At the GM Group headquarters, GM President George Cente personally led people to greet Zhang Fan who came here.
"Hello Mr. Senter..."
Zhang Fan and George Cent shook hands and went directly to GM's headquarters in the presence of many reporters.
As a century-old automobile giant, General Motors has the confidence of General Motors. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if GM's performance is not very good, it is still a giant in the United States.
Technically, GM also has powerful technologies. However, those technologies are all technologies of traditional fuel vehicles. At this point, GM can be a hundred miles ahead of Tesla.
If Tesla hadn't overtaken in a corner, how could a car company like Tesla have caught GM's eye. But this is the fact now, and the energy revolution is going on all over the world.
New energy vehicles are the mainstream of the future, and they must also keep pace with the times. This mainstream cannot be stopped, even if the oil tycoons of various countries are working hard to stop it.
The oil tycoons want to stop it, because new energy vehicles touch their interests. Not only the oil tycoons want to stop it, but the United States is also working hard to organize the spread of new energy.
After all, the United States has paid a lot for oil in oil countries. Now that new energy has arrived, the use of these gold liquids has been greatly reduced.
The United States is so depressed now that something it has worked so hard to get is suddenly worthless. But the trend cannot be stopped, it can only be delayed.
Besides, new energy has new energy interest groups. The oil industry wants to delay, while new energy interest groups want to speed up.
So now, even the United States can only move slowly. Even if the United States has canceled subsidies for new energy vehicles, it cannot stop the development of new energy.
After a brief visit, everyone entered the conference room directly. Business was important, and cooperation was the main thing.
"Mr. Zhang Fan, we have submitted a transaction application for the Hummer brand to the government. It will still take some time to get the final result. However, our GM Group's attitude is very firm, and I believe there will be a good result."
Georgesent said seriously that GM has submitted the Hummer brand transaction application.
This time GM's attitude is very firm. If the government does not agree to GM's deal, then GM will withdraw from the United States and shut down all its factories.
This time George Cente has gone all out and is a direct threat. This is also the intention of the major shareholders. Anyway, they believe that if they cannot reach cooperation with Tesla, it is estimated that GM may go bankrupt and reorganize soon.
The losses will be even greater by then. Now a Hummer brand can save GM, which is crucial for GM.
"Since you, Mr. Senter, are so sincere, we at Tesla have also brought us a specific cooperation plan."
Zhang Fan said with a smile, and the assistant walked up directly and explained the specific cooperation plan.
"We at Tesla attach great importance to cooperation with General Motors. After collective discussions in our Tesla Group, we have now come up with a specific cooperation plan."
The assistant said with a smile, and George Cent also had a solemn look on his face.
"The specific plan is as follows. We, Tesla, are responsible for the research and development of all new energy models of your company. Every time your company produces a car, we will give Tesla a certain technology usage fee. At the same time, the core components of these models must come from our Tesla
Invite purchases. The core components include batteries, motors and main control computers..."
As soon as the assistant finished speaking, Georgesente and the others' expressions became extremely ugly. The conditions seemed good, but this was completely killing GM's R&D capabilities.
If we cooperate like this, GM will completely become a foundry when it comes to new energy vehicles. R&D is controlled by Tesla, and they will not gain any technology from the cooperation.
Although this can save research and development costs, everyone knows that this is equivalent to giving the lifeblood to others. If they want to kill themselves, they can kill them with just one move.
"Second, our Tesla Group hopes to work with your company to build a unified standard charging pile network around the world..."
"Third, Tesla and your company will build a unified after-sales service center..."
The assistant briefly explained these three points. After listening to the assistant's words, Georgesent and the others looked at Zhang Fan.
"Mr. Zhang Fan, we are sincere about this cooperation. But I can't see your company's sincerity. We hope that our cooperation with each other can have more technical cooperation instead of becoming a foundry...
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Georgesent said seriously. Georgesente knows very well how Tesla plays in China.
China’s crazy use of body-changing cars has reduced so many brands to OEMs without any R&D.
Although more profits can be obtained in the short term, it will not be beneficial to the company's long-term development.
If you become a foundry, you will only be a foundry in the future. You can only make a little profit from the charity of others.
"Mr. Senter, we at Tesla are also full of sincerity. Otherwise, we would not offer such conditions. But the technical exchange you mentioned, we at Tesla are really powerless. Just like in the fuel era, you will put your best efforts
Should advanced engine technologies be exchanged? It is impossible to exchange them. These technologies are the core technologies of our Tesla. This is the foundation of our Tesla. It is impossible for us to exchange these things for a little profit..."
Zhang Fan's words made everyone present look better. As Zhang Fan said, in the fuel era, GM would not use its core engine technology to conduct technical exchanges with outsiders.
"Everyone, the most urgent task for General Motors now is to find the market, isn't it? When the market is there, profits will be there. You can invest more money in research and development. Besides, now we at Tesla will help you
The models developed are the same standard as our Tesla. In other words, your models can also enter China. They can be charged using standard charging piles in China..."
Zhang Fan dropped another bomb. Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Everyone knows how big the market in China is.
Nowadays, all government cars in China are basically new energy vehicles. China now sells tens of millions of new energy vehicles every year.
This market is too important. Now German, Japanese, American and other brands are losing their share of the Chinese market.
If GM can take advantage of this opportunity and grab a piece of the pie, it will naturally gain a lot of profits.
For GM, the most important thing now is to improve performance and gain profits. It must first get rid of the life-and-death crisis and then seek further development.
If you can't even pass the life-and-death test, how can you talk about revival? After thinking about this, everyone looks much better.