Chapter 1681 Elon Musk's Tesla Plan

After chatting with Li Mu, Schwarzenegger couldn't wait to cooperate with Li Mu after taking office.

He is looking forward to the dramatic changes that California can take under his rule, with a growing gdp, a reduction in the fiscal deficit, a reduction in unemployment, and an increase in income from foreign trade, finance, and tourism.

Before talking to Li Muxiang, although he was smug, he didn't have strong confidence, but now it's different. He feels that everything is close at hand.

Li Mu slept at Schwarzenegger's house all night, and the next day was his inauguration in Sacramento.

The inauguration ceremony was held at the Sacramento state government. According to the media, this was the most watched governor inauguration ceremony in the United States in the past 50 years. More than 100 Hollywood stars and California entrepreneurs attended the ceremony. It is said that even Microsoft, which is headquartered in Seattle, attended the ceremony. Founder Bill Gates was also present to congratulate.

There was even a headline in the media, saying that this was the Oscar of California politics, and for a time, people's attention was focused on the small city of Sacramento.

Unlike Schwarzenegger who went to the state government early in the morning to prepare for his inauguration, Li Mu did not leave Schwarzenegger's villa in Sacramento until noon, as did Celine Dion and his wife who lived in the villa. .

Schwarzenegger's wife specially stayed to entertain the guests at home. In the afternoon, she and Li Mu, Celine Dion and other guests went to the state government to attend the inauguration ceremony in the evening.

There are very few people who know that Li Mu is in the Schwarzenegger family, and Elon Musk is one of them.

In fact, Li Mu notified him in advance and asked him to come to Schwarzenegger's villa in advance to find him.

Li Mu wanted to know about Tesla's current progress with him.

In order to do online takeout in Huaxia before, Li Mu also specially asked Tesla's team in charge of battery pack research and development to come up with a lithium battery pack design suitable for electric vehicles. For the real strength of this team, this demand can only be It is a dimensionality reduction application, so a perfect design scheme has been given very quickly.

Although the concept of new energy is still many years away from global popularization, Li Mu still has great hope and emphasis on Tesla. This is not to make money by selling electric vehicles in the future, but more importantly, He looks at the long-term accumulation of new energy vehicles in the development.

Companies like Tesla have been researching electric vehicles since the beginning of the 21st century, and almost from scratch, first researching batteries, then battery management, then motors, electronic controls, kinetic energy recovery, and autonomous driving. With such a strong accumulation, it is possible to ride the dust on new energy vehicles.

In contrast to those car brands that entered the new energy field only because of subsidies after 2015, Tesla is like a scholar who has studied hard from kindergarten to Ph.D. Semi-literate with a Pheasant College Diploma.

Those companies in later generations can basically take a car frame, remove the fuel engine, gearbox, and fuel tank, then put a bunch of lead-acid batteries in, and then install an ordinary motor, which can basically be taken out for sale. In Li Mu's view, there is no core difference between the old electric car and the old electric car.

The reason why he wants to invest in Tesla now is that he hopes to accumulate a complete set of technical solutions for new energy vehicles in advance, so that he can ensure that he leads the industry for at least five to ten years.

Toyota's advantage in hybrid power is unparalleled in the world, and it has never been broken by other car companies. The big reason is not how difficult Toyota's technology is, but Toyota has been focusing on hybrid technology for a long time.

A super defensive line consisting of a large number of patents has been erected.

Under the circumstance that Toyota holds a large number of hybrid technology patents, almost no company can come up with a set of hybrid technology that can be compared with Toyota without touching Toyota's patent group.

What Li Mu wants to pursue in Tesla is also such a patent barrier.

In the last life, Elon Musk successfully established such a patent barrier on Tesla, but the buddy himself announced that all the patents were made public, and some people praised his generosity, but Li Mu felt that it should be Elon Ma. Ske had to do it.

Li Mu has always felt that Tesla's biggest failure is that it has been "making cars on the cloud" in the first few years of development.

Elon Musk doesn’t understand the truth of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile. The ancestors of China said that digging deep holes, accumulating grains, and being king slowly is definitely a warning to Tesla.

Tesla has just dug the hole twice, and has not saved a few grains of food, it shows that it is the king and hegemony. The concept product came out too early, and the follow-up of mass production is too slow. There is a gap in the middle. It gives fuel car manufacturers time to compete with Tesla.

It’s like the two countries declared war, and they gave each other a war letter ten years ago. Ten years later, the army has not been assembled yet, and the other side has already erected a copper wall and an iron wall waiting for you. Even if you don’t fight him, he will fight him. you.

At the beginning, Tesla stood on the opposite side of the entire traditional auto industry. It is conceivable how much pressure and difficulty it is.

Therefore, Li Mu feels that Elon Musk's disclosure of Tesla's patents in his previous life should not be really generous, but to actively disperse pressure, win over allies, and even tempt traditional car manufacturers to rebel.

After all, due to the special circumstances of new energy vehicles, it was destined that only by lowering the threshold for other companies to build new energy vehicles would the new energy field develop vigorously. Let’s publicize and promote new energy together. No matter how bad it is, we can still build charging piles together.

Otherwise, if there is only one new energy vehicle manufacturer in the market, Tesla, giving him 20 years of time may not be able to solve the problem of building charging piles in developed countries and first-tier cities in developing countries.

But looking back at Tesla's approach in the past life, it has spawned all kinds of garbage new energy vehicles, resulting in a huge waste of resources, which may not be a good thing for the environment.

Therefore, Li Mu feels that if Tesla is in charge of himself, then as long as any patent is within the protection period, he will never disclose it to friends and businessmen. He is confident enough to let Tesla realize deep digging, Accumulate food.

Elon Musk didn't know that Li Mu had long been concerned about the business that he was most concerned about, and had a very long-term plan. When he came to Schwarzenegger's house to "debrief" to Li Mu, he was still popularizing new energy vehicles to Li Mu. some basic concepts.

He told Li Mu that Tesla has now made a great breakthrough in the management technology of lithium battery packs. Li Mu nodded and said, "Has the supporting high-speed charging technology been developed yet?"

Elon Musk was stunned.

He looked at Li Mu's eyes, Li Mu caught the message at a glance, and translated almost eight words: "Oh, I'll go, you can..."

After being stunned for a moment, Elon Musk said seriously: "Our R&D team has considered this direction for high-speed charging technology, but it has not yet begun to invest in vigorous research and development."

Li Mu asked him: "Then your future user positioning is the second car of the user, and it is difficult to leave the local second car."

Elon Musk nodded and said: "Our car will have a cruising range of about 400 kilometers after mass production. For white-collar workers working in cities, the daily commute mileage will generally not exceed 50 kilometers. Basically, the car can work normally for a week, and it can be charged once a week. As long as the charging pile is installed at home, it is basically enough."

Li Mu asked him, "What's the maximum charging power of the charging pile you said installed at home?"

Elon Musk said: "According to our current plan, once the Tesla sedan is mass-produced, it will first provide the car owner with the installation service of ordinary speed charging piles. This charging technology threshold is not high, and the power is 5-10 kilowatts per hours or so."

Li Mu nodded and said, "In this case, it takes about 8-15 hours to fully charge a Tesla car with a battery capacity of 80-100 kilowatts."

"That's right," Elon Musk said. "Basically you can fully charge it in one night."

Li Mu asked him, "What if I want to go to Los Angeles from here? It is said that there seems to be a mileage of five or six hundred kilometers."

Elon Musk said: "It's very simple, park your Tesla in your garage, and drive your gas car out."

Li Mu asked him again: "If you position yourself after the fuel car, how much room will you develop in the future?"

Elon Musk said seriously: "Mr. Li, in fact, I understand everything you said, and we have also considered it carefully. In the long run, our development must be to replace, not supplement, fuel vehicles."

Speaking, Elon Musk added: "However, from the current point of view, it is too difficult for us to directly compete with traditional auto companies, so we need to develop steadily."

Li Mu looked at Elon Musk, suddenly a little confused.

Doesn't this guy have the idea of ​​​​using Tesla to impact the entire traditional fuel vehicle industry?

In this way, he should be constantly adjusting his thinking while doing it.

No wonder Tesla was pushed out before the production capacity was resolved.

Li Mu said: "The positioning of the Tesla sedan now is like how a fighter jet would be used without the aid of a tanker."

"In other words, in theory, the car can last up to 400 kilometers, and the user's maximum activity radius is 200 kilometers. Just like a fighter without the aid of a tanker, the method of calculating the combat radius is the same. Exceeding this activity radius basically means that there is no Let's go back to where we started."

Elon Musk nodded and said: "This is the case at this stage, but our target users at this stage do not really have a strong demand."

"Our user positioning is an elite group with high income, high education, and a high sense of social responsibility. Just like the Toyota Prius, the fuel price in the United States is so low, and Americans are generally used to large-displacement fuel vehicles. The fuel economy of the Prius is really about the money. It doesn't have a big impact, so it's not liked by most of the people."

"Most people don't like Prius, but it is very attractive to those high-income but environmentally conscious elites. You can go to Silicon Valley, Stanford, Harvard, MIT to see, most IT workers and university professors, all I like cars with small displacement and low fuel consumption, and I have a high degree of recognition for hybrid vehicles like Prius. If you watch it, you may think that Toyota has sold all Prius to Internet companies and universities in the United States. "

"So our first-stage target users are these people who drive Prius. Their lives are simple, two points and one line, and they have a strong sense of social responsibility. They pursue energy conservation, emission reduction, and green travel. If we can provide them with a car with a battery life of three or four The 100-kilometer luxury pure electric car will definitely be very attractive to them.”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Elon, your eyes are too focused now, it's not good!"