The research of vehicle batteries not only needs theoretical support and breakthroughs, but also the progress of practical application is also very important, if it is not tested on the real car, it is difficult to have further development, and Tianming Group is now most lacking such engineers.

"Don't worry about personnel matters, I'll solve it for you, your current focus is still on the development of hybrid vehicles, and strive to launch a hybrid version of Yixuan S3 next year or the year after. Zhou Jingming pondered.

Although the current market prospect of hybrid vehicles is very good, but pure electric vehicles, because many technical problems have not been solved, there is no international car manufacturer to launch mass production of pure electric vehicles, so there are many technical problems, the team of Tianming Group needs to explore and solve by themselves.

Of course, this is not to say that pure electric vehicles have not been mass-produced so far, as early as ten years ago, that is, in 1991, the American automobile giant General Motors once developed a pure electric vehicle called "EV-1", and put this car on the market for the first time.

However, because the range of this pure electric car is about 140 kilometers, and the car itself is not designed to look good, and there is no feature, so consumers do not seem to buy it, and the market response is very flat, and the annual output is about 200 units.

Because the input-output ratio of this car is too high, so after 2002, General Motors announced that it would abandon the production of this electric car, from 1991 to 2002, a total of 11 years, GM only produced a total of 2,000 units, and then declared its death.

As a result, the pure electric vehicle industry has almost no one cared about, and it was not until the emergence of Tesla in 2003 that pure electric vehicles became the focus of the automobile industry again.

"Then how do you plan to solve the personnel problem, do you want to recruit people from somewhere else?" Wang Yuanchao asked.

Zhou Jingming nodded, "At present, either we cultivate talents in this area ourselves, or we poach people from other companies, and there is no third way to go." ”

It takes too long to train talents by himself, Tesla's first car took more than five years to develop, Zhou Jingming feels that such a cycle is too long, and he can't wait that long.

Tianming Group is now developing hybrid vehicles, Toyota Motor Corporation is already one step ahead, Zhou Jingming wants to make a breakthrough in this field, there are not many opportunities, so pure electric vehicles are a big opportunity for Tianming Group, before other companies do not realize the importance of electric vehicles, Tianming Group must become a leader in this field!

Therefore, poaching people from other companies has become Zhou Jingming's only choice. Just like when the supercar was developed at the beginning, the preliminary foundation work has been done by the group's own technicians, and the rest of the key parts, with the participation of Bugatti and Lamborghini engineers, the progress of the entire project will be greatly improved.

This time for pure electric vehicles, Zhou Jingming plans to continue to follow this approach.

"At present, there is only General Motors that have experience in the development of pure electric vehicles, and in addition, I have not heard of any team with this development experience. When Wang Yuanchao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, looked at Zhou Jingming and said.

It can be seen that for the group's electrification strategy, Wang Yuanchao has also made a lot of efforts to understand relevant information.

"My goal is to recruit several technical backbones from General Motors who have participated in the R&D project of pure electric vehicles. Zhou Jingming didn't hide it, and replied directly.

The engineers who participated in the research and development of the "EV-1" electric car almost constituted the entire technical team of Tesla Motors, and if Zhou Jingming poached these people, it would almost be concluded that there would be no more Tesla in the future!

"Poaching people from General Motors?" Wang Yuanchao didn't expect Zhou Jingming to really have such an idea, and his face couldn't help but show a look of shock, "Then are these people willing to come?

The two questions asked by Wang Yuanchao are also quite true, after all, Tianming Group is a competitor of General Motors, and General Motors will easily send the engineers it has trained to Tianming Group?

General Motors is willing to be the transit station of the Ming Group?

"As long as the price is right and we show them our blueprint for BEVs, I'm sure the vast majority of engineers will be willing to join us, and as for whether GM is willing to let people go, just look at their attitude towards BEVs, they don't pay attention to the trend of electrification at all, so I conclude that GM won't stop it." Zhou Jingming replied with a smile.

In two years, the EV-1 will be discontinued, and if General Motors is really obsessed with the development of pure electric vehicles, it will not stop producing this car, and maybe there will be nothing to do with Tesla in the future.

Therefore, judging from this point, Zhou Jingming is very confident that he will bring these people to Tianming Group.

"If you say that, I think it's really funny, General Motors seems to be really dead set on pure electric vehicles, and their CEO has publicly stated a few months ago that he will not take electrification as GM's future development strategy. When Wang Yuanchao heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy on his face.

The failure of the EV-1 has made General Motors lose hope for pure electric vehicles, so this is the best time to poach people from them.

"So, starting with General Motors, it's definitely right. Zhou Jingming said with a smile.

"Then when are you going to do this?" Wang Yuanchao continued.

"When this is over, I'll go back and discuss it with my senior brother, and I'll be able to determine the time. Zhou Jingming replied.

Zhao Ke returned to Shencheng before the project was over because of an emergency situation at home.

"Okay, then our side will continue to move in the direction of hybrid, and wait for the good news from your side!"

***

After ending the matter on Gusu's side, Zhou Jingming immediately rushed back to Shencheng, and after Zhao Ke returned to the company to work, he called Zhao Ke to his office, and after asking about the situation at home, he told Zhao Ke what he thought.

"If you want to make a big breakthrough in pure electric vehicles in the short term, this is the only way at present, what do you think?" Zhou Jingming stared at Zhao Ke and said.

After hearing this, Zhao Ke couldn't help frowning, "You mean to poach their electric vehicle development engineers from General Motors?"

"That's right. Zhou Jingming nodded. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Jingming analyzed the relevant situation of GM with Zhao Ke, emphasizing the feasibility of this plan.

"If, as you say, poaching people from GM is indeed a good idea. When Zhao Ke heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, "So, are you planning to go to the United States in person and poach these people from GM?"

However, Zhou Jingming shook his head, "I will definitely go to the United States, but the person I am looking for is not a general engineer." ”

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