Chapter 1091 The acquisition that shocked the world
Just when American society is hotly discussing service robots, a huge acquisition is underway.
The three major automobile groups and the U.S. government are involved in the acquisition case. Each aspect has its own needs, and each other's teams are constantly bargaining and testing each other's bottom line.
What each other needs is their own interests. The U.S. government hopes to get rid of Chrysler, a big burden, and at the same time be able to survive as an American car company, increase employment and increase tax revenue.
Ford and General Motors hope to cooperate with Tesla to quickly get a share of the new energy vehicle field.
As for Tesla, this investment is to make profits and gain more initiative here.
Every company has its own bottom line, and Tesla's bottom line does not lie in money. It lies in the R&D department, and Tesla will not give in at all on this point.
Whether it is Hummer, Aston Martin, or all brands under Chrysler, research and development work must be placed in China's blue ocean city.
There is no R&D center in the United States. In the future, the cars developed by the R&D center in Lanhai City will be global models.
At the same time, after the acquisition is completed, all research and development work on fuel vehicles will stop. At the same time, the sales of fuel vehicles will also gradually stop.
This makes the United States want to scold it. Everyone knows the importance of research and development. This is a famous family. As long as you master this famous family, it will be useless no matter what the US government wants to do in the future.
However, Tesla also gives benefits, that is, it places some factories in the United States. Almost all models can be produced in the United States, and models produced in domestic factories in the United States will also be exported to other countries.
Tesla currently has many factories. There are ones in China, one in Malaysia, one in the United States, and one in Italy.
Each factory faces different markets. China, ASEAN, America, Europe, etc. This can also save costs to the greatest extent.
The R&D center is Tesla's bottom line. If it cannot control the R&D center, Tesla will not acquire these brands.
After fierce negotiations, an acquisition that shocked the world finally came to an end.
This acquisition involved a terrifying amount of money. It amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars. The three major groups and the US government were also required to keep the matter secret for the time being.
Because Longteng Group also needs to acquire the shares of some other shareholders, Longteng Group also began to acquire the shares of some brands in the stock market.
Longteng Group has a very big goal. It wants to hold at least 51% of the shares and have absolute controlling rights.
There are many brands acquired this time, including Hummer, Aston Martin, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep.
Every brand is familiar, and every brand has created brilliance in the past. Each brand also has its own personality and what it is good at.
For the United States, Germany, and Japan, which have developed automobile industries, these brands may not be precious, but for China, these brands are of great value.
For Tesla, with these brands, it can expand rapidly, deliver products to users, and cultivate its loyal customers.
At the same time, when acquiring these brands, they also acquired a lot of technologies. Although these technologies are all for fuel vehicles, these technologies also make up for some shortcomings of China's automobile industry.
Even if these technologies are not currently used, they can be kept there as a technical reserve. If there is a need to restart these technologies at some point in the future, these things will be placed directly there.
Electric vehicles have the advantages of electric vehicles, and fuel vehicles have the advantages of fuel vehicles. Although electric vehicles are now on the rise, there is still a certain market for fuel vehicles.
For example, in backward Africa and countries with relatively cheap fuel, there is a certain market for fuel vehicles in those countries.
An unprecedented acquisition ended in this way, and Zhang Fan spent hundreds of billions of dollars on it. This was a huge sum of money, but Zhang Fan spent it very happily.
In addition to acquiring these many brands, Zhang Fan has completely united the three giants in the United States. In the future, the three giants will work together to develop together in the field of new energy.
The three major automobile giants have reached an agreement with Tesla. All of their electric vehicles adopt Tesla standards. At the same time, the three major groups have joined forces with Tesla to deploy a large number of charging piles in North America to serve electric vehicles.
This means that Tesla's standards are completely internationalized, at least reaching North America. This is undoubtedly a huge victory for Tesla.
At the Tesla headquarters, the engineers were filled with excitement. There were many brands and many models acquired this time. This gave the engineers who had been relatively idle during this period a new task.
The crazy shell-changing trucks showed off their power again. According to each company's design concept, each shell-changing truck was quickly completed.
At the same time, this acquisition gave Tesla its own supercar brand, which is the long-established Aston Martin. Aston Martin's performance may be poor these days, but its reputation is not lower than Ferrari Lamborghini.
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As the world's top supercar brand, Aston Martin has its own confidence and pride. Otherwise, Zhang Fan would not have spent nearly three billion US dollars to acquire this brand.
Zhang Fan has his own plans for Aston Martin. In the future, all Aston Martins will be electrified.
Tesla has experience in electric supercars. Tesla Pangu is the best example. However, it is not as famous as Aston Martin.
The performance of electrified Aston Martin will be even better, while the comfort and driving experience will be further enhanced.
As for the unique sound of a fuel-powered supercar, electric supercars can also be simulated. Even the situation of the exhaust pipe spraying fire can be simulated to the fullest.
Unlike several other brands, Aston Martin will settle in China after being acquired. Not only the R&D center, but also the factory will be located in China.
From now on, this brand will be China's supercar brand. Models from all countries in the world will only be produced in China.
This is good news for wealthy Chinese consumers. This is a standard supercar made in China. Once it is made in China, the price will definitely have a lot of discounts.
Even if the price is not much better, it will be directly higher than its competitors in terms of performance and configuration convenience.
There are many wealthy people in China. With the continuous construction of roads in China over the years, the practicality of supercars has increased significantly.
Coupled with Tesla's intelligent suspension system, the practicality of electric sports cars has greatly increased. The Aston Martin of the future will definitely not just be a show-off tool for occasionally driving out to pick up girls, but a vehicle that can be used to commute to and from get off work. Transportation.