Rebirth of the Wild Age

Time Cafe.

Song Weiyang called Li Sufu. Li Sufu went directly to Shenghai by plane. When they met, he asked, "Are you really planning to make an electric car?"

"Yes," Song Weiyang introduced to the two of them. "This is Wang Chuanfu, the owner of BYD Battery, Mr. Wang, and this is Li Sufu, the owner of Geely Automobile."

"Hello Boss Wang!"

"Hello Boss Li!"

After shaking hands and greeting, Li Sufu directly asked: "Do you have electric vehicle technology?"

Wang Chuanfu said: "Boss Song gave me an idea, I think I can try it."

"That's great!" Li Sufu slapped his thigh with excitement.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Your reaction is too exaggerated, right?"

Li Sufu said: "You don’t make cars. Of course, you don’t know what the situation is. Now the whole industry has spread it. The central government is discussing the new energy vehicle plan, and it has been discussed for almost a year. It is very likely that new energy vehicles will be included next year. Project 863!"

"Is there such a thing?" Song Weiyang asked in surprise. He really didn't know much about the auto industry.

Wang Chuanfu asked: "Is the news accurate?"

Li Sufu said: "Eight or nine will never leave ten. Even if the new energy vehicle plan is not passed next year, it will be passed the next year. The leadership of the central government directly grasped it. Who knows how to make cars in the country now?"

Song Weiyang asked: "There are not many electric cars in foreign countries, right? Why does the central government suddenly pay attention to this?"

Li Sufu said: "Because there was an Audi engineer who wrote a letter to the central leadership. He complained bitterly about the shortcomings of China's automobile manufacturing industry, saying that China's automobile industry can no longer follow the old path. Introduce, lag behind, introduce again, and lag behind. This is a dead end and it will never come out. China should have its own core technology. Otherwise, once the market is formed, Chinese cars will be eliminated and the national industry will be gone! China’s auto industry must find a way to develop by leaps and bounds. Entrance, this entry point is new energy vehicles."

Wang Chuanfu said in a daze: "How can Audi engineers write this kind of letter?"

Li Sufu explained: "Because this Audi engineer is a Chinese, he only went abroad in the 1980s, and now it seems to be the technical manager of Audi's master planning department."

"It's interesting." Song Weiyang smiled.

This Audi engineer is called Wan Gang. He will resign from a million-dollar salary and return to China next year. He will serve as the leader of the 863 electric vehicle major project. He was hired by Tongji University to establish the New Energy Vehicle Engineering Center. Association Chairman.

Wan Gang's new energy vehicle research direction is completely different from Tesla's "battery pack" thinking, and is directly aimed at the ultimate form-hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. This is also the main research direction of various countries. China built the first car in 2oo3 and defeated General Motors, Ford and Nissan in Paris in 2oo6. The overall performance of China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the same as that of Mercedes-Benz's new energy vehicles.

Perhaps by 2o3o, we will be able to see the commercial version of China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Li Sufu excitedly said: “Now everyone knows that the country will attach importance to new energy vehicles, but no one knows how to get started. Once new energy vehicles are included in the 863 plan, policy support can be applied for project funding, even more so. You can get it in minutes."

"Then do it, make up your mind to do it well!" Wang Chuanfu was stimulated by the news.

Song Weiyang poured cold water and said: “Don’t get too excited. Although the country supports it, the technology is not good now. I don’t think there will be much exhibition in ten years. You can do it, don’t invest too much money, and don’t hold too much. Great hope. Moreover, we don’t even think about national project funds. This kind of large-scale project must be a government + state-owned enterprise + university model, and it is impossible for private enterprises to blend in."

"That's right," Li Sufu was suddenly discouraged. "My car hasn't got a license yet. It has been produced illegally. I really think a little bit too much."

Wang Chuanfu was surprised: "Are Geely cars not qualified for production?"

"No." Li Sufu said.

"Then you dare to produce small cars?" Wang Chuanfu couldn't believe it.

Li Sufu said: "Get on the train first and then make up the fare. I've been looking for opportunities to make up the fare."

Wang Chuanfu was speechless for a moment, and looked at Li Sufu with admiration. He felt that this man was too courageous.

Wang Chuanfu thought for a while and said, "The structure of electric cars is very different from traditional cars. Where should we start?"

Li Sufu said: "This is simple. GM has launched an electric car. We bought it and disassembled it and studied it. We figured out the working principle of this car, and then replaced it with the battery we researched. In fact, it is very simple to build a car. A few will be enough. I used to dismantle a dozen of them to practice hand skills. The question now is the battery. Is BYD’s battery sufficient?"

"This requires research." Wang Chuanfu said.

Song Weiyang doesn't know much about the auto industry, but he knows how Tesla stands out. The founder of Tesla bought a GM electric car, threw away the original battery of others, and used thousands of laptop batteries to make a battery pack and stuff it in. The battery life was more than three times that of GM batteries. !

Song Weiyang said: "I still had the same idea. Connecting thousands of batteries together will definitely be more powerful than a single battery."

Wang Chuanfu said: "You can try."

"What needs attention is the market problem," Song Weiyang said. "It may take a long time for electric cars to directly face the public. We can't take the quantity route, but take the high-end route and just make electric sports cars."

Li Sufu said: "You're kidding. Sports cars involve too much technology. Anyway, I can't do it. I can't do it for at least ten years."

"Come slowly," Song Weiyang said ~www.readwn.com~ First bought a general electric car, disassembled the familiar related technology, and then concentrated on researching our battery. After all this is done, let's solve the problem of the sports car. Don't make it too big at first, just invest a few million, and then add more investment after the results are achieved. "

"I think we still have to follow the public route." Wang Chuanfu said.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Then you buy an automobile factory by yourself and play slowly with the battery."

Wang Chuanfu said: "It's okay. The three of us will invest first and follow the sports car route mentioned by Boss Song. When I have enough funds, I will purchase a car factory and build a civilian version of the electric car."

In history, BYD really didn't think about making cars, Wang Chuanfu wanted to make batteries wholeheartedly.

At that time, the competition in the battery industry became more and more fierce, and it happened that the country was supporting new energy vehicles, so Wang Chuanfu wanted to introduce the battery business to the automotive industry. But he took a look, hey, all domestic joint venture cars, Geely just got the production license, there is no car company to buy his batteries.

In desperation, Wang Chuanfu, who wanted to sell car batteries, had to build the car himself. He first bought Jeep's mold factory and then Qinchuan Automobile Company, and finally spent two to three years for BYD F3 to come out.

After the BYD F3 was launched, Wang Chuanfu immediately made the car electric, and a year later, he launched the BYD F3e (electric).

An entrepreneur who only wanted to sell car batteries was forced to become the boss of a car company by China's terrible auto industry.

After the coffee is finished, cooperation is agreed.

Song Weiyang, Wang Chuanfu and Li Sufu each invested 50,000 yuan to form a "Tesla New Energy Technology Research Company", each holding one-third of the shares. The company's address is located in the Geely Automobile Plant. Geely and BYD sent technicians to buy a general electric vehicle and jointly research electric vehicle technology.