Don't launch AMC brand trucks?" Hearing Jack Welch say this, Chen Geng was very curious: "Then what are you going to do?"

"I didn't make it clear," Jack Welch explained, making an apologetic gesture, "I mean, not to build a truck from scratch, but to build a light truck based on our E-Class and our 5500 Series heavy-duty pickup technology." ”

AMC's E-class car positioning is light truck, to be precise, E-class car is a product series, analogous, probably equivalent to Ford Transit or Iveco light bus, according to different positioning has a short axle version, a central axle version and a long axle version, in different wheelbase versions there is a difference between low roof, middle roof and high roof, according to different positioning is divided into freight version and passenger version, and according to the different positioning, the body length ranges from more than 5 meters to more than 8 meters......

In short, it is very complicated, and if you subdivide it, you can subdivide it into thirty or forty car models.

As for AMC Group's 5500 series heavy-duty pickup, although this guy looks like a pickup, in fact, strictly speaking, it is beyond the scope of pickup, this is a pickup truck comparable to Ford F550, equipped with a 6.7-liter Cummins turbocharged diesel engine, which can provide up to 800 Nm of torque, with sufficient power, AMC5500 heavy-duty pickup trucks regardless of towing capacity, If the E-class light passenger is based on the chassis reinforcement technology of the 5500 pickup truck, it is not difficult to create a light truck.

Chen Geng also knew this, but he was puzzled: "Are you going to make a light truck?

In Milliken, light trucks and domestic light trucks under 6 meters, with a blue plate are very similar, those domestic light trucks with a body length of less than 6 meters only need a C license to drive, in Milliken is the same, Millican's driver's license is divided into four categories, namely non-commercial driver's license, motorcycle driver's license, commercial driver's license and restricted driver's license, of which the commercial driver's license is used by heavy truck drivers and bus drivers, similar to our domestic A license and B license, and the non-commercial driver's license is an ordinary passenger car driver's license, similar to our C license.

Similar to the situation in our country, C license can drive a light truck under 6 meters, and in Millican, a non-commercial driver's license can also drive a light truck, but Millican's light truck is slightly different from the domestic one, the length is between 8 and 9 meters, but the two are still very similar, but whether it is a domestic light truck or a miliken light truck, it is a standard front and rear double axle.

"Because for AMC, it is difficult for us to break into the heavy cargo truck market," Speaking of this question, Jack Welch couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Isn't ebay going to strengthen its own logistics system, my idea is to cooperate with ebay, we will build special vehicles for intrastate logistics for ebay." ”

I see!

Chen Geng finally understood Jack Welch's plan: he was aiming at eBay, which was frantically expanding its logistics network.

However, put away, this kind of two-axle light truck that only needs a non-commercial driver's license to drive is indeed very suitable for building intrastate logistics vehicles, and our domestic provincial logistics vehicles, because most of the things sold on eBay are not very heavy, at this stage, large space, long wheelbase, light load light logistics vehicles are very suitable for intrastate logistics distribution.

Prior to this, eBay Logistics had purchased a number of light trucks from IWC to carry out the distribution tasks of intra-week logistics, but with the rapid expansion of eBay's sales scale, the previous logistics and transportation forces were insufficient again......

"You, you," Chen Geng couldn't help laughing: "In that case, why don't you just go and talk to Steve about this matter?" I don't believe that Steve will not give you this face. ”

"Boss, that's different," Jack Welch laughed, "Even if I go to talk to Steve, Steve may not give me face, and the current eBay is not the eBay of a few years ago." ”

Yes, the current eBay is indeed not the eBay of a few years, in the just ended 2003, eBay has more than 120 million registered users around the world, first sales of 340 US dollars, and the net profit has reached 650 million US dollars that countless investment institutions envy and blush.

With this series of dazzling data, eBay has not only become the most profitable Internet company in the world, but at the same time, even if the Internet winter has not yet passed, the total market value of eBay has reached a staggering $243 billion, more than double the market value of Yaho!.

It is precisely because eBay is so successful that eBay's approach to building a logistics system has received strong support from investors, so naturally, Steve Ballmer, who is already worth billions according to eBay's market capitalization, is indeed qualified not to give Jack Welch face - although it is not certain that he will not do so.

On the one hand, this is only a light truck after all, on the other hand, because of the relationship between eBay, AMC cars and Chen Geng, in the early stage, AMC can claim that this batch of light trucks is customized by eBay for intrastate transportation business, and at the same time, it is just through the use of eBay to observe the reliability and stability of this light truck.

"Okay, I'll go tell Steve," Chen Geng sighed, "But I can tell Steve only after you have to make the car, right?"

"No problem! Of course no problem!" Jack Welch was waiting for Chen Geng's words, he touched his head, and was a little embarrassed: "Sir, in fact, I won't tell you that our designers have completed the design of this light truck, just waiting for your order." ”

Jack Welch is still smart, and he knows very well that he "secretly" did a good job in the design of this light truck, which is not a big problem, but if he directly made this car without Chen Geng, it will be a big problem...... If you don't report to your boss about developing a new product, what are you going to do?

Chen Geng was quite satisfied with Jack Welch's approach, he snorted to express his dissatisfaction, and then asked: "How long will it take to come up with a prototype?" Oh, by the way, since you want to make this car into eBay's intrastate logistics vehicle, have you consulted eBay's logistics vehicle drivers and made some targeted designs and improvements?"

"One month is enough, one month is enough time for us to come up with a qualified prototype," Jack Welch is confident: "As for the special design and improvement you said for logistics and distribution, of course we have done it, and during the design stage, our designers consulted with a number of eBay logistics vehicle drivers." ”

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