for two days.

The Raytheon LX1 electric car has a battery life of 85-90 kilometers, and the charging time is about 80 minutes.

电池使用寿命：可充电超过1500次能量密度依旧是100%，充电1500～2000次能量密度下降到80%左右，充电2000～2500次能量密度下降到50%左右，之后黄豪杰就没有让测试了。

After all, it is 1500% within 100 times. What is the concept of 1500 times of non-destructive charging? Even if consumers charge once a day, they can use it for nearly five years. What's more, few consumers charge once a day. It needs to be charged once every two or three days, which means that the service life of the first-generation Raytheon battery is between 5 and 15 years.

Maybe when the car is scrapped, the battery is still intact.

Inside an office at the Raytheon Electric Depot.

Huang Haojie, Li Jianhua, general manager of Yinhe Technology, Zhou Hailin, director of Raytheon Battery Factory, and Guo Dele, director of Raytheon Electric Vehicle Factory, are gathering together.

"Ahem, I'll cut to the chase. Can you tell me how much the price of Thor's electric car is suitable?" Huang Haojie asked.

Guo Dele said first, "Boss, I think it's more appropriate to sell 4000 Huayuan."

"Will the price of 4000 deter consumers?" Li Jianhua felt that the price was too high.

"No, I think 5000 is our real strength." Zhou Hailin is a manufacturer of Raytheon batteries, so of course he knows the quality of batteries produced in his factory.

"It doesn't work if it's too high, let's do it! Let's first position Raytheon LX1 as a low-end product produced by our company, and the price is set at 3333 Chinese yuan. After all, we will definitely launch mid-to-high-end products in the future. If it is 5000 yuan now, then Does it cost tens of thousands of high-end?
In addition, now we need to get back the funds as soon as possible to avoid breaking the capital chain. "Huang Haojie said.

Clap clap!The three applauded quickly.

"Boss! We want to unify the electric vehicle industry!" Guo Dele knew that this price and performance could directly make all electric vehicle products on the market lose their competitiveness.

Zhou Hailin and Li Jianhua also looked at each other with a smile. They knew that as long as the domestic battery companies did not make great innovations, the major electric vehicle companies would undoubtedly die. It was only a matter of time.

The cost of Daniu's electric vehicles is a fatal flaw. Electric vehicle manufacturers such as Yadi have insufficient performance and the price is not much different. As long as consumers are not fools, they will know who to choose.

(End of this chapter)