"Musk is still very good at doing business, this Fremont factory was originally a joint venture between Toyota and GM, and the first Chevrolet Nova came out of here, but unfortunately times have changed, GM withdrew its capital in 09, and Toyota invested in Tesla, and Musk took it here for $42 million. ”

Wang Tao has studied Tesla, and by the way, he has also studied the Fremont factory, and he came here more to test some of his ideas.

"It's cost-effective to buy second-hand, and Space X is also buying Boeing's second-hand factory. ”

Out of interest in space exploration, Xia Yu understands that Space X is better than Tesla, and the domestic media is also more concerned about the Falcon rocket.

"Yes, but they can build a new factory in the magic capital, and the Huaxia market has a lot to offer. ”

Wang Tao is optimistic about Tesla, and Xia Yu is the same, as a mature businessman, he should not be full of prejudice against new things, but should find a way to make a fortune of TN.

Walking into the factory, the first thing a group visited was the stamping workshop, where 97% of the metal of the body was made of aluminum alloy, which can be described as an all-aluminum body, taking into account the characteristics of light weight and high strength.

The stamping line is all robotic, which is very efficient, and the finished components are also connected by robots.

This is the era of automation, machines replace labor, in addition to the necessary regular maintenance, can be done around the clock, many old car companies have also introduced automated production lines, but than production, they are more concerned about the shrinking of the market.

No way, the times have changed, if you don't accumulate the foundation of electrification reform today, it is possible that the entire group will die violently tomorrow, and there are not too many industries abandoned by the times.

Watching the robot complete the welding of the entire body, and then there is painting, which is nothing, and the most criticized is the next final assembly.

It has only been eight years since the establishment of the factory, and Tesla is still too young and lacks precipitation.

To build a factory in Huaxia and build a factory in China, the quality of the final assembly part of the car should be much better, but so far? Tesla trams all over the world come from this factory.

Of course? And that 2010 Tesla Roadster, the one that was sent into space in February of this year? This is probably the only tram that Xia Yu is interested in!

When will he go to space? But you can look on the track in the near future to see if you can recycle the used car? In addition, he heard that Roadster 2.0 is coming, so he can check it out when the time comes.

"Everybody's looking this way? This is the final assembly line for the Model S? Workers are installing the powertrain. ”

The leading executive introduced to everyone.

The Model S, which was launched in 12, is still in production, and the price is much more expensive than the Model 3, which focuses on cost-effectiveness, and when the Modu factory is put into production, it is likely that only the Model 3 will be produced.

Is a cheap price more conducive to grabbing the market? Xia Yu's acquisition of the hot pot brand is also for this reason? It is to seize the market and improve profitability.

"The assembly line is nothing, the motor and battery are Tesla's core technologies, and this part of the workshop will only be limited to us. ”

Wang Tao spoke again at this time.

It's better to be limited than not to open directly, probably because the level of their delegation is relatively high, right? Others come to visit the factory, and this part is definitely not open.

The previous executives are really emphasizing again? The workshop to be visited next is not allowed to take pictures, only to see.

Xia Yu pushed the Pingguang agent glasses on the bridge of his nose? He doesn't want to shoot either, but this thing is an automatic shot? It's like a dash cam.

To shoot or not to shoot? Actually, it's nothing? Xia Yu has never planned to make a tram, it takes too much effort to make this thing, and the profit is not as high as imagined, and all links together will form a bloated team.

In that case, Xia Yu would definitely not be able to let go, and all his mental strength would be consumed on it, which was not what he wanted.

He is not Musk, and he has no intention of being Huaxia Musk, he only does himself.

Walking into the battery pack production workshop, Tesla does not produce batteries, they are just battery porters, and the most commonly used battery is the 18650 battery.

However, with the upgrading of production capacity, 21700 lithium batteries came into being, and the technology has gradually matured, and Tesla also announced at the beginning of the year that it would adjust its plan to switch to 21700 batteries, but some production lines have not been fully adjusted.

Looking at the mechanical arm in front of him inserting rows of 18650 batteries into the battery board intensively, Xia Yu was thoughtful.

It is larger than the No. 5 battery, with a total of 7,104 cells on the entire board, which can be connected in parallel into a battery pack and connected in series into a battery panel, which can provide a total capacity of 85kWh and 400V direct current.

The data looks good, but the whole panel weighs 900 kilograms, which is 1 ton smaller.

No wonder it is said that trams are heavier than oil cars, no wonder it is said that Tesla wants to use an all-aluminum body, the battery is so heavy, and the body does not lose weight, this is driving this tank on the street!

If 900 kilograms are compressed into 90 kilograms, Xia Yu believes that the era of internal combustion engines will be completely subverted, and it is not only electric vehicles, and electrification will reach its true peak.

At that time, we will see battery-powered civil airliners, ocean-going freighters that sail on electricity, and oil will also fulfill its mission in human history and completely withdraw from the energy sequence.

Xia Yu didn't know how beautiful that world was, he only knew that Bugatti was the first to declare bankruptcy, and a certain area that had been in chaos so far would also be completely restored to calm.

Sending away an era and ushering in a new era, seems interesting?

Xia Yu was also a little excited, he hadn't considered entering the battery industry before, but he always felt that the time was not ripe.

When he came to Tesla today, saw the battery pack assembly line, and saw the bulky battery pack, he felt that it was time to make a change in this era, even if it meant that he had to kill his favorite internal combustion engine with his own hands.

For the progress of the times, it's time to make some sacrifices, Zhuge Liang still tears and slashes horses!

"Xia Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Tao turned around and wanted to say something to Xia Yu, but he saw the light in Xia Yu's eyes and forgot what he wanted to say in an instant.

"Brother Tao, I've figured out what to do. ”

Xia Yu said confidently.

Entering an industry, you don't need to lead the change at the beginning, he can start with a small part, such as drones.

The most criticized thing about consumer-grade drones is that the battery is not durable, even if the capacity of a battery is larger than that of many power banks, it still flies for less than an hour.

At that moment, Xia Yu thought about a lot of questions, and established a strategic cooperative relationship with DJI with drone battery life as a breakthrough, which was an instant hit in the battery industry, and then seized the electric vehicle power battery market.

Europe and the United States occupy an absolute advantage in the oil industry, and several giants in the production of batteries are in Asia, and now Xia Yu has added another fire to accelerate the historical process of petroleum → electrical.

"Do what?"

Wang Tao and Ji Yang were both confused.

"Keep it a secret for now, and we may be able to cooperate then. ”

"It's easy to talk about cooperation, but you have to think it through before you do it. ”

Plan and then act, this Xia Yu understands, he is not the master who is impulsive when his brain is hot, the development direction of high-energy batteries, he can come up with more than a dozen, because more than half of the special items he won in the lottery are powered by batteries.

No matter which one it is, it is far beyond the battery industry in the real world, what he has to do is to choose the most rubbish one, find professionals who can be absolutely trusted, and understand the technology.

As long as you can copy three or four percent of the performance, it is enough to be proud of the world, and the starting point system of his Shenhao version is not a Xueba system, it is better than a Xueba system, or the kind of "law and martial arts" double cultivation.

Thinking about his development along the way, it is really inspirational, first relying on the mysterious side to accumulate original capital, and then transfusing blood to invest in the science and technology side, he is really still not suitable for cultivating immortals.

The aura does not recover, the soul does not cross, cultivate a few immortals, this year is the end of the law era, only science has a future, Xia Yu is also more optimistic about his future.

If we don't play those gods who are easy to be 404, we will rush to death on the road of science and technology.

What is it to colonize Mars, jumping out of the small circle of the solar system, and colonizing the whole universe by rioters is the real romance.

Xia Yu is cool anyway, but he doesn't know if all mankind agrees, and if he doesn't agree, he can only kidnap all mankind.

Inexplicably remembered a book of eunuchs who had read on the street before, and then left it behind, Xia Yu continued to follow the footsteps of the delegation and visited the remaining workshops of the factory.

Because the all-round investigation is more detailed, they spent the whole day in the Fremont factory today, and in terms of Xia Yu's feelings, it is very different from the Lamborghini factory he visited last time.

Lamborghini produces less than 10,000 vehicles a year, while the Fremont plant aims for half a million this year.

The difference of dozens of times creates different feelings, Xia Yu used to think that Bugatti and Lamborghini were like a handicraft workshop, but now compared with Tesla, it is like a Lamborghini.

The reason why luxury car brands are easy to go bankrupt and be acquired is here, the high-end consumer market is so big, and only by constantly sinking and sinking can we make the volume bigger and make more profits.

After deciding to enter the battery industry, Xia Yu is confident that he will defeat CATL, defeat those giants of South Korea and Manben, and become a unicorn in the battery industry.

By that time, the No. 5 battery and the No. 7 battery will be completely gone!

The innovation of the battery industry is not only the life of the internal combustion engine, but also the traditional battery industry.

A grain of sand of the times is a mountain when it falls on everyone, and in the process of advancing the new era, countless people will lose their jobs, and many more people will get new jobs.

The car had returned to the hotel, Xia Yu's mood still hadn't regained his calm, and he was even thinking about the feasibility of electric rockets in his mind.

It doesn't look like it is possible now, but who knows what the future holds!

Inspecting Tesla's headquarters, Musk did not accompany the delegation because of temporary matters, but he was on site throughout the Space X trip.

Space exploration is more interesting than electric cars, and Musk himself thinks so on this point, because the farther away you are, the more you get tough.

Hawthorne Town, where Space X headquarters is located, is also the former Boeing production plant, bought here, accepted NASA laid-off and reemployed employees, Space X has today's scale after continuous failures, and has become the No. 1 private aerospace enterprise.

In second place is Blue Origin (Blue Origin), Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Musk carved up NASA's laid-off "workers" to establish this private space company, but the gap between the second and the first is a bit big.

For this reason, Xia Yu's attention, and even the attention of the world's media, is more on Space X.

When he entered Space X, Xia Yu was thinking, he was going to enter the private aerospace industry in the future, what is the name of the company?

Xia's Aerospace?

To be honest, it's a bit ugly, and it's not very special yet.

Catering, film and television, investment in these traditional industries is nothing, and an industry with such an exploratory spirit as aerospace must be a little creative.

Xia Yu thought about it, and with a good note, let's call it "Cosmic Mining", this name is loud.

The sign-in salary paid by the system to him, every money comes from the mining industry in Africa, and the enterprising Xia Yu is no longer satisfied with mining on the earth, he decided to develop space mining.

The company's initial business is how to go to the sky, and only when the traffic problem is solved can mining production be carried out, and this is only a good hope for the future.

"Universe" expresses the true meaning, and then there is also a "universe" in his name, which creates a connection.

Whether it is a surname or a name, in short, in the near future, the whole world will know that there is such a number one person as him, maybe he can replace Musk and become the focus of global attention?

In the past, Xia Yu may not be adaptable, but now, Shenhao should be like this!

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, human needs are composed of five levels: physiological needs, security needs, belonging and love needs, respect needs, and self-realization needs.

Xia Yu felt that he had touched the realm of self-realization needs, and Shenhao itself was a kind of self-realization.

Everyone's path to self-realization is different, in ancient times, when the chief became the emperor, in modern times, when XX became the richest man, and there are those who are not satisfied with the identity of the richest man and want to be the soul master of mankind.

But if you want to be a mentor, you have to come up with dry goods, you know that cutting leeks has no future, not only can you not be a mentor, but the position of the richest man may be robbed.

Xia Yu is different, as an idealistic doer, his way to self-realization is to contribute to all mankind.

Cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, and humans have looked up at the stars for too long, although the explosive development of science and technology in the past two hundred years has allowed humans to touch some unknown areas, but the speed is still too slow.

The throttle can't be stopped, human beings must accelerate the pace of progress, it is said that a great change in a hundred years, this hundred years Xia Yu is not too short, he just thinks that the speed is not fast enough.

I hope that in 2100, human beings will be able to stand above the stars!

This is Xia Yu's small goal, it's too vulgar to talk about money, and he doesn't like to talk about money if he is such a noble person.

"Hey, what a daze, let's go in!"

Ji Yang patted Xia Yu on the shoulder and said.

He had recently discovered that this guy was like a lost soul, and his attention was always inattentive.

"Oh, go in, you have to take a good look here. ”

Xia Yu, who came back to his senses, chased after him and walked into the Space X headquarters with everyone.