Chapter 693 Who to Sell To? Who Will Pay for It?

Suspend all technical research and development of fuel vehicles? Pei Haidong was a little confused.

And Pei Haidong is a person who is very persistent in research and development, otherwise he would not have developed Dayu Bus Factory's own chassis technology with limited funds.

Although it's not great, compared with the R&D funds invested, it's pretty good.

So he didn't understand. Didn't it mean that Huahuajia Technology Co., Ltd. focused on research and development?

Does the new boss just want to repackage the existing model technology and put it on the market?

The more Pei Haidong thought about it, the more he felt that it should be like this. Although there was no strange expression on his face, he was a little disappointed in his heart.

"Mr. Chen, there is no market for our existing models. It is not just a problem of our own marketing and promotion.

There is also a big reason that the joint venture company in Xiaoxiba closed down, which caused us to lose our original technical support, resulting in the decline of our product strength.

If we do not continue to develop and improve our own technology, then our products will still not be competitive in the market..."

Pei Haidong said it tactfully and with sincerity in his tone, just to persuade Chen Changliu and the executives of the flower grower to continue investing in research and development.

Pei Haidong has feelings for Dayu Bus Factory. He has been working in Dayu Bus Factory since he graduated. He has step by step from a technician to the position of vice president in charge of technology research and development, witnessing the rise and fall of Dayu Bus Factory.

Although it can no longer be called Dayu Bus Factory and has become an automobile industry subsidiary of Zhonghuajia Technology Co., Ltd., he still hopes that the factory can continue to work.

Those former managers of Dayu Bus Factory who had not found connections to be transferred, whether they had no choice but to stay or had the same idea as Pei Haidong, also hoped that Dayu Bus Factory could make it work.

The success of an automobile manufacturer has a lot to do with its product capabilities.

Of course Chen Changliu and the others could hear it, and he couldn't help but smile.

Executives including Wu Bo, Ke Meng, Liu Yang, etc. all laughed, which made Pei Haidong and the others feel baffled.

Wu Bo looked at Pei Haidong, who had a technical background with him, and said to him with admiration:

"Haha, don't worry, Mr. Pei. Wait until Mr. Chen finishes speaking. Don't worry, you will always be busy with technological research and development projects in the future."

Wu Bo's words made Pei Haidong doubtful, and he could only look at Chen Changliu nervously.

Chen Changliu stopped teasing him and said directly:

"Don't worry, the head office has held a meeting and discussed it, and has made preparations for the automobile industry subsidiaries to only go out but not come in in the past two or three years.

The head office has given you a budget of at least 200 million per year for the past three years, so you will have much more money to spend on research and development than before. "

Hearing the annual budget of at least 200 million, Pei Haidong's heart, which had been a little depressed, suddenly became excited. He had never fought such a wealthy battle.

According to what Mr. Chen just said and the current scale, at least more than 100 million of the 200 million budget can be used for research and development. What is the concept of this? It is more than the total research and development expenses in the past five years.

"Great, Mr. Chen, are you telling the truth?

If there are such sufficient R&D expenses, the competitiveness of our products will definitely increase by one or two levels. "

Chen Changliu looked at the excited Pei Haidong and nodded, while Wu Bo said:

"Mr. Pei, what's so exciting about this? Let's put it this way, the R&D funding of your automobile industry subsidiary is not large compared to the head office.

Not to mention comparing with Jingyuan Division, even Mr. Liu's lithium battery division has much more research and development funds than you.

Let's put it this way, the importance that Huazhuajia Technology Co., Ltd. attaches to core technology research and development is beyond your understanding.

So go for it, as long as you can make achievements, hehe, I believe that President Chen will increase your R&D expenses appropriately. "

Pei Haidong smiled firmly and said:

"Understood Mr. Wu, the R&D department of our automobile industry subsidiary will not disappoint the leaders of the head office!"

Of course, Chen Changliu had his own considerations for only providing so much financial support to automobile industry subsidiaries.

Although the technical difficulty of the car track is high, people who don’t understand may think that one or two billion can develop a car? After all, the new energy vehicle companies of later generations often spend tens of billions of R&D funds.

But Chen Changliu knew that was not the case. After Brother Boatman acquired the car factory, he spent more than a year to develop the first car based on the original foundation.

Although it was a piece of shit, dealers from all over the country left half of the product before they even heard the introduction. In the end, it was stillborn and could not be launched on the market.

It seems that the flower grower does not make fuel vehicles, and the foundation is not as good as that of the boatman. However, Chen Changliu plans to build it in three years and invest at least 200 million per year.

What's more, the batteries among the three major items are not developed by automobile industry subsidiaries, but are the responsibility of Liu Yang's lithium battery division.

Therefore, in fact, Chen Changliu's research and development expenses for the automobile industry subsidiary were much richer than those of Boatman's first car on the market.

"Okay, Mr. Pei, starting from today, in addition to the continued research and development of chassis technology and vehicle assembly, the Automobile Industry Corporation will make every effort to build new energy vehicles. This is your research and development direction."

As soon as Chen Changliu finished speaking, Pei Haidong frowned, then looked at Chen Changliu and said:

"Mr. Chen, the new energy vehicles you are talking about are electric vehicles, right?

I object! "

Pei Haidong's words made the leaders of the Flower Planting Company have unexpected expressions on their faces. This must be the first time someone has raised such categorical objections in front of Chen Changliu!

However, they saw that Chen Changliu did not look angry, so they did not speak. After all, Pei Haidong did not know Chen Changliu's ability, and he did not know that Chen Changliu had never made a wrong step.

Pei Haidong continued:

"Mr. Chen, leaders, on December 15 last year, the first Toyota PRIUS hybrid car produced overseas officially rolled off the assembly line in China.

On December 16, the domestic market price was officially announced: 288,000 yuan for the fabric seat version and 302,000 yuan for the leather seat version.

But half a year has passed, and this car can be said to be extremely unsuccessful. Only 1,000 units have been sold in the past six months, with an average sales volume of less than 200 units per month.

This is still a Toyota product. There is no market for electric vehicles in China now.

Yes, the official fuel consumption is 4.7 liters, which is much cheaper than the current A-class car with a fuel consumption of 8 or 9 liters.

But the price of the car has doubled, which is not cost-effective at all.

I am not destroying my own prestige. Our brand value is simply different from Toyota. Even if we produce it, who will sell it to? Who will pay for it?

So I don’t agree with Mr. Chen’s statement about taking the new energy vehicle route."

PS: The typo will be corrected first and then corrected.