Chapter 579 Planning Electric Vehicles

After leaving Corning Town, the car that sent them to the airport contained two large boxes, which contained two sets of tableware presented by Corning Company, from pots to bowls, which were quite complete.

In fact, Feng Yiping just mentioned by the way that he wanted to buy two sets of their tableware. It was one aspect of wanting to buy it. In this way, it was actually a compliment to Kang Ning.

Unexpectedly, Joanna kept it in mind all the time. After he finished talking with Benjamin, he saw these two big boxes that had been packed. "A little souvenir," Joanna said with a smile.

Foreign companies will also do the gift of sentimental souvenirs!

Feng Yiping didn't want to take advantage of this small advantage—if he wanted to take it, he would take it big, such as the glass project that made him drool, but the other party refused to accept it, so forget it, and it was only a matter of two thousand dollars.

It should be said that a century-old company like Corning has a very different style of conduct from other companies that are closely related to the government, such as military industry giants or oil giants, and they are much more friendly to the people and gentler.

"So happy, your girlfriend is waiting at home?" Feng Yiping asked Jacob who was humming a ditty.

"Yes," Jacob offered, "this is the first time Amy and I have been apart for so long,"

He originally wanted to ask the little boss if there was any contact with the girl from Georgetown University, because when he sent her back to school that time, the two of them seemed to be more lingering, and there was a tendency to develop from sexual intercourse to multi-night stand and foundation.

However, he still didn't mention it in the end. It's not easy for him to inquire about the boss's personal affairs.

The last and most important item that Feng Yiping investigated was, of course, electric vehicles.

However, Martin Eberhard, the founder of Tesla, is still obsessed with other things and has not shown much enthusiasm for electric vehicles.

And Iron Man Musk, who later became a pioneer of an industry like Jobs, has a somewhat similar experience with Jobs. In September, Mr. Musk was also kicked out of the company he founded.

In other words, he is also to blame for being too willful. PayPal, which was formed by his merger with Lavchin’s Confinity company, was not ideally integrated, and the interior was very unstable. The board of directors had to replace the previous CEO and let the original director Long Musk also served.

However, when the conflicts within the company were not resolved, he went on a trip to Australia. The reason was very strong, the Sydney Olympics was about to start!

Then, taking advantage of his absence, Lavchin seized the opportunity, secured the board's support, and successfully fired Musk.

So Mr. Iron Man, this will be, and depressed!

So, who to turn to?

It's also simple, find Martin Eberhard's guide.

In fact, the electric car was not only hyped up as a high-tech, but also promoted as a responsible and high-quality way of life. In fact, it is not uncommon for a big and powerful car country like the United States. thing.

Can you imagine that the earliest commercial electric vehicle was actually used as a taxi as early as 1897, shuttled flexibly in the streets and alleys of New York.

In the year of the Revolution of 1911, the New York Times advocated that "electric vehicles are the most ideal means of transportation", and detailed its advantages, such as cleanliness, low noise and environmental protection.

The most recent and most controversial one is the EV-1 launched by the giant GM in 1996.

However, although it can travel up to 100 miles on a single charge, its technology is still immature, the facilities in the car are also poor, and the comfort is average, so not many people buy it.

Those who sell mobile phones can talk about feelings and ideals, but those who sell cars, no matter how lofty your goals are and how resonant your feelings are, it will not change the choices of many people.

For a large item like a car, of course, it should be comfortable and comfortable, and it is really nothing if you have ideals and environmental protection.

To make matters worse, some states in the United States have relaxed the requirements for vehicle emissions at this time. Therefore, from an economic perspective, GM finally stopped production of EV-1 last year.

However, according to the rules prevailing all over the world, a giant in a certain industry is often the training center of the industry at the same time, and GM is no exception. It has trained many talents for its competitors and also trained many competitors for itself.

Prior to this, many designers who participated in the design of GM's electric vehicles, but believed that the company had succumbed to the pressure of the oil giants, chose to say goodbye to GM.

Among them, Alan Kooning, who founded the ACP company in 1992, and Martin Eberhard, who was influenced by him, became interested in electric vehicles. When he founded Tesla, he also used ACP’s technology.

Alan Kooning is an assertive and stubborn person. He is only willing to study the technology of electric vehicles and design electric vehicles, but he does not want to set up a company that produces electric vehicles. For this reason, he has been little known.

"Hello, Mr. Alan," Feng Yiping and the others rushed to San Dimas, Los Angeles to meet with Alan Kuning under the contact of Mike.

"Hello, Feng,"

At this time, the ACP company invested heavily and quickly, and the return was very small and slow. In addition, it spent money to toss out the experimental Tzero electric car. Although the current economic situation is acceptable, technical research is a matter Future funding needs are always uncertain.

Therefore, Alan is still more enthusiastic about those who are introduced by acquaintances, who are said to have spare money and are interested in this field.

"Can you sign me?" Feng Yiping is still at an age where being cute is not too shameful. When we met, he pretended to be his fan. "I admire you very much!"

A person who has been very popular in the newspapers and on TV recently said that he admired himself in person, and Alan was still a little bit refreshed.

He frantically signed the notebook Feng Yiping took out, "I just did something I wanted to do,"

"What I admire the most is your persistence," Feng Yiping said, "Although I don't understand it, I am personally very interested in pure electric vehicles, which is a technology related to the living environment of all people in the world. ,"

Allen was very happy after hearing Feng Yiping's words, "Come on, I'll take you to see Tzero, this is the design I'm most satisfied with so far,"

In the workshop, there is a yellow low-slung electric car parked. "This is the fastest electric car in the world. It only takes 3.6 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 kilometers," Allen said happily.

"Wow, it's amazing," Feng Yiping sighed sincerely.

In fact, he doesn't like sports cars, and he really doesn't like the acceleration performance that many people pursue. He has never understood, is there really such a big difference between 3.6 seconds and 36 seconds?

Allen gently stroked the low roof of the car, as if he were a newborn child, "We use leading acid lead batteries, which can be charged on any 120 or 240-volt socket. After the battery is fully charged, it can travel 300 kilometers at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, "

"To commute in the city, it's totally enough," Mike said.

Feng Yiping is currently observing the interior of this car. Well, strictly speaking, this car has no interior at all. It is still an engineering prototype. Except for the CD player, all other control systems are very Original parts, and it doesn't even have an air conditioner!

I thought that if it is equipped with air-conditioning, the mileage will be greatly affected. However, in a place where the average temperature is 20 degrees this winter, is it really good to have a car without air-conditioning?

"It's really not easy for you to achieve such an achievement," Feng Yiping said from the bottom of his heart.

In the closed automobile industry, and at the same time under the pressure of the oil giants, it is not easy for a small company to make such achievements.

"Alan, you have such mature technology, why don't you consider setting up a car company?" Feng Yiping asked.

"For this car, we originally hoped to cooperate with a car company, and they would provide the chassis, but you know, we searched all the car companies, but no one was willing, we had to give up, and we got the support of Lotus Cars ,"

Looking at his appearance, Feng Yiping felt that at this time, he could seamlessly follow the later popular saying, "Stop talking, if you talk too much, you will cry."

"I personally think that this is a trend that no one can stop, so I firmly believe that this situation will definitely change in the near future." Feng Yiping said.

It is true that during the birth of Tesla, giants such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW provided a lot of help, because these traditional car manufacturing companies were also aware of this unstoppable trend at that time.

"Hehe, I agree with that, I just hope that this day will come sooner," Allen said with a smile.

Back in the office again, Feng Yiping put forward his suggestion straightforwardly, "Alan, I appreciate your actions and I am very optimistic about this market. I am currently in a good financial situation. If you have financial needs, I think we You can cooperate, and I will not interfere with your research,"

Allen smiled, this is what he wanted to hear, "I will seriously consider your proposal,"

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Mike returned to San Francisco. Feng Yiping, who came to Los Angeles for the first time, of course had to go shopping. Looking at the huge Hollywood sign on the hill in the distance, he was eager to meet those big stars?

At this time, the mobile phone rang, and he saw it, what a coincidence, it was a call from a future Hollywood star.

ps: Dear friends, the Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Are today’s tickets so pitifully low?