"Affiliates?" The first question was Martin Eberhard. After confirming that he was accepted, he quickly got into the role.

"Yes," Feng Yiping started his own sales again to the other four partners.

“When a new car that meets all our requirements comes on the market, we will face another very realistic problem, that is, charging,” he said.

"Charging? Can't the charging facilities at home solve the problem?" Mark asked, and he also wanted to show his presence.

"Owners must have a need to travel long distances, such as charging midway from San Francisco to Los Angeles," Straw said.

This was also the problem he encountered at the beginning. The electric Porsche he modified had a range of only 30 kilometers, but the competition venue was far away in Oregon. If you want to drive over, it was obviously impossible. The check-in fee was too high.

However, this naturally cannot defeat him.

He spent $500 to buy a rear-wheel drive Volkswagen car with a good engine, saw off the rear half of the engine and drive wheels, installed it behind the modified electric Porsche, and reset the control system to sit in the Porsche cab to control the engine and rear wheels of the Volkswagen car behind.

In this way, he asked a piece of Volkswagen to drive from Silicon Valley to Oregon with his electric Porsche.

Well, when Feng Yiping heard about this, he did not admire his whimsical and his ability to turn whimsical into reality at the first time, but rather felt that the American traffic police uncle was so generous and humane that he actually made such a four-wheeled car with a total of six wheels on the road.

"There is no problem for long-distance oil-elevated vehicles. There are gas stations everywhere. If electric vehicles want to drive long-distance like oil-elevated vehicles, we must build charging stations, even if it is just for our own users."

"This is necessary, then what do you mean is, we set up a company that runs charging stations?" Musk asked.

"I think a little more than this. I want the charging station to become a unique advantage for us,"

"The electric vehicles we developed adhere to the concept of environmental protection and energy conservation, and are also targeting high-income people who pay attention to environmental protection. Then I think, can our charging station rely on this and use new energy. For example, I just went to Stanford's solar fleet two days ago. Can our charging station use solar energy?"

"Technically, there should be no problem," Straw was intrigued.

"It's really a good idea," Musk was also excited.

When he was in college, he was not only trying to explore space, but also worried about this problem. Petrochemical energy will one day be exhausted, turning all fuel vehicles into electric vehicles, and using solar energy to provide the electricity needed by society is a feasible solution.

“If our charging stations also use clean energy such as solar energy, it will further consolidate our company’s environmentally friendly image,” he said.

"I think this is fine. The charging issue is one of the issues we need to focus on," the more Musk looks at Feng Yiping, the more he feels that he is his soulmate. He really wishes he met too late!

"I also hope that in the future, our solar charging station will be able to charge all our users for free. I think such conditions should bring us more buyers,"

Even Musk opened his mouth wide after hearing this.

Feng Yiping enjoyed his surprise very much.

"Of course, if we build such charging stations in areas around the world where we buy our electric vehicles and charge all our users for free, this is obviously not a small investment. So, I feel that it is necessary to set up a separate solar energy company and let it operate on a market-oriented basis, which will not only promote the sales of our electric vehicles, but also generate blood on its own."

"This is another plan for me. If a few people don't support it, it doesn't matter. It's just that I don't make money. Even if I invest alone, I have to do such things,"

"I support," Musk stood up first, "Whether in the social or economic sense, sustainable energy such as solar energy is worth our investment. And I believe that as long as the conversion rate of the solar panels we developed is high, profits will be generated, and I believe that our charging stations will not only meet the charging needs of car owners in the future, but also sell the endless amount of electricity to the power grid."

“And, solar energy companies and electric vehicle companies can promote each other to produce the effect of one plus one greater than two,”

"Feng, it seems that you have really made a lot of useful thoughts on related issues. I personally admire it,"

"Of course, Feng, I still recommend that you can appropriately add this part of the cost to the overall cost of the car,"

In fact, Feng Yiping was also generous. When he established Tesla, he had a consideration of sheep, and objectively he would have a good driving effect, but the hair comes from the sheep, which is an objective economic law.

"Elon, what you said is reasonable," Feng Yiping nodded, "This is just my idea, solar charging stations and free charging. I hope these two things can be done. Other details can be gradually improved in the future."

"I support it with all my strength, too," Straw applauded.

Martin was only one step late than him, and he and Mark were behind. "Feng, your idea is very good, I support it unconditionally,"

"I'll give it my hands," Mark said with a smile.

"Thank you for your support. So, in the general direction, all five of us reached an agreement. The next thing is about investment. Otherwise, let's give everyone three days to prepare, how about it?"

For Feng Yiping, there is no problem in deciding on the investment amount now, because those acquisition projects have not yet been launched, and he is now very well-funded.

But the others are different.

Musk is not the later Musk.

He received a total of US$180 million in revenue from the transaction of selling paypal last year, which is a lot, but he invested US$100 million in the founding of Spacex. This company will not create any profit for him in the short term, but will only spend money.

Apart from that, he currently has no other company, that is, his remaining funds, plus some possible financing, should be less than $100 million.

Strau, he has not worked for a few years. Although he sold some patents, his profits were limited. Feng Yiping estimated that he would not have much money to invest in, and it would be great if several million were worth it.

As for Martin and Mark, if you remember correctly, in the original time and space, Musk became Tesla's largest shareholder and company chairman in 2004, that is, next year, invested more than 6 million or more US dollars, and then his initial investment should be less than 5 million US dollars.

And this money should be the maximum amount they can invest, because when Musk takes over Tesla, they are no longer able to do so and are about to go bankrupt.

Therefore, Feng Yiping is very confident to lock his shares in this newly established company at more than 50%.

"Okay," this time, Martin grabbed the first, but he immediately felt that it was better not to grab the first.

It seems to be a sign that I am not strong enough on this issue.

Fortunately, the other three didn’t think much about it. It would be natural to be cautious about such investments.

"Feng, I sent you an email, some of the questions I thought about and refined last night,"

"Okay, I'll look right away, let's go, is it better to have the restaurant yesterday?"

"No, I have notified the crew. When I arrive, I will take off immediately and lunch will be resolved on the plane. The company has just been established and there are too many things to do. Tesla's preliminary preparations mainly depend on you. By the way, the name you gave is great," he said with a thumbs up and smiled.

"Haha, this is very simple. It's easy to think of this name for electric cars. I believe Martin, you think so,"

When Martin heard Feng Yiping's words, he thought too much again. Does Feng know that we also want to register the Tesla trademark?

"It's not easy to think of this two years ago," Musk felt that he had gained too much during this trip to Silicon Valley, so he's always smiling. "After everything is settled, you are welcome to Los Angeles and everyone to check out at Spacex,"

"Sure, I've always been interested in the technology of exploring space. Goodbye Elon and look forward to our next meeting,"

I just hope that the next time I meet, you won’t compete with me for control.

Actually, he is really worried about this problem now. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!