The negotiation, the entire negotiation, did not last long. The general intention was reached that night. The cooperation method was very simple. FAW Group sold the Hongqi brand to Tesla Group for 500 million yuan.
However, there is a requirement. If Tesla does not perform well and eventually sells Hongqi, FAW has the right to repurchase the brand rights at an equivalent price. In other words, if Hongqi is still in the hands of Tesla and fails and eventually goes bankrupt, FAW will
You can also get the red flag back.
In addition to these, Tesla has also reached a series of cooperation agreements with FAW Group, especially the joint venture vehicle agreement.
There is a lot of cooperation. In short, the two companies have reached a strategic cooperation. The scope of cooperation is in the field of new energy. This cooperation is beneficial to both parties. For Tesla, it only needs to come up with models with mature technology.
The rest of production and sales are not handled by Tesla.
Tesla is just sitting there taking money, while FAW also has to purchase the core components of these new energy vehicles from Tesla, such as batteries and motors. The profits of these things are not low, and if they are purchased together, they can increase
Tesla’s market share in core components has increased profits and spread R&D costs.
Tesla has gained profits, and FAW has also gained benefits. It directly obtains sales of technically mature electric vehicles from Tesla. It can directly obtain profits and earn points at the same time. This kind of cooperation model is very familiar to FAW.
, isn’t this how the joint venture model comes about?
Once the preliminary agreement is reached, the rest will be simple. The two legal departments will draft the contract, and the cooperation department will discuss the specific details of the cooperation. These things cannot be done in a day or two, after all, this cooperation is not child's play.
The next day, Zhang Fan came to the Tesla R&D Center. Under the curiosity of the technicians, Zhang Fan took out some information. On the big screen, several renderings made everyone's eyes widen.
Beautiful, so beautiful. This car is so beautiful and domineering. When they saw the logo, many people’s eyes lit up.
"Chairman, is this Hongqi's concept car?"
A technician couldn't help but ask, Zhang Fan nodded. In this time and space, this is the Hongqi concept car. But in the system, this car is not Hongqi.
This car is the Maybach 6 concept car. This car is a two-door coupe and a convertible version. The whole car looks very domineering, and this car is originally a pure electric concept car.
In another world, Hongqi's concept car is an imitation of Maybach. Now Zhang Fan no longer imitates, but directly plagiarizes. Anyway, there is no such car in this world. Although this car is a concept car, it has the technical advantages of Tesla.
With support, this car can be completely turned into a mass-produced car without any problems.
This car can be a two-door coupe or a two-door convertible. It can also be made into a four-door coupe or a four-door business car. After all, the concept is here.
The only thing that has changed is the front face. The logo Zhang Fan directly took over the new logo of the red flag from another time and space. The new logo looks like a red wine bottle, and the entire flag is embedded in the center of the front face. This idea Zhang Fan borrowed from the system's Lincoln front
Face design concept.
The new concept car and new logo mark Hongqi's rebirth. Hongqi will be divided into two extremes in the future. One is the ultra-luxury series, and the expensive ones directly compete with Maybach and Rolls-Royce. The other is the low-end series.
At the end, it competes with Volkswagen and other car parks.
"This is Hongqi's new design concept. The design of future models will refer to this design concept. However, Hongqi is not in a hurry for the time being. We will work on it when we have people to spare. What you have to do now is to make a body-changing car based on this concept.
, this should not be difficult. The other thing is to get this concept car out first, as long as it can drive..."
Zhang Fan's words made these technicians laugh. It will be much easier if it can be started. They can get one in a few days. As for the replacement car, it is even easier. Isn't it just a simple configuration? For the technical department, this is too simple.
Now that the MODEL3 R&D team happens to have time, it is very simple to make a body-changing car.
"By the way, there is more than one body-changing car. We have reached an agreement with FAW. They also want a body-changing car. By the way, we can change the body for them. Also, let the business department contact those manufacturers who want to cooperate. Especially
It’s a state-owned enterprise, leaking the FAW cooperation agreement to them. Let’s see if they want it. Since they have changed their shells, one has to change, and the other has to change. Our models are here, just change their clothes. If you have money, why not make money.”
Zhang Fan said with a smile. After hearing Zhang Fan's words, the people in the technical department couldn't help but laugh. This shell-changing car is really crazy. One shell, according to Zhang Fan's concept, can be made into many models.
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The cars are all the same, but the shells are different. The internal parts are the same. Many parts cooperative car companies can purchase from their parts suppliers. But the most core ones cannot be purchased.
For example, Tesla's modular battery pack, this modular battery pack technology is unmatched by other companies. Especially in terms of battery decay rate, other common batteries cannot compare. Therefore, the cost is also high, but this thing is indispensable.
.Otherwise your electric car will be useless.
There is also Tesla's battery management system. If you use Tesla's battery modules, this system must be used. This is the core thing. These core technologies are the most profitable technologies.
Selling more than one shell is not Tesla's original creation. Joint venture brands are the best at this. For example, Passat, Magotan, Ralink, Corolla, etc. It's just that Tesla is doing it more now.
At that time, those cars will be the ultra-low-end version of MODEL 3. But real Tesla users will not buy those cars, because the truly awesome technology of Tesla will not be used in those cars.
For example, Tesla's driverless system, Tesla's intelligent control system, etc. They won't give them these things even if they pay for them.
A car with a shell is just a mobility scooter. It has no driverless system, no complex active and passive safety systems. There is no incredible smart experience, and the materials used are incomparable.
A week later, FAW and Tesla Group officially signed an agreement. When the agreement was announced, everyone was stunned.
FAW sold the Hongqi brand to Tesla for 500 million. Tesla holds 100% of Hongqi. Not only that, Hongqi also took over its own mess. For example, Hongqi’s current inventory of cars and the cars that have been sold
The acquisition and maintenance of Hongqi, Hongqi’s liabilities, employees, etc. were all handled together. This condition made countless netizens stare.