"Our production department has studied it. If we use a mechanized assembly line for assembly and production, we can certainly reduce the cost, but the price reduction will not be too much, because we cannot reduce the cost of the most critical engine!"
"When will our R&D team be able to come up with a low-cost engine?"
"The R&D team has already started working overtime on research and development, but it is still quite difficult to bypass their patents. It is expected to take a year!"
"One year?"
After hearing this data, many people are dissatisfied, but there is nothing they can do if they are dissatisfied!
"If this is the case, then during this year, we will try our best to maintain the luxury car brand of our Westlake Motors and retain the high-end customer base. In addition, Westlake Motors will immediately develop new models, using new special chassis and new box-type carriages.
And all the other new technologies that are available.!”
"Our Xihu brand cars not only represent luxury, but also represent the top technology!"
Compared to Hangzhou Power Machinery Company, which was facing a formidable enemy, Songjiang Heavy Machinery Company was very calm and even applauded the achievements of Qixiang Automobile Company.
Why?
Li Yubo personally visited the company and turned the previously booked order of 10,000 gearboxes into a direct order. At the same time, he also signed an intention order for 20,000 gearboxes.
They estimate that before long, their annual shipments of gearboxes will exceed 30,000 units.
This is all money!
Zhongyuan Automobile is not so nervous. Their private car business is not that big. They only bought more than 200 Zhongyuan cars in the past year, and most of them were purchased through favors.
Their core business today is trucks. Based on the previous 1.5-ton truck, they have developed and launched large trucks with greater horsepower and a larger load capacity of three tons.
At the same time, on the basis of the 1.5-ton truck, the vehicle weight has been reduced, the cargo capacity has been reduced, and models with climbing capabilities have been added to meet the needs of different customers.
The sales of these three trucks are very good. In the past year, the sales volume reached more than 2,000 units, and the profits are still high.
Now the business focus of Zhongyuan Automobile Company has completely shifted to the truck business.
As for the car business, it is still hanging on.
However, they are also paying close attention to Qixiang Automobile, but their focus is not on the car market, but on how they can reduce the cost of engine and body assembly.
A series of methods used by Qixiang Automobile Company to reduce costs can be copied by other automobile companies.
However, Qixiang Automobile Company has established a patent pool, and it is quite difficult to bypass the patent pool for a while.
No external reaction can stop the rapid rise of Qixiang Automobile Company.
Within one month of the launch of Qixiang Automobile, it has received orders for more than tens of thousands of units from all over the country, and the orders are still coming in continuously.
Qixiang Automobile Company internally estimates that in the next year, the annual order quantity of their Qixiang brand cars is expected to exceed 30,000 units. With the expansion of production and the maturity of technology, the cost will further decrease. By next year
, they can lower the price to less than 2,000 Tang Yuan, and the sales volume will definitely be even greater by then.
However, the original production capacity of Qixiang Automobile Company is actually only 10,000 units per year. Even after emergency expansion, it can only produce 15,000 units per year, which is a serious shortage of production capacity.
So just one month after the launch, Qixiang Automobile Company announced that it would build a second automobile production plant in Hanyang. Once completed, the new plant's annual production capacity is expected to reach 30,000 units.
Once this news was announced, it was even more sensational than the listing of Qixiang Automobile Company!
Everyone knows that Qixiang Automobile has been very popular recently, but they didn't expect it to be so popular.
The old and new factories have a total production capacity of more than 40,000 units. What does such terrifying production capacity mean?
This means that the Tang Empire will officially enter the automobile age!
This is not only the way the public sees it, but also the official view.
The Ministry of Transportation of the Tang Empire issued a document at this time that defined cars and other internal combustion engine vehicles as motor vehicles. Taking into account that the driving of motor vehicles requires certain skills and is fast, it issued vehicle registration policies and driver's license policies.
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Drivers need to obtain a special motor vehicle driving license to drive these motor vehicles.
At the same time, every motor vehicle needs to be registered, which is used to determine identity, investigate various illegal liabilities, etc.
In fact, similar policies have long been implemented on horse-drawn carriages, trains, and ships, but they were previously targeted at large public-operated horse-drawn carriages, heavy-duty cargo horse-drawn carriages, etc.
All public passenger carriages within the Tang Empire needed to be registered, and the driver needed to pass a special assessment and be issued a driver's license before he could drive. This was to ensure the safety of passengers and passers-by.
As for ships, the sailing era has already been implemented. Ships need to be registered, and key personnel such as captains and first mates need to obtain special licenses before they can be qualified to drive ships.
Nowadays, cars are just included in the scope of management.
The measures taken by the Tang Dynasty officials once again proved the importance and support the Tang Dynasty officials attached to new technologies and new things.
The automobile industry was only one of the new industries that the Tang Empire supported and valued.
The Tang Empire supported many new industries, such as the agricultural fertilizer industry. The Tang Empire was unprecedented in launching specific tax incentives for the fertilizer industry.
This preferential measure is higher than the preferential measures in other industries.
Basically, as long as a fertilizer company meets the standards set by the government, it will not have to pay a cent of tax within five years of establishing the factory, and the tax rate after five years will be extremely favorable.
The chemical fertilizer industry is related to the yield of crops, and food is the most important thing for the people. The Tang Empire has always attached great importance to the development of agricultural technology and the support of agricultural production.
Although the current output of chemical fertilizers is still relatively small and the cost is relatively high, the Tang Empire still actively promotes the development of the chemical fertilizer industry, supports the development of industry and commerce in remote and backward areas, and increases the income of local farmers to ensure the continued decline of the food index.
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In response to the empire's call, a large number of enterprises under the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises and the Imperial Assets Division have invested and built factories in central and other regions.
Jiangnan Textile Company, the largest textile enterprise in the Tang Empire, invested heavily to build a large-scale comprehensive textile factory in Chengdu with an estimated direct employment of more than 10,000 people to produce various semi-finished cloths and also produce
Large quantities of ready-made garments.
In order to supply the southwest region nearby, at the same time provide a large number of jobs and promote local economic development!