Chapter 44: How to build an operating system on an electric motorcycle? (Please read and vote)

The news that Phoenix Factory acquired Feiniao Electric Motorcycle Factory broke out before the next day.

As soon as Hu Lai and his party left the Bird Factory, a piece of news spread on the Internet.

“Phoenix Factory intercepted Hu Xiaoma electric vehicles and successfully acquired the ‘Feiniao’ electric motorcycle.”

As soon as the news came out, netizens speculated whether it was true or not.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, netizens’ comments are still very enthusiastic.

"Guigui, if this news is true, I can be considered as helping Phoenix, right? After all, I bought a 'Nirvana' and a 28-inch bumper!"

"Although I am very optimistic about Phoenix Factory, I have to wonder whether this cross-border crossover will cause trouble..."

"I advise you to be careful in your words and actions upstairs. Teacher Fenghuang specializes in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction, specializing in all kinds of slaps in the face, funny.jpg."

"Haha, Teacher Phoenix, who is about to go bankrupt, has acquired Teacher Feiniao, who is about to go bankrupt. This is called a 'weak and weak alliance', and the dog's head will save his life.jpg."

"I don't know if the news is true or not, but I still have some hope in my heart. The Phoenix Factory is a price butcher."

"What a coincidence. I was talking about buying an electric motorcycle, but I have to wait for the Phoenix Factory!"

"Quack, quack, brothers in the electric motorcycle industry, have you felt the fear of Phoenix?"

"Stop bragging upstairs, the Phoenix Factory isn't that scary, and the companies in the bicycle industry aren't living well either?"

"Young man, I suggest you take a look at the sales of Goudongshang commuter cars. They have plummeted. Many of them have been taken off the shelves. They cannot be sold at all!"

"How can you be so boastful? The more you talk about it, the more I look forward to Phoenix developing electric cars. I'll go to the live broadcast room early tomorrow morning and ask."

Early the next morning, before the broadcast started, there were many netizens in the live broadcast room waiting to ask about the news about electric motorcycles.

Hu Lai came to the company early in the morning, and soon after, Jiang Beichuan from the engineering department came to the office.

Along with Jiang Beichuan, there was a young man Hu Lai had never seen before.

Before Hu Lai opened his mouth, Jiang Beichuan said: "Boss, the original technical director of Feiniao Factory has changed his job. Director Dai recommended this brother."

"Huang Chen, he was the one who worked with us until twelve o'clock in the evening yesterday."

Jiang Beichuan grinned, his words showing appreciation.

Looking around, Huang Chen was young, only in his twenties.

When he asked the two of them to sit down, he originally thought that Huang Chen was a little awkward because he couldn't let go, but as soon as he sat down, Huang Chen couldn't wait.

"Boss, I've finally met a real person!"

Hu Lai was confused.

"I am a loyal fan of 'Nirvana'! I bought 'Nirvana' as soon as it came out!"

"I just bought it after watching your press conference. I was so excited..."

"It was so good and sensational. This time I heard that you were going to acquire the Feiniao factory. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep well for several days."

It's so embarrassing that Huang Chen is actually a loyal fan, he is so enthusiastic.

Huang Chen chatted happily for a while before his excitement calmed down a bit.

"Xiaochen, you know the situation of Feiniao electric vehicles relatively well. Please tell me briefly about the current problem."

Huang Chen looked excited and hurriedly took out a page of A4 paper from the folder and handed it to Hu Lai.

Hu Lai lowered his head and saw that there were many problems with the Feiniao electric car listed above.

I didn't expect it to be quite thin.

He looked at Huang Chen with admiration. Not only did he have the information in his hand, but Jiang Beichuan also held a copy.

Huang Chen said: "Mr. Hu, there are two main problems with the existing cars that Feiniao Factory has hoarded. I have written them down on paper."

"The first one is the whole vehicle battery control system. (Electronic control system)"

"The second is the MCU control system of the entire vehicle."

"For these two systems, Feiniao Factory was outsourced. As a result, the failure rate was too high, there were still bugs in the system that could not be solved, and the customer response was extremely poor."

Hu Lai nodded. Wang Meng from Pony Electric Vehicles had pointed out these two issues before when he and Han Ming were investigating.

Asked curiously: "Do you have any solutions before?"

Huang Chen nodded: "Yes, there were two solutions in the factory before."

"The first is to redesign the entire vehicle electronic control system and MCU chip control system."

"The second is to reduce the electronic configuration of the entire vehicle. As long as the integrated electronic configuration is reduced, the failure rate of the system will be greatly reduced."

"However, because the main selling points of Feiniao electric vehicles are high configuration, high cost performance and high intelligence, so..."

Jiang Beichuan on the side laughed: "If you want to cancel the electronic configuration, the selling point is gone, how can you still sell it?"

"Yeah, so Director Dai had no choice but to redesign the electronic control system, but before he could find someone, the factory couldn't support it anymore."

Huang Chen looked regretful and felt it was a pity.

Hu Lai thought for a moment and said, "You mean, as long as the electronic control system and MCU control system are completed, the problem will be solved."

"That's the theory."

"However, this batch of existing cars has many configurations and a high level of integration, so the design cycle will be relatively long."

"If you hire an outsourcing company to do it, the price won't be cheap."

Hu Lai shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be a big problem, we can handle it ourselves!"

Huang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses.

You know that Phoenix Factory must have been prepared when it rashly acquired Feiniao Factory!

It’s true that I am so optimistic about Phoenix Factory.

He looked excited. An electronic control system and MCU may be relatively complicated for other newcomers to the industry!

But for a manufacturer like Phoenix Factory that can develop top-notch polymer materials, isn’t that something that’s already within reach?

Huang Chen's face was full of excitement and anticipation, but Hu Lai was surprised.

This little brother must be too confident in Phoenix Factory. Phoenix Factory has never been involved in the electric motorcycle industry.

Huang Chen couldn't wait: "Boss, how is our company going to solve this problem?"

Hu Lai smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, you continue to talk about the previous problems of Feiniao Electric Motorcycle, and also tell me the difference between electric motorcycles and bicycles."

The smile on Huang Chen's face became even bigger: "Boss, there are a few differences between electric motorcycles and bicycles."

"The main core of an electric motorcycle is the frame structure, electronic control system, battery, and motor."

"The battery and motor are mainly responsible for the battery life and power output of electric vehicles."

Seeing that Hu Lai was listening attentively, he continued:

"The batteries and motors used in Feiniao electric vehicles before were products with mature procurement markets."

"But even with the same battery and motor, if you want to maximize performance, it depends on each manufacturer's own different adjustments."

"The most important thing here is the electronic control system. In the electric motorcycle industry, the electronic control system is the core of the core technology."

After taking a sip of water, he continued to explain:

"For example, the 48V26Ah lithium battery we use and the excellent electronic control from other manufacturers can have a range of 90KM, while the electronic control we designed before can only run 70KM at most. This is a huge difference!"

"This is the difference in electronic control."

Hu Lai laughed and said, "I know the electronic control system. Now tell me about the MCU control system!"

"The MCU is relatively simple."

"Simply put, MCU is a scaled-down version of a computer."

"The MCU chip controls most of the electronic equipment on the electric motorcycle."

"For example, some of our configurations include cruise control, one-button start, automatic sensor headlights, battery power, cruising range, etc. displayed on the screen."

"All these functions are controlled by MCU chips."

"If the MCU system is not designed well, problems will occur. In the past, outsourcing companies designed the system with redundancy and defects, which often caused crashes and electronic configuration failures."

"In the past, several customers just cut off the power while riding electric bicycles and almost caused traffic accidents. For this reason, Factory Manager Dai even compensated a sum of money."

Hu Lai understood the general idea and asked tentatively: "Since the MCU is a tiny version of a computer, it should be feasible to install an operating system to control all electronic devices, right?"

"operating system?!"

As soon as you come, use your big moves!

Huang Chen shuddered. An independent operating system controlled all electronic equipment in the car.

Isn't this the famous electric vehicle company - "Zesla"?

My dear, Phoenix doesn’t want to build an operating system on electric motorcycles, does it?

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