Cao Mo has been abroad all year round and really doesn't know much about new energy vehicles.
As the most prosperous financial capital in China, ordinary citizens in Xinhai still have no idea about new energy vehicles; at least when Cao Mo returned to China, he had no access to information about new energy vehicles in his daily life, let alone
During his stay in Africa.
Of course, Xu Bin, Huang Yijiang, Gu Fan, and Xu Aihua are all familiar with this information.
China's economy has taken off over the past 20 to 30 years and has made great achievements. However, its foundation in the field of high-tech and sophisticated technologies is weak and cannot compare with developed countries such as Europe and the United States.
However, China is not without plans and arrangements to catch up in the fields of high-end technological development and academic research in various countries.
In the field of new energy vehicles, although ordinary citizens still have little access to relevant information, the Xinhai Municipal Science and Technology Bureau included "Practical Research and Development of Automotive Power Lithium-ion Battery Systems" in 2004 among the "Breakthrough Projects in Key Fields"
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Xinhai University's Automotive Power Engineering Laboratory, which Zheng Jin was originally responsible for, took over this project and developed practical technology in 2007.
Based on this technology and with the support of Xinhai Municipal Government, the relevant team established New Energy Power Technology Co., Ltd.
In addition to this, other domestic research institutions and companies have also made breakthroughs in some related technologies in recent years. These technologies may still be far behind the most cutting-edge foreign technologies in this field, but they have also laid a certain foundation.
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In the second half of this year, the country also took advantage of the Olympic Games to start promoting new energy vehicles through policy support and financial subsidies. However, because the early influence had not yet spread, Cao Mo's stay in the country was short and he did not pay attention.
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The foreign automobile industry developed nearly a hundred years earlier than the domestic one, and there is a mature and huge market that continuously feeds back and nourishes it. Traditional automobile manufacturing, the accumulation of technology, brands and markets of major foreign automobile companies are much better than
Domestic car companies are much deeper.
The technology for mid- to low-end cars is relatively open to the public. Tianyue Industry can even purchase a full set of technologies to digest it. However, as the domestic automobile manufacturing industry chain becomes increasingly complete and the quality becomes more and more stable this year, it is still difficult for mid- to high-end passenger cars to compete with major international manufacturers.
Comparable.
High-end means that every detail must be perfect, which means that every detail should adopt the most advanced, stable and reliable technology; Tianyue Industry wants to be able to compete with the world's first-class car companies in the field of mid-to-high-end passenger cars.
, it is definitely not something that can be achieved with a technical investment of 3 to 5 billion.
However, in the field of pure electric passenger cars, the first-class international car companies entered and really paid attention to it not a few years earlier than the domestic ones. There are even many well-known international car companies that have not yet conducted research and development of related technologies, which means that in this field,
There are opportunities for domestic car companies to overtake in corners.
Domestic related industrial supporting facilities and the end of the industrial chain are increasingly improving. Whether it is a carmaker or Tianyue Industry, on the basis of this industrial chain, the development threshold for developing vehicle technology is much lower than imagined.
Of course, even if the country will soon introduce corresponding incentive and subsidy policies to cultivate the domestic market, the intensity in the early stage is unlikely to be great. In the early stage, it may also be concentrated in the field of public transportation, while domestic car companies are competing for food.
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These also determine that the domestic new energy vehicle market will be quite bleak in the early stage, with frequent problems.
According to the normal pace, Tianyue Industry will not be able to obtain the qualifications to produce and sell ordinary passenger cars in China. Of course, it is impossible to expect to spend hundreds of millions to develop vehicle technology for new energy passenger cars. The short-term goal is still to focus on
They have already opened up part of the African market in the manufacturing and production of pickup trucks; the next step is to develop into the field of small and medium-sized off-road vehicles that can jointly produce platforms with pickup trucks, and the market is also positioned in Africa.
Now that Cao Mo doesn't mind personally digging into his own pocket and spending huge sums of money to play with carmakers, Xu Bin and Huang Yijiang are considering whether they can also take into account the development of complete vehicle technology for new energy passenger vehicles.
In other words, even if Cao Mo pays for the carmaker's investment alone, he cannot be too willful. The technical route must still be integrated with Tianyue Industrial's long-term development plan.
Among the people currently related to Tianyue Industry, Zheng Jin was originally employed by Xinhai University and has done deep research on automobile power systems; Gu Fan seems to be a wild man, but in addition to having a serious academic background, he works in Huachen
It has been ten years since he specialized in car modification, and he is extremely familiar with vehicle technology development, which is his greatest value; Huang Yijiang's expertise lies in motorcycle system research and product development organization.
In the past two years, Tianyue Industrial has invested nearly 200 million in developing its own motorcycles, and has also established and honed a functional R&D team.
"Tianyue Industrial has acquired Huachen's pickup truck assets, and the next step is to develop off-road vehicles on the pickup truck platform as soon as possible. Is it possible for the carmaker to develop fuel-based small and medium-sized off-road vehicles while also taking into account the technology accumulation of pure electric off-road vehicles?
"Cao Mo's acquisition of the carmaker is a willful side of him, but the fundamental purpose is to open up space for imagination for the development of Tianyue Industry. Of course, he must take into account as much as possible.
"What do you think, Lao Gu?" Xu Bin did not answer Cao Mo's question directly, but asked the question to Gu Fan.
Cao Mo knew that Xu Bin had the answer in his heart, but he still wanted Gu Fan to show off in front of him, Qian Wenhan, and Ge Jun to strengthen their trust in Gu Fan.
"Off-road vehicles require the greatest adaptability to the environment and extremely high stability, and their attitude towards new technologies is the most conservative. Even technologies that are already quite mature in other passenger cars usually take five to ten years.
will be placed on off-road vehicles - therefore, this also makes the threshold for developing off-road vehicle products lower than that of other passenger cars, and there will not be a big generation gap in technology. However, for this reason, this
At that time, there was no fully mature pure electric technology for other passenger models. If you want to directly use it to develop off-road models, the threshold will become higher - this threshold is not only for domestic car companies, but also for international car companies.
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Cao Mo touched his chin and said: "Boss Qian and Shen Ji have to intervene in the car industry. There are many things that I can't do as I please. I'm not good at technical things either, so I shouldn't be too gesticulating.
What must Carmaker do? As far as the early stage is concerned, Mr. Qian, I, Shen Ji, and I will set up an independent investment company and invest 20 million to complete the acquisition of Carmaker. As for how to inject subsequent capital, Gu Fan, you and the founding team
If you want to stay at Car Cartman, whether you will directly adopt an annual salary system or annual salary plus options, as well as Xu Bin and Huang Yijiang, whether you want to hold a certain amount of equity in Car Car Cartman, and whether you want to invite Zheng Chuyuan to join in some way, you will discuss it later.
The future of craftsmen depends more on your passion for doing things, so don’t be afraid to ask me for conditions, but I am afraid that you will not ask me for conditions..."
At this point, Cao Mo said to Qian Wenhan: "Mr. Qian, you have to think carefully - the three of us will be bundled together to register an independent investment company. Others can choose to withdraw from the carmaker midway.
We have to play until the end."
"I will follow the investment according to the shareholding and convertible ratio of Tianyue Industrial. You can't scare me." Qian Wenhan said with a smile.
"Although I'm not good at technical matters, I more or less know how deep the pit will be in playing with cars. Qian is determined to play with us until the end," Cao Mo smiled and talked to Xu Bin and Gu
Fan Zhengse said, "The development of car manufacturers now needs to take more into account the interests of Tianyue Industry. After acquiring the assets of Huachen pickup trucks, we combined the climate, terrain and actual demand characteristics of Africa to transform pickup products and start
Developing a medium-sized off-road vehicle suitable for the African market is something that carmakers need to immediately set up a research and development team to do. After this, you can have an in-depth discussion about what kind of technical reserves should be made in the field of new energy vehicles, and take it into consideration. This year's global economic and financial
The situation is indeed not too optimistic, so I will not make any optimistic promises to you. I can only say that every next year, I will give 100 million to the carmaker. However, looking at it relatively optimistically, Tianyue
This time it will not be a big impact. When the global economic and financial situation improves and Tianyue can use more funds, I will choose an industry in China to focus on development. At present, Cornero Food can accommodate the funds
Limited, I also lack interest in other industries, and the industry I am doing in Africa also lacks the necessary linkage. At present, only the carmaker can accommodate more of Tianyue’s overflow of funds..."
Cao Mo's asset allocation in China and Africa needs to be better balanced, and more financing methods will be adopted in the future to meet the construction funding needs of the Wusang River copper and gold mine.
Even if this will continue to reduce Tianyue's weight in projects such as the Wusang River copper-gold mine, it should be done.
This will inevitably result in a large amount of capital overflow, which will need to be transferred to domestic or other industrial investment areas.
Cornero Food and Tianyue Industry are two projects directly invested by Tianyue in China. The product chain and market end span China and Africa. They were carefully selected and cultivated by Cao Mo. They will inevitably become accommodating overflow funds in the future.
Shift focus.
However, Cornero Food's limitations are too great. Even if it captures the country's high-end cocoa butter and cocoa powder markets, it won't be able to accommodate much funds.
Tianyue Industry is the reservoir that Cao Mo really values.
At the same time, the development of Tianyue Industry will not only continuously deepen its domestic foundation, but also play a decisive role in consolidating Tianyue's market position in Africa.
Cao Mo is not very technical, but he has always thought about Tianyue's future industrial layout.
Returning to China this time is also an opportunity to discuss this topic in depth with Shen Ji and others.