Mercedes-Benz and BMW were confused by the Volkswagen incident. They had no idea that Volkswagen would offer such conditions. With such conditions, how could they drive?
Mercedes-Benz and BMW are different from Volkswagen. They don't have as many brands as Volkswagen. Mercedes-Benz doesn't have many brands, and Maybach is just a series now.
BMW is not much better, there are only Rolls-Royce and MINI. Of these two brands, only Rolls-Royce can attract Zhang Fan's attention.
Volkswagen is different. It has many brands. Even if Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti are given to Zhang Fan, it will not hurt the Volkswagen Group. After all, those three brands seem to be very high-end, but they have almost no profit. They have been losing money in recent years.
So selling these three brands is nothing at all. Of course, just these three brands are not enough. According to the news they received, Zhang Group also bought shares in Volkswagen and became one of its shareholders. As for how many shares they have, currently they
Haven't found it yet.
Volkswagen took the lead, and now BMW and Mercedes-Benz are a little embarrassed. Especially the latest news that they met Zhang Fan but was rejected by him.
This is not good news. Before this, they had predicted that even if Zhang Fan comes to Germany to cooperate with car companies, the three giants may choose one from the three.
Now Zhang Fan refuses to meet them, which makes them very anxious.
Volkswagen Group, a meeting is being held. All shareholders are here for this meeting, because this meeting is related to the life and death of the entire group.
All the shareholders came, but one of them was particularly eye-catching.
Hu Hai sat there with a smile on his face, as the representative of Zhang Group. Today he represented Zhang Group to attend the shareholders' meeting.
The Zhang Group has actually been quietly acquiring shares of Volkswagen Group. It first made acquisitions on the stock market, and later acquired some shares from some shareholders through other people.
Now that Volkswagen Group's stock is at its lowest level, it is also the most suitable time to hunt for the bottom.
Through a series of operations, the Zhang Group controlled 33% of the Volkswagen Group's stocks.
It’s just that Zhang’s Group didn’t come forward before, and those who sold their stocks were also entrusted by Zhang’s Group to continue to act as shareholders.
Now there is no need to act, so Hu Hai is here. He holds 33% of the shareholders in his hands and becomes the largest shareholder of the Volkswagen Group.
However, not all of the 33% of the shares belong to the Zhang Group in name.
Because public regulations stipulate that, except for the state government, each shareholder cannot exceed a maximum of 5% of the shares. Therefore, the 33% of the shares controlled by the Zhang Group are scattered in different companies.
However, the company that controls these shares is still Zhang Fan. However, Zhang Fan does not have much say in the shares he controls.
The state government has the greatest say, and the state government has veto power. Zhang Fan controls these shares and does not ask for much power. The most important thing is dividends.
"Everyone, let me introduce you first. Hu Hai is the representative of Zhang Group. He is also the client of several other shareholders..."
George introduced Hu Hai first. When they heard that Hu Hai owned 33% of the shares, everyone took a breath of cold air.
You must know that the total private shares of the Volkswagen Group are only 80%. Now almost half of them have gone to Zhang Fan.
However, this news also made all shareholders excited. Since Zhang Fan owns so many shares, the cooperation between Volkswagen Group and Tesla Group will naturally not be a problem.
"We held a meeting today to tell you one thing. That is that our Volkswagen Group will reach a cooperative relationship with the Tesla Group. Our Volkswagen Group's cars will simultaneously use the Tesla Group's technology..."
George began to announce the good news, and after several days of negotiations, their cooperation was finally finalized.
Zhang Fan bought 33% of the shares, and at the same time, the Volkswagen Group sold Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti to the Tesla Group for one euro.
In exchange, Tesla and the Volkswagen Group will fully cooperate. The Volkswagen Group can directly purchase batteries, batteries and other accessories from the Tesla Group, or directly use some of the technologies currently owned by Tesla.
However, Tesla’s unique intelligent driverless system is not within the scope of cooperation. Tesla’s intelligent driverless system is currently the most advanced driverless system in the world.
Using artificial intelligence and smart chips, truly driverless driving can be achieved. However, the cost of this system is still very expensive.
Currently, it is only used on Tesla, Maserati, and Aston Martin. Other brands only install ordinary auxiliary systems.
Even so, it is very good news for the Volkswagen Group. For the Volkswagen Group, the most important thing is the all-solid-state battery.
The Volkswagen brand is still somewhat competitive when using lithium batteries. However, the two brands Audi and Porsche are not competitive at all against Tesla and Maserati, which use all-solid-state batteries.
Now when it comes to luxury brand electric vehicles, the first thing that comes to mind is all-solid-state batteries. If you don’t use all-solid-state batteries, you have the nerve to call them a luxury brand.
With today's lithium batteries, no matter how awesome your electronic control technology is, you can only achieve a maximum range of 700 kilometers.
But with all-solid-state batteries, 700 kilometers is the most common. Now Tesla and Maserati, some models have a cruising range of 1,200 kilometers or even longer.
For cars of the same class, Audi has a range of 700 kilometers and Tesla has a range of 1,000 kilometers. This class is different. After all, for electric vehicles, range is the most basic.
In addition to battery life, there is also the attenuation of battery energy. In this technology, Tesla is also awesome. The technology Tesla now has can control the temperature attenuation of the battery to about 5%.
That is to say, in the northern region, there is basically no difference in battery life between winter and summer. This is something other companies cannot currently do.
Even the Volkswagen Group is working hard to research this technology. However, after their testing, the attenuation rate in winter and summer is still about 20%.
Some technologies cannot be caught up in a short time before they invest. What's more, experts in this field have been poached by the Tesla Group early on.
Now, it has formed a cooperation with Tesla. Key components are purchased directly from Tesla. In this way, the Volkswagen Group can make its cars have the same performance as the Tesla Group in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, this meeting was extremely important. The meeting lasted for nearly two hours before it ended. After the end, George announced that he would go down and prepare to hold a press conference.