460 [Try to Do It]

Time Cafe.

Song Weiyang called Li Sufu, and Li Sufu actually came to Shenghai directly by plane, and asked when they met, "Are you really planning to make electric cars?"

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

"Hi Boss Wang!"

"Hi Boss Li!"

After shaking hands and exchanging greetings, Li Sufu asked directly, "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 excitedly.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Isn't your reaction too exaggerated?"

Li Sufu said: "You don't make cars, of course you don't know what's going on. Now the whole industry has spread. 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!"

"There is such a thing?" Song Weiyang was surprised, he really didn't know much about the automobile industry.

Wang Chuanfu asked: "Is the news accurate?"

Li Sufu said: "Ninety-nine are not far from ten. Even if the new energy vehicle plan is not passed next year, it will be passed the year after. The central leadership directly caught it. Who doesn't know that the car manufacturers in the country are now?"

Song Weiyang asked: "Now there are not many electric vehicles in foreign countries. Why does the central government suddenly pay attention to this?"

Li Sufu said: "Because an Audi engineer wrote a letter to the central leadership. He lamented the ills of China's auto manufacturing industry, saying that China's auto industry can no longer follow the old path. Introduce, lag behind, introduce again, lag behind again, This is a dead end, and we will never get out of it. China should have its own core technology. Otherwise, once the market is formed, Chinese automobiles will be eliminated, and the national industry will disappear! China’s automobile industry must find a way to develop by leaps and bounds. The entrance, this entry point is the new energy vehicle."

Wang Chuanfu said confusedly: "Audi's engineer, how could it be possible to write such a letter?"

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

"It's interesting." Song Weiyang laughed.

This Audi engineer is called Wan Gang. He will resign his annual salary of one million dollars and return to China next year. He will serve as the leader of the 863 major electric vehicle project overall team. He will be employed by Tongji University to establish a new energy vehicle engineering center. Association Chairman.

Wangang's new energy vehicle research and development 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 developed countries. China built the first car in 2003, and defeated General Motors, Ford, and Nissan in Paris in 2006. The total score of China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is equal to that of Mercedes-Benz's new energy vehicles.

Perhaps by 2030, we will be able to see the commercial version of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in China.

Li Sufu excitedly said: "Now everyone knows that the country will pay attention to new energy vehicles, but no one knows how to get started. Once new energy vehicles are included in the 863 plan, policy support is not mentioned, but project funds can also be applied for, and automobile production licenses are even more important. You can get it in minutes."

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

Song Weiyang poured cold water on him and said: "You two, don't get too excited. Although the state supports it, but the current technology is not good enough, I don't think there will be much development in ten years. It can be done, but you can't invest too much money, and don't hold too much money. Great hope. Moreover, let’s not 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 companies to get involved.”

"That's right," Li Sufu was suddenly frustrated, "My car hasn't got a license yet, and it's been produced illegally. I'm really overthinking it."

Wang Chuanfu was surprised: "Geely doesn't have the qualification to produce cars?"

"No." Li Sufu said.

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

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

Wang Chuanfu was speechless for a moment, and looked at Li Sufu with admiration, making him feel that this old man was a little too courageous.

Wang Chuanfu thought for a while and said, "I am afraid that the structure of electric vehicles is very different from traditional vehicles. Where should we start?"

Li Sufu said: "It's simple. General Motors launched an electric car. We bought it, disassembled it for research, figured out how the car works, and then replaced it with the battery we developed. In fact, building a car is very simple. A few will be enough, I have dismantled more than a dozen before to practice hands. The problem now is the battery, is BYD's battery enough?"

"This requires research and development." Wang Chuanfu said.

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

Song Weiyang said: "I still have the same idea. Connect thousands of batteries together, and the efficiency will definitely be better than that of a single battery."

Wang Chuanfu said, "You can try it."

"What needs to be paid attention to is the market problem," Song Weiyang said, "I am afraid that it will take a long time for electric vehicles to be directly available to the public. We can't take the quantity route, but take the high-end route, just make electric sports cars directly."

Li Sufu said: "You are kidding. There are too many technologies involved in the sports car. Anyway, I can't make it, at least I can't make it in ten years."

"Take your time," Song Weiyang said, "first buy the GM electric car, dismantle it and familiarize yourself with the related technology, and then concentrate on developing our battery. After all these are done, we will solve the problem of the sports car. Don't make it too big. It’s enough to invest a few million, and then invest more when there are results.”

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

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Then you buy a car factory yourself, and use the battery to play slowly."

Wang Chuanfu said: "Alright, the three of us will invest first and follow the sports car route Boss Song said. When I have enough funds, I will buy a car factory and make electric cars for the public."

Historically, BYD really never thought about making cars, and Wang Chuanfu wanted to make batteries wholeheartedly.

At that time, the competition in the battery industry was becoming more and more fierce, and it happened that the country was supporting new energy vehicles, so Wang Chuanfu seemed to lead the battery business to the automobile industry. But when he looked around, hey, there are all joint-venture cars in the country, and Geely has just obtained a production license, and no car company buys his batteries at all.

In desperation, Wang Chuanfu, who wanted to sell car batteries, had no choice but to build the car himself. He first bought Jeep's mold factory, and then bought Qinchuan Automobile Company, and finally spent two or three years to make BYD F3 come out.

After the launch of BYD f3, Wang Chuanfu immediately made the car electric, and a year later he launched 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 bad car industry.

After the coffee was finished, the cooperation was also negotiated.

Song Weiyang, Wang Chuanfu and Li Sufu each invested 5 million yuan to form a "Tesla New Energy Technology Research and Development Company", each holding one-third of the shares. The company's address is located in the Geely Automobile Factory. Geely and BYD sent technicians to buy a general-purpose electric vehicle to jointly research electric vehicle technology.