A remote section of a national highway.

Song Weiyang, Li Suqiu, and Wang Chuanfu were surrounding a sports car, with several engineers next to it, as well as the first-year student of the "Ma Shi Huangpu" who is interested in electric sports cars.

"The appearance design of this car is OK. Which one is copied from abroad?" Song Weiyang asked while patting the hood.

Li Suqi explained: "The lotus 111s imitated, and the chassis is also made of lotus."

"Did Lianhua agree?" Song Weiyang asked.

Li Suqi smiled and said, "I have some unexpected gains in this matter. Malaysia's Proton Automobile controlled the British Lotus Sports Car in 1996 and was further discussing the acquisition some time ago. Proton's 100% holding on Lotus has become a foregone conclusion. In order to find a chassis for electric sports cars, I went to Malaysia to visit Proton's boss. After a while, I got familiar with it. Proton agreed to authorize us to use the Lotus chassis, and also gave me the exclusive agency rights of Lotus Sports Car in mainland China."

To put it bluntly, this is mutual benefit. Lotus sports car has not been sold in mainland China. At this time, 99.9% of Chinese people did not know that there was such a brand. Proton was optimistic about Geely's automobile sales channels and handed over Lotus' exclusive agency rights to Geely, simply to ask Li Sufu to help develop the Chinese market.

Li Sufu is not at a loss. Anyway, he also wants to sell Geely Auto and just sell Lotus Sports Cars together. His own car owners are in the low-end market, while Lotus Sports Cars are in the high-end market, which can just fill its own market gap. In order to explore the mainland market, Proton has almost zero agency fees, and all uses sales sharing.

The world is so clever. More than ten years later, Li Sufu not only acquired 9.69% of Mercedes-Benz's parent company, but also acquired 49.9% of Proton's shares. Lotus Sports Car is also the brand of Li Sufu. Unexpectedly, in order to make electric sports cars, by chance, Li Sufu and Proton have contact and cooperation in advance.

Song Weiyang asked again: "I heard you say on the phone that this electric sports car has many shortcomings?"

Without the engineer explaining, Wang Chuanfu said directly: "First of all, the battery pack is too heavy, with a total of 0.52 tons. The car is full of batteries when it is disassembled."

"It's really heavy." Song Weiyang nodded.

Wang Chuanfu said again: "Then it's the motor problem, let engineering works."

Cheng Gong's name is Cheng Xianghuai, an electromechanical engineer from a state-owned enterprise. He pointed to the car and explained in detail: "At the beginning, we planned to use a 180kw AC motor and a 2-speed gearbox. But before this plan was officially launched, we chose to give up directly. First, the AC motor structure is too complex, and the instantaneous overload capacity and motor speed increase are very limited. Long-term work will cause losses and maintenance costs will be greatly increased. In addition, long-term work of this motor will lead to excessive power. Sparks from the internal brushes will heat up the rotor, causing high-frequency electromagnetic interference, which will affect the performance of other electrical appliances in the car. Second, electric cars are very different from traditional fuel vehicles. The gearbox problem cannot be solved with my ability."

Song Weiyang heard that his seven orifices were cleared, and he pretended to know how to ask: "What?"

Cheng Xianghuai also said: "Then we chose an asynchronous motor. This motor has a simple structure, low design difficulty, low production cost, and convenient maintenance, but at the same time it is low in efficiency and poor speed regulation performance. We gave up the 2-stage transmission plan and used an asynchronous motor with a single-speed gearbox. In this way, the previous problems were solved, but new problems arise. In order to achieve the expected range and speed, the battery pack increased from 60kwh to 80kwh. Not only did the weight and volume of the battery pack increase greatly, but because of the single-speed gearbox, it was very weak when driving at medium and high speed. The car can only gradually accelerate in a fixed gear, and cannot change at high speed. As a sports car, it is unqualified."

Peng Qiu, a battery expert from BYD, said: "The single-speed reducer equipped in this car is better than that of traditional fuel vehicles in medium and low speed environments. However, when it reaches the medium and high speed stage, because the motor needs to maintain a very high speed, it greatly improves the temperature and power consumption of the motor, thereby affecting the endurance of the entire vehicle. We tested it and the car can run at a medium and low speed state, which can run about 450 kilometers. However, if it is maintained at medium and high speed for a long time, the endurance will be directly reduced to below 380 kilometers. This is exactly the opposite of traditional fuel vehicles. The faster the fuel vehicle runs, the lower the fuel consumption."

Song Weiyang finally understood: "I understand, there are three problems now. The battery pack is too heavy and too large, and it cannot be changed at high speed. In addition, driving at high speed will reduce the range."

"That's right." Peng Qiu said.

Cheng Xianghuai said again: "There is another problem. The motor we are now using is General Motors. We bought someone's car, dismantled the motor and installed it on our car. This is impossible to use it at all, unless it can be authorized. I also brought someone to imitate it, but it can be made, but the performance is far inferior."

Song Weiyang said: "Then get the general authorization."

Cheng Xianghuai smiled and said, "GM's electric vehicle has actually been discontinued, but it has not been officially announced. The main reason is that the range of GM's electric vehicle is too poor. In theory, it can only run 140 kilometers, but in fact it won't be able to run 120 kilometers. Thanks to Mr. Song's fantasy idea, connecting thousands of laptop batteries together, directly increasing the battery life by several times."

"I just said it casually, you are still making the specific battery pack." Song Weiyang was very modest.

Cheng Xianghuai continued: "GM Electric Vehicle's motor technology is actually not their own, but comes from a studio called ac propulsion. First, this studio created the motor, and then there was a GM Electric Vehicle. The two companies have relatively independent cooperative relationships. General Investment held the ac propulsion studio. In order to find a suitable motor, I visited Mr. Al Koconi of the acp studio. He was preparing to terminate the cooperation with GM and independently form the acp electric vehicle company."

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "You mean, let me dig that Al Koconi over?"

"Yes, his funds are limited, so it is definitely not enough to build electric cars by himself. I estimate that $2 million can be used to dig up with people and technology," said Cheng Xianghuai.

Song Weiyang said: "Okay, just dig him, you can accept it if you have less than 3 million US dollars."

In fact, when Song Weiyang, Li Suqiu and Wang Chuanfu formed Tesla, they said they were a small fight and invested 5 million yuan per person. The money has been used up almost now. Song Weiyang later added 5 million yuan to invest and became the company's major shareholder.

It is definitely a very cost-effective thing to spend another $2 million to dig up American engineers and motor technology.

This is obviously a waste of technology and talent. The first General Electric Vehicle to be the first to be a pioneer. It only sold more than 1,000 vehicles for several years. The production workshop has been in stock for more than half a year, and there are still hundreds of vehicles in stock that have not been sold. Several foreign car manufacturers are developing their own electric vehicle technology, but their endurance cannot be increased to more than 200 kilometers, and the charging speed is so slow that it is extremely slow.

Therefore, industry insiders generally believe that electric vehicles have broad prospects, but they have already entered a dead end at this time.

At least General Motors has given up the development of electric vehicles, and the relevant motor engineers have only one option to resign.

Historically, the engineer named Al Koconi did leave GM to start his own ACP electric vehicle company. But he fell into a dilemma in less than half a year. He couldn't sell any of the electric vehicles he produced. Alberhard invested $150,000 to acquire a lot of shares in the company.

Aberhard gave Al Koconi an idea to tie thousands of lithium batteries together to power it, and immediately gave the electric vehicle a range of 480 kilometers. But Al Koconi was already discouraged and did not want to make electric vehicles anymore, so Aberhard simply set up a car company by himself, which was Tesla.

If Song Weiyang poached Al Koconi and his motor technology, then it would be a question whether "Father of Tesla" Eberhard will make electric cars again, because many things happen by chance here. Even if Eberhard still wants to make electric cars, then the motor technology will be found separately, because it has been bought by Song Weiyang, and the Tesla brand has also been registered by Song Weiyang.

Song Weiyang asked again: "How is the battery control system?"

Peng Qiu said: "Zhang Jiabing is doing the electronic control system. He didn't come here today. But he asked me to convey that the electronic control system is basically no problem, but further optimization is needed to reduce energy consumption, reduce the weight of the battery pack, and achieve greater power output."

"I'll try driving." Song Weiyang sat into the cab.

Peng Qiu quickly sat in the co-pilot for guidance. This thing is a bit different from a fuel truck.

Song Weiyang drove Tesla in his previous life. Now he drives his own Tesla. He feels that it starts significantly slower and the motor is much louder. When he first started running, it was fine, but it felt uncomfortable when he entered the high-speed state because he could not change speed, and people who like to drive might not accept it. The positioning of this car is exactly a sports car. A sports car that cannot change speed at a high speed has lost the charm that a sports car should have.

After returning after traveling a few kilometers, Song Weiyang said to several "students": "You can also experience it. I will sell it for the price of what I am willing to buy. It doesn't matter if I don't buy it. Just play it."

The "student" rich people immediately sat in and experienced it, but they actually felt that it was pretty good. Even if the motor was noisy, they thought it was very quiet to drive, at least compared to the engine sound of the fuel car.

"I bought it, how much does it cost?" asked a rich man.

Song Weiyang didn't know either, so he could only ask Li Suqi and Wang Chuanfu.

Wang Chuanfu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Suqiu said: "The car chassis is imported from Lotus original, and most of the other materials on the body are imported. The import tariffs for auto parts are very high. The motor is also removed from the new GM car, and the cost cannot be calculated at all, because after the car is dismantled, the original car will be scrapped."

"Uh..." Everyone was speechless for a moment.

Li Suqi thought for a while and said, "You are all students of Lao Song. I will sell it at a loss, and a car will cost 2 million."

The rich man smiled and took the initiative to raise the price: "Then give me a Geely number, 2.88 million. The first electric sports car in China is enough to drive it out, and we will never suffer any loss."

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "If there is any problem with the car, I will send it back directly. We will repair and maintain it for free, and exchange imported parts for free within 5 years."

This is to treat your "students" as a test subject. If you change it to an online game, you will be a public beta player. It is mainly to get feedback from customers and make subsequent improvements step by step.

Of course, it will definitely not be as easy to catch fire and explode as the original Tesla, because the batteries used are different. Although BYD's battery has lower power, its performance is more stable and safer.

Three units were sold at once, and Song Weiyang ordered 4 units, and the sales of the Song version of Tesla made a good start.

Wang Chuanfu stared at the sports car and kept watching. He had decided to buy a car factory by himself, first make BYD fuel vehicles, and then make BYD electric cars. The electric cars he made are Volkswagen, which is different from Tesla's sports car positioning, and there is no competition conflict between the two sides.

Li Sufu also gained something. Under the guise of developing electric vehicles, he has obtained a car production license.

In history, Li Suqiu has no share in a batch of automobile production licenses just issued by the government. He found the media and made himself a tragic hero, which instantly attracted national attention and thus triggered a big discussion about the dilemma of domestic automobiles. Then Li Suqiu quietly broke into the relationship and put this matter on Tianting. Geely Auto finally obtained a reissue production license.

Now there is no need to do anything more, Li Sufu directly got the production license. He even wanted to apply for financial subsidies for new energy vehicles, but unfortunately the country is now only piloting R&D and has not started to carry out large-scale promotion and support.

Song Weiyang said to Li Suqiu and Wang Chuanfu: "Before, it was just technical research and development and copycats, but now I have to start doing it seriously. I plan to invest another 10 million yuan to continue making electric sports cars while transplanting electric vehicle technology to motorcycles and creating civilian electric bicycles. Who would you like to invest more?"

"This idea is good, I'll invest another 5 million!" Li Sufu's eyes lit up instantly. He started out as a motorcycle. If he could produce and sell electric bicycles, he would definitely make a lot of money.

Wang Chuanfu said: "Then I will invest another 5 million."

Of course, electric bicycles cannot continue to use the Tesla brand, otherwise the electric sports car will be reduced. The three of them casually named it: Fengxing Tianxia, ​​abbreviated as Fengxing.

Tesla Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.'s equity structure has also become: Song Weiyang (50%), Wang Chuanfu (25%), and Li Sufu (25%).

In the future, the company will rely on electric sports cars to maintain its standards and rely on electric bicycles to make money and profit. Otherwise, it will not be sustainable at all. It can only survive by continuously obtaining financing like the original Tesla.

If you just make an electric sports car, you won’t even think about making money within ten years. It’s amazing if you can’t lose money!

As for the company's president, Shenzhou Technology sent someone to serve as the role, Geely and BYD also sent one to serve as vice presidents respectively, and the rest will be solved by these three presidents themselves.

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