Is it hard to build a sports car?

Hard.

Again, is it hard to build a sports car?

It's not hard!

It depends on how you build it, just like you build a computer. If you design and produce the CUP yourself, and you design and produce the motherboard yourself, then it's very, very difficult. But if you buy accessories everywhere to assemble them, it's so easy that elementary school students can assemble a computer.

How was the first Tesla electric sports car in history built?

First of all, it obtained the authorization of ACP's core technology for electric vehicles, and then bought a Lotus sports car for modification, stuffed Panasonic's three lithium batteries into a battery pack, and redesigned the appearance of the car. OK, the world's first Tesla sports car came out like this, and Tesla didn't even have a relatively complete battery control system at that time.

It's a pity that such a sports car can only be regarded as a concept car, and if it is sold for sale, it is suspected of infringement. So what to do? First, spend money to purchase the chassis of the Lotus, and then find Mercedes-Benz cooperation, and directly use the sports car technology of these two companies.

The problem is that Tesla's gearbox also has a problem, what should I do?

The motor is also unqualified, so I found a bending company, and we worked together to develop a three-phase AC induction motor.

Where to make up for what is missing, either buy accessories directly, or obtain technical authorization, or spend money to hire someone to develop, Tesla is actually an "assembly machine" in the field of sports cars.

In the early days, Tesla also invested huge sums of money in research and development, but the main direction of attack was on how to make the battery pack work safely. Because Tesla uses the 18650 type three lithium batteries, it is an "old battery technology" that other car companies can't look at, the advantage is high power and low price, and the disadvantage is that it will catch fire and explode if you don't pay attention to it.

Tesla's claim about how safe its car is is is actually all, and there are all kinds of problems from start to finish. Tesla Model S has become the focus of US regulators after three fire accidents in five weeks, and has even been sued by American shareholders who have lost money in court, accusing Tesla of deliberately making misleading statements and concealing the safety risks of its products, suspected of securities fraud.

Tesla can become bigger because it uses the model of the IT industry to build cars: first come up with environmental protection and high-tech concepts, splice and modify to make samples, attract investors to spend money and policy tilts, and then use the money for "research and development", in fact, a lot of this money is used to obtain technology licensing. Constantly buying other people's technology, constantly launching concept cars, constantly getting financing, and then using money to buy technology, using concepts to attract cooperation from top car companies, and then frantically promoting concepts and going public for financing, and then attracting large enterprises to inject capital and cooperate after financing. Wow, we are finally not short of money, and we are finally not short of fame, so let's start to independently develop chassis and motors, and we can't always use other people's technology.

A great electric sports car brand, and so it was born.

Song Weiyang said that he was making a small fuss, but he was actually preparing to build a small car-making workshop. At least for three to five years, they will only make batteries and concept cars, sports car chassis and electric motors will be bought with money, and the core technology of electric vehicles will also be licensed.

This is the inherent routine of the emerging sports car brand, let's not talk about Tesla, let's use "Koenigsegg" as an example.

In 1994, a retired racing driver set up a car workshop with a few designers and engineers. In fact, it is to take other people's cars for modification, and at the same time design their own appearance, and when it took four full years, they made a concept car that was both handsome and domineering, which immediately caused a sensation in the industry. It took another four years to make the second concept car, which caused a sensation in the industry again, and finally began mass production of sports cars.

said that it was mass production, but in fact, several cars and more than a dozen cars were sold, because there was not enough manpower. Even after more than 20 years, the sports car brand has only 30 employees, and the rest are all temporary part-time employees. But this does not prevent "Koenigsegg" from becoming a top sports car brand, each time it is limited to more than 100 units worldwide, and the car has been pre-sold before production has started, and the rich second generation can't buy it with money.

Even the sample demonstration car is the only one in the world. After the exhibition in Europe was shipped to the Americas, and after the exhibition in the Americas was shipped to Asia, countless car fans took the plane to see the exhibition, and they had the money to buy it but they could only do it in a hurry, because they were out of stock when they heard the news of the new car.

What Song Weiyang wants to do is not "Tesla", but "Koenigsegg" in the field of electric vehicles. In the early stage, it specializes in batteries, and other core technologies are all bought by buying, and then it becomes a subordinate brand that specializes in selling electric bicycles for money, and then recruits retired racers, designers and engineers to make concept sports cars.

The ignorant are fearless, Song Weiyang doesn't know anything about batteries, and he doesn't even know that Tesla uses "backward battery technology" that is flammable and explosive.

Therefore, when Song Weiyang, Li Sufu and Wang Chuanfu cooperated to build a factory, they used not "Panasonic lithium nickel-cobalt aluminate battery", but "BYD lithium iron phosphate battery". These batteries are more expensive and safer, but they provide less energy.

But whatever it is, it can be used, and BYD's experts acted quickly to connect thousands of batteries for use. The result, of course, was full of problems, improving the circuit again and again, and then finding that the battery expert alone could not solve the problem, so he had to find a computer expert to write the control program.

This is enough to take time, and you have to deal with the battery within a year, and the research of the car is a matter of later.

"Boss, can you really build a car like this?" asked Shen Si curiously.

Song Weiyang said: "Try it, it doesn't matter if you fail." Now the three of them have invested a total of 15 million yuan, which is enough for a few experts to Huo Huo for a year, and wait for a year to see the progress of the project. ”

Shen Si smiled: "Boss Li and Boss Wang are serious, they must know that you have this idea, and they will definitely regret this investment." ”

"Wang Chuanfu will definitely not regret it," Song Weiyang said, "and the official implementation of the national new energy vehicle plan means a huge emerging battery market, and BYD will 100% enter the automotive field." Now the initial research and development is accumulating electric vehicle technology, and BYD will most likely buy the research and development results directly. And Boss Li and I will not hold on to not selling, and we can get a sum of money if we sell it, and it will hurt my anger if I don't sell it. And the person in charge of technology research and development, as well as the people sent by BYD, BYD will definitely be able to directly obtain the technology, and spend money to buy it just to be legitimate. ”

Shen Si said: "The one who suffers is Boss Li." ”

"How could he suffer?" Song Weiyang said, "Look at it, Li Sufu will definitely quickly obtain a car production license under the guise of a new energy vehicle." New energy vehicles and traditional car license plates seem to be unrelated, but as long as they are operated properly and have personal connections, the two can become one thing. The reason why I said that Tesla will not make Volkswagen models in the future is to leave room for Li Sufu to operate, and also to avoid friction with Wang Chuanfu to build electric vehicles. Even if the Tesla project loses money, they will thank me later. ”

"Can you understand it like this?" Shen Si didn't have enough of his own head.

Song Weiyang smiled: "You will understand later." ”

Shen Si could only let go of his doubts and said, "The plane will be half past eight tomorrow morning, and the official has already booked the hotel." ”

"Well, let's go over tomorrow. Song Weiyang nodded and said.

Song Weiyang is still very busy, and he is about to fly to the capital to receive the award-May Fourth Youth Medal.

(Not tonight, tomorrow three watches.) ）