When Edel was worried about Kazan Gold, the five-ton heavy truck he asked Volkswagen to develop was already being mass-produced in Constanta.
Minoba, the general manager of Volkswagen, had actually reported it to him, but Edel had left Minoba to handle the plan he was preparing for Milouk and Kalust. This made Mioba, who was Xing, rush over to report the good news.
Noba was disappointed and thought that the crown prince was dissatisfied with him and planned to find someone to replace him, which made him worry about this for several days.
In mid-October of 2013, after half a month of emergency production, the first batch of 1,000 five-ton heavy-duty trucks appeared in front of the world. This batch of five-ton trucks can be said to be an earth-shaking change from the previous 1.5-ton trucks, with the most changes
What's more, the vehicle's chassis has been strengthened and optimized.
Among them, the clutch, transmission and drive axle are the ones that have changed the most. In order to solve the problem of cars driving on complex roads, Volkswagen's R&D department also developed a differential. This can solve the difficulty of turning and the coaxial wheel failure caused by driving on complex roads.
The rotation speed is unequal in distance. It also reduces the friction between the tire and the ground and extends the tire life.
Now all new cars produced by Volkswagen are equipped with this component invented by the technology research and development department. It can be said to be a small step forward in promoting the automobile industry. I believe that other car companies will soon learn from Volkswagen's methods.
In the original time and space, this differential was invented by Louis Renault in 1937, and it was now more than 20 years ahead of schedule by Volkswagen. This can prove that in the great development of automobiles triggered in advance, many technologies will not stick to the rules.
It will only appear then.
Of course, Volkswagen's newly launched five-ton Dongfeng heavy-duty truck is not as popular as the previous 1.5-ton truck. This batch of 1,000 new heavy-duty trucks was sold out only 11 days after it was put on the market, leaving Volkswagen waiting for news.
The senior management was a little disappointed.
In fact, this situation is caused by the fact that this heavy-duty truck is relatively expensive at 550 pounds per unit, which is much more expensive than the 145 pounds of the still-selling 1.5-ton Dongfeng truck. Even if the cargo volume is three times
The above is still too expensive for many transportation owners. On the other hand, the current European road conditions are not very good. Only a few roads can run cars, let alone fully loaded heavier five-ton heavy trucks. And now most goods can
The use of 1.5-ton trucks for transportation, in addition to the need to transport large items, makes the appearance of 5-ton trucks a bit premature.
However, despite being ignored by the public, the militaries of various countries are very interested in this car.
Among them, General Moltke, the German Chief of General Staff, saw this heavy-duty truck and told people around him. "This is a vehicle specially prepared for military transportation. We should spend all of Romania's repayment requirements on purchasing this kind of vehicle."
,This can improve the logistics level of our army."
In fact, he did the same. After observing this new Dongfeng truck with a load capacity of five tons, he approached the Ministry of War, which was concerned about equipment and its acquisition, and requested to purchase this vehicle to enhance the logistics and transportation level of the German army.
A group of old Prussian conservatives were responsible for managing technical and logistical affairs in the War Ministry since 1866. Research into the future role of military aircraft, as well as the full utilization of automobiles and their conversion into armored vehicles, or the equipment on vehicles
Research on machine guns or small artillery as offensive weapons or reconnaissance vehicles has either been delayed or has not been included in the agenda. They seem to be saying that in 1870 the Prussian infantry was not equipped with tethered balloons and machine guns. Could it be that they
Didn't win?
However, when Moltke insisted and even threatened to bypass them and go directly to Kaiser Wilhelm II, both parties finally gave in and decided to purchase 600 of this new heavy-duty truck to form a transportation group to see the effect.
Moltke was quite dissatisfied with this and believed that these old-timers from the Ministry of War should be fired from their posts. These people had long been behind the times and still clung to the experience of the Franco-Prussian War.
Compared with Germany's experience, the French army, its main opponent of the army, is not much better. Its commander-in-chief, General Joffre, prefers 1.5-ton Dongfeng trucks. In his words, this helps the French army recruit drivers from home.
The officers completely ignored the fact that there is not much difference in driving operation between 5-ton heavy trucks and 1.5-ton trucks, so the French army plans to purchase 350 of these heavy trucks to implement its military transportation system.
As for Russia, due to the complicated road conditions on its Eastern European roads, there are not too many 1.5-ton trucks now. Most road transportation is still focused on accumulating power, so they only plan to purchase 100 trucks to test the effect.
The British side is much more generous, but the reason for the purchase is a bit strange. They plan to form a division-level fast mobile force to deal with possible wars in Europe. They originally planned to use a 1.5-ton truck as its transportation vehicle, but after seeing
After the launch of the new five-ton heavy truck, they plan to purchase 800 of these trucks so that all soldiers and equipment can be carried away on four wheels. I just don’t know how much role a division can play in Europe?
Austria-Hungary and Italy also purchased a small amount to try out the effect due to military funding reasons. Other small countries also purchased dozens of vehicles and more than ten vehicles. In the end, after these orders were aggregated, there were still orders of three to four thousand vehicles, which allowed Volkswagen to
The top management also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They have invested nearly 1 million pounds in this new car. It would be a joke if they couldn't make it back.
As for the United States, which currently has the largest car consumption, Volkswagen has no other ideas at all. It had an agreement with Ford before, and it is still profitable for both parties to comply, so both parties recognize the current situation. And Volkswagen has started from T
The money earned from the Model T is no less than that of Ford, because the Model T in Europe is five dollars more expensive than in the United States. Therefore, in order to prevent the relationship between the two parties from breaking down, this new model, which does not seem to be a success, only
Can give up the US market.
Even so, Minoba, the general manager of Volkswagen, felt it necessary to report this situation to the Crown Prince. Not to find a reason, but just to let His Highness know that the new car he requested has been made by Volkswagen, and the market reaction does not count.
Well, I hope His Highness can give less guidance on the development of Volkswagen.
However, his hard work was not accepted by Edel. When he met with him, the crown prince recognized their work and believed that this was the car he needed. Minoba's hint that he wanted to slow down the construction of a new five-ton heavy truck production line was rejected by the crown prince.
, and asked him to build it according to the two scheduled production lines, because there will be orders by then.
In this regard, Minoba could only obey orders, but he didn't know where new orders would come from for Volkswagen to produce after completing these orders. For this, he planned to let the existing five-ton heavy truck production line produce at normal speed.
Well, as for the order waiting, Volkswagen is very experienced in dealing with too many orders anyway.
