Chapter 1091: An acquisition that shocked the world
At a time when American society is talking about service robots. A huge acquisition is underway.
The three major automotive groups were involved in the acquisition along with the U.S. government. Each aspect has its own needs, and each other's teams are constantly haggling to test each other's bottom line.
What they need from each other is their own interests. The U.S. government hopes to get rid of Chrysler, a big burden, and at the same time be able to revive American car companies and increase jobs and tax revenues.
Ford and GM hope to cooperate with Tesla and quickly get a share of the new energy vehicle field.
As for Tesla, this investment is all about making a profit. At the same time, get more initiative here.
Every company has its own bottom line, and Tesla's bottom line is not about money. But in the R&D department, Tesla does not back down at all on this point.
Whether it's Hummer, or Aston Martin, or all Chrysler's brands. R&D work must be placed in the blue ocean city of China.
There is no R&D center in the United States, and the cars developed by the R&D center in the future Blue Ocean City are all global models.
At the same time, after the acquisition is concluded, the research and development of all fuel vehicles will be stopped. At the same time, the sales of gasoline vehicles will also be phased out.
This makes the United States want to scold its mother, everyone knows the importance of research and development. This is a famous family, as long as it masters this famous family, even if the US government wants to fix any moths in the future, it will be useless.
However, Tesla also gave the benefit, that is, to put some of the factories in the United States. Almost all models can be produced in the U.S., and models produced at U.S. factories are exported to other countries.
Tesla now has quite a few factories. China has, Malaysia has, the United States has, Italy has.
Every factory faces a different market. China, ASEAN, America, Europe and so on. This also maximizes cost savings.
The R&D center is Tesla's bottom line, if you can't control the R&D center. Tesla will not buy these brands.
After intense negotiations, a takeover that could shock the world came to an end.
This time, the acquisition involved a lot of money, and it was terrifying. As high as hundreds of billions of dollars, the three major groups and the U.S. government have also been asked to keep the matter secret for the time being.
Because Longteng Group also needs to acquire the shares of some other shareholders, and at the same time, in the stock market, Longteng Group has also begun to acquire shares of some brands.
Longteng Group's goal is very large, at least 51% of the control, to grasp the absolute controlling stake.
There are many brands acquired this time, Hummer, Aston Martin, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.
Every brand is familiar, and every brand has created brilliance. Each brand also has its own personality and what it is good at.
For the United States, Germany, Japan, where the automobile industry is developed. These brands may not be precious, but for Huaxia, the value of these brands is very great.
For Tesla, there are these brands. He can expand quickly, get products into the hands of users, and cultivate his loyal customers.
At the same time, at the time of the acquisition of these brands. It has also acquired a lot of technologies, although these technologies are the technologies of fuel vehicles, but these technologies have also made up for some of the shortcomings of the Huaxia automobile industry.
Even if these technologies are not used at the moment, they can be stored there as a kind of technical reserve. If there's a point in the future where these technologies need to be restarted, these things are just going to be there.
Electric vehicles have the advantages of electric vehicles, and fuel vehicles have the advantages of fuel vehicles. Although electric vehicles are now on the rise, there is still a certain market for fuel vehicles.
For example, backward Africa, as well as those countries where fuel is relatively cheap, have a certain market for fuel vehicles in those countries.
An unprecedented acquisition ended like this, and Zhang Fan spent hundreds of billions of dollars on it. This is a huge amount of money, but Zhang Fan spent it very happily.
In addition to acquiring these many brands, Zhang Fan completely united the three giants of the United States. In the future, the three giants will work together for common development in the field of new energy.
The three major auto giants and Tesla reached an agreement. Their electric cars are all Tesla standard. At the same time, the three major groups have joined forces with Tesla to deploy a large number of charging piles in North America to serve electric vehicles.
This means that Tesla's standards are completely internationalized, at least to North America. This is undoubtedly a huge win for Tesla.
Tesla headquarters, received the excitement of the engineers. There are many brands and models acquired this time. This gives new tasks to engineers who have been quiet during this time.
According to the design concept of each company, one by one the shell cars are also completed quickly.
At the same time, this acquisition gives Tesla its own supercar brand, which is the historic Aston Martin. Aston Martin's performance may be worse these days, but its reputation is no less than that of Ferrari Lamborghini.
As the world's top supercar brand, Aston Martin has its own confidence and pride. Otherwise, Zhang Fan would not have spent nearly $3 billion to acquire the brand.
Zhang Fan has his own arrangements for Aston Martin, and the future Aston Martin will be fully electrified.
Electric supercar, Tesla has experience. Tesla Pangu is the best example of this. However, the fame is not as big as that of Aston Martin.
The electrified Aston Martin will be even more powerful, while comfort and driving feel will be further enhanced.
As for the sound unique to gasoline supercars, electric supercars can also be simulated. Even the situation of the exhaust pipe spitting fire can be simulated to the fullest.
Unlike several other brands, after the acquisition of Aston Martin, it will be settled in Huaxia, not only the R&D center, but also the factory.
In the future, this brand will be Huaxia's supercar brand. Models from all countries around the world will only be produced in Huaxia.
This is a boon for wealthy Chinese consumers. This is a standard supercar made in China, and after it is made in China, the price will definitely have a lot of discounts.
Even if the price is not too preferential, it will be directly higher than the opponent in terms of performance configuration.
There are many local tyrants in China. With the continuous construction of roads in China in recent years, the practicality of supercars has increased significantly.
Coupled with Tesla's intelligent suspension system, the practicality of electric sports cars has increased significantly. The future Aston Martin is definitely not just a pretending weapon for occasionally driving out bubble girls, but a transportation vehicle that can completely commute to and from work.