Chapter 671 Take the guise of electric supercars and balance cars
I remembered that I reported to myself on Sunday that in just half a year, the sales of 4,800 bulletproof db9s had brought me 480 million pounds in pure cash.
After hearing Sean's words, William couldn't help but fell silent.
The bulletproof material that could be made into three sets of finished suits before was sold to a car company for only 110,000 pounds per set.
After deducting the cost, he still felt a little sad that he only made a profit of 100,000 pounds from selling one set.
But now that he thought about 480 million pounds in half a year and maybe 1 billion pounds in the whole year, he hesitated again.
However, the db9 is just a supercar after all. The demand for bulletproofing among supercar customers is not that strong. The market may be saturated in a year or two.
In this case, it is better to open up the door and go all out to produce the regular version, and the bulletproof market is not without breakthroughs.
"It seems that I have to get a new car, a model tailor-made for high-end people who have bulletproof needs."
Thinking of this, William immediately thought of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
He stopped and looked at Shawn Wayans and technical director Luis Rafa, and lied,
"When I was free and bored, I designed a bulletproof luxury car just for myself.
The designed vehicle is nearly 5.9 meters long. With your current technical reserves, are you capable of building such a vehicle weighing about 2.5 tons?"
When it came to technical issues, Sean quickly looked at technical director Luis Rafa.
Louis did not hesitate and affirmed, "Of course, as long as there are complete spare parts and frame, appearance, interior, and circuit drawings, there is no car that cannot be made by hand."
This is a good thing. William smiled and nodded, "Very good. I will send it to you after I have sorted out all the drawings and asked them to register the patent."
"Looking forward to seeing your work soon".
Louis and other engineers all looked at William with joy, and then hesitated and said, "Boss, can you let us take a look at the exterior and interior design first?"
“We’ll talk about this later.”
While he was talking, everyone had arrived not far from the laboratory door, and saw several people walking towards him quickly.
William whispered to Louis and the others, "I called you here today because I have a difficult problem and something interesting to show you."
After speaking, he took the initiative to extend his hand and shake hands with the laboratory manager who quickly approached.
"Mr. Devonshire, I am Charlie Huntman, the director of the laboratory. These three are Dr. Murry and Dr. Stan, the project directors of the laboratory.
Logistics supervisor Mr. Custer, if you need anything you can contact Mr. Custer."
After greeting each other, the gray-haired Dr. Stein held William's hand and refused to let go.
Not only did he want to know why William came to their place to conduct experiments, but he also took the trouble to explain to him the project he was researching.
The meaning is obvious. Dr. Stan wants to get some funds from William, which makes the other three people in the laboratory very embarrassed.
In the end, Charlie Huntman had to interrupt Dr. Stein and wink at the logistics director Custer.
He led William and his group into the laboratory building alone.
After a set of strict security checks, everyone walked into the building. Charlie introduced William as he walked,
"Mr. Devonshire, this three-story experimental building is now yours to use.
However, because it is a laboratory rented from outside, the equipment can only be considered top-notch.
If you need top-notch equipment, you can apply as above. As for how to apply? Will it pass?"
Charlie shrugged, handed William an equipment list, and said with a smile, "You can find out the troubles involved and how to lobby by asking some professionals."
William nodded and smiled, "Thank you, I understand."
He pretended to read the equipment list for a while, then shook hands with Charlie and said, "I won't disturb your work. I will contact you and Director Custer if necessary."
"Okay", knowing that William was driving people away, but Charlie didn't dare to deal with one hundred thousand pounds a day.
William, who rented for a month, made a face, shook hands with a smile and said goodbye.
As soon as Charlie left, the group walked into the laboratory conference room. William put his mobile phone on the conference table.
He said to everyone, "I came to you to discuss the possibility of manufacturing an electric supercar."
"Electric supercar, how is this possible?"
"Quiet",
William directly interrupted technical director Louis and said, "The most difficult task of miniaturizing and making the power battery practical is no longer a problem."
After speaking, William tapped his cell phone and said to Sunday, "Take out the Type 01 battery."
"Okay, sir".
When everyone was marveling at the phone's ability to answer, what they saw almost gave them a heart attack.
I saw a virtual imaging light beam shooting from the mobile phone into the mid-air of the conference room.
A battery with ten times less power than Type III armor,
The technology is two generations behind, and the battery named model 01 by William appears in the virtual image.
According to William's own understanding, if the 01 model battery can represent the technology in fifteen years,
The batteries of Type III armor are technology from 45 years later.
"Twenty sets of Type 01 batteries are a battery combination with a length and width of 0.8 by 0.2 and a weight of 120 kilograms.
Based on the weight of a supercar of about 1.7 tons, a full charge can allow the sports car to travel about 500 kilometers at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour.
And it is no problem to have the sports car come with its own solar charging panel and a dedicated home socket charging converter technology.
So, if what I say is true, are you capable of building an electric supercar?"
"God, how is this possible?" All the engineers and technicians were dumbfounded by William.
"What about the battery life?" Sean asked quickly.
After thinking about it, William said, "About 400,000 miles, but there is still a lot of potential for improvement."
"The mileage of the first model is enough," Sean thought for a while and said happily,
"Four hundred thousand miles is about 650,000 kilometers. If there are no supercar customers, they will keep driving supercars for such a long distance."
After Sean finished speaking, he immediately looked at Technical Director Louis.
Lewis thought for a long time before his eyes gleamed, and he stared at William extremely depressed and said, "If what you said is true, there is no problem in trying it.
But there are too many problems that need to be solved. God, even if you solve the most important battery problem,
To build a pure electric sports car, not only do we have no experience to draw from, but it is also equivalent to overturning the existing internal combustion engine design concept.
How can we, who only know how to build internal combustion engines, give you an answer?"
William understands this and does not expect to produce a finished car in a short period of time.
But now that he has come up with this plan, the main purpose is to use it as a cover.
When he deliberately revealed a little bit of doubt about the project he was working on,
The shocking guise of electric supercars is so convincing that investigators believe that William is clearly engaged in the development of batteries and sports cars.
Secretly, he was studying mercurochrome.
"Then let's make it simple first." He snapped his fingers, and the virtual image changed into a one-wheeled and two-wheeled electric balance car.
"This gadget shouldn't be difficult for you."
Just take a look at the Lewis Seven and you will know what they are. Balanced scooters have actually been around for a long time, but they have not been able to develop rapidly due to battery issues.
Listening quietly to Sunday's requirements for the design of the two balance cars, Louis and the others started discussing directly after listening.
Sean is the general manager and is responsible for experience. He can't get involved in all technical matters, but he can still say something about product issues.
He stood up, asked William aside, and whispered, "Boss, are these two balancing cars too high-tech?
The 180-kilometer range is too advanced for a new product, which will make it difficult for us to upgrade it in the future and make more money by changing its tricks."