Although this company is not large in scale, it is still a formal automobile manufacturing company. All aspects of the system are very formal and strict. The research and development of new models is absolutely confidential, and it is impossible to release specific design drawings and other information.
on a computer connected to the external network.
Therefore, even Jarvis cannot obtain the specific data and information of this new model.
Now that the boss has asked, Anderson, the director of the company's R&D and design department, immediately reported to Chen Mo the development status of the new model.
According to the request of the former boss Taylor Jr., after conducting market research and analysis, they determined that the new model indeed had strong market potential, so they quickly began the research and development of the new model.
The overall layout sketch design and styling design of the car concept design stage were quickly completed and successfully entered the engineering design stage.
The layout of the engine, clutch and transmission, the layout of the drive shaft, the layout of the frame and load-bearing body floor, the layout of the front and rear suspensions, the layout of the brake system, the layout of the fuel tank, spare tire and luggage, the layout of the air conditioning unit, etc.
The overall layout plan and the design plan of the body's appearance and interior are initially completed.
However, problems arose during the engineering design stage of detailed design of the entire vehicle.
At the beginning, the engineering design phase progressed very smoothly. The general layout design, including detailed chassis layout drawings, interior layout drawings, exterior decoration layout drawings and electrical layout drawings were completed quickly.
The generation of body shape data, interior and exterior engineering design, electrical engineering design, and chassis engineering design all went very smoothly, especially the company's strongest areas of chassis design, transmission system, driving system, steering system, and braking system design.
Completed first.
But in terms of the most important power system, although the detailed layout of the engine compartment is also given, the specific engine engineering design has not been completed. The heart that provides power for this new car, little Taylor made a desperate move to start the new model development plan.
As a matter of fact, the powerful new engine that should have been developed soon according to Addicott's promise was not completed as scheduled as he promised.
The research and development of the model is stuck in the engineering design stage, and it has not even entered the prototype trial production and testing stage, let alone mass production.
The explanation given by Addicott is that the research and development of the new engine has been basically completed, but the performance has not reached the estimate. There should be a problem that they have ignored.
But this is normal. The engine system itself is very sophisticated and complex. A small problem may cause a significant decline in the performance of the entire engine. But the current problem should not be big. If nothing else, they can find it soon.
There was a problem and it was solved, but the R&D funds were not enough.
Taylor Jr. is now desperate. In order to develop new models, he not only mobilizes most of the company's working capital, but also suspends all special vehicle modification business. Car sales have also begun to decline sharply. Successfully developing new models is
His only way out now.
Therefore, he had to squeeze out some of the little funds he had left and allocated them to Addicott's engine research and development team.
After getting more R&D funds as expected, after a while, Addicott finally solved the problem of the new engine and successfully trial-produced an engine with more powerful performance than the engine originally purchased from Ford.
It has to be said that although Addicott has a poor character, he still has strong technical abilities. However, this ability is not used by him in engine research and development, but is used to control the development progress.
Deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors.
It can be said that this new engine was completely completed by a few people from his engine research and development team, but they were only responsible for their respective parts of the work, and the final results were summarized in Addicott's hands.
Due to the principle of technical confidentiality, specific R&D progress and technological breakthroughs will not be announced in public, so other members of the team do not know the overall situation of engine R&D except for the parts they are responsible for.
No one would have thought that the "upright and dedicated" Addicott would conceal the results and deliberately slow down the research and development progress. Therefore, only Addicott knows the true development situation of the entire engine, and the entire research and development progress is completely controlled by him.
in one's hands.
However, the matter did not end here, otherwise Taylor would not have sold the company.
After the new engine was successfully developed, the new model immediately entered the prototype trial production and experimental stages.
But the problem arises here.
At the beginning, in order to dispel Taylor's conservative idea of closing the R&D department and living on his laurels, Addicott deliberately exaggerated the engine's performance, making it extremely powerful.
Like everyone else in the company, little Taylor was beguiled by the image of integrity, diligence, and conscientiousness that Addicott had always deliberately created. He believed that the engine R&D team's years of hard work had finally yielded great results.
Under Addicott's instigation, little Taylor, who believed that a "super engine" would soon be born, quickly changed his passive and conservative mentality and became confident that he would build a "super engine" worthy of it.
", fully unleashing its powerful performance and crushing other brands of "super cars"!
Since Taylor Motors originally produced pickup trucks and SUVs, Taylor's first thought was naturally to work in familiar fields. In this area, they have rich experience and a large amount of technology accumulation.
If they were to make cars and sports cars that they had never made before and they had no experience, they would almost have to start from scratch. It would be too difficult and risky, so there was no need to think too much.
Little Taylor, who was inspired by this upcoming "super engine", has no plans to make low-end cars anymore. Since the engine's performance is powerful enough, it can provide more powerful power and bear a larger and heavier body, so it can be used in their current vehicles.
Some models are a complete waste, and there is absolutely no need to re-develop larger models, not to mention the time and difficulty.
They originally made medium-sized and large pickup trucks and SUVs. If they were larger, they would become trucks, which did not meet their market positioning and customer needs for passenger cars.
After all, their large pickup trucks and SUVs, which are more than five meters long, are already considered the largest size in normal passenger cars. The purpose of full-size SUVs is to pursue spaciousness and comfort. This size is enough to meet this need. Any larger will be completely
It makes no sense anymore.
No one wants to drive a huge truck-like thing to travel every day. It is really inconvenient.