The reporters who were still immersed in the super cost-effective hybrid version of the S3 just now were immediately attracted by Zhou Jingming's words.

Pure electric vehicles?

Superchargers?

Zhou Jingming's words are really a bit informative!

"May I ask Chairman Zhou, has the release time of Tianming Group's pure electric vehicles been determined?"

"Chairman Zhou, you mentioned the concept of super charging station in your speech just now, is there any use for this thing?"

"Do you really think that pure electric vehicles can be popularized in China?"

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More than a dozen microphones were all aimed at Zhou Jingming in an instant, and it was obvious that Zhou Jingming's next answer would be an important development strategy of Tianming Group.

"If nothing else, in the second half of next year, our group's first pure electric vehicle will be able to come out, but the specific launch time has not yet been determined. As for the super charging station, it is a gas station built for pure electric vehicles, and in the first half of next year, there will be 100 super charging stations in Shanghai......"

Zhou Jingming smiled, and there was no obscurity, with the opportunity of the hybrid version of the S3 press conference, Zhou Jingming wanted to once again declare to the world Tianming Group's determination to develop electrification.

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The press conference lasted for two hours, and not long after the press conference ended, the major media had already reported the news here.

"Fuel saving 50%! The hybrid version of Yixuan S3 was released!"

"An SUV that does not burn oil, Tianming Group's latest Yixuan S3 makes a grand debut!"

Zhou Jingming announced that Tianming Group will launch its first pure electric vehicle next year. ”

Zhou Jingming first mentioned the concept of super charging stations. ”

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One by one, the news spread around the world in an instant, and Tianming Group became the object of discussion without controversy.

"I have never seen an SUV with such low fuel consumption, and every new car of Tianming Group can bring unexpected surprises. ”

"I don't know what the pure electric car will look like next year, and if it's still the image of GM's EV-1, it's too worthless. ”

"In the past two years, Tianming Group has made frequent moves, and the research on electrification has also made phased progress, and we are especially looking forward to the breakthrough of Tianming Group in the other three modernizations. ”

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The widespread attention of the society has also directly led to the increase in sales of the hybrid version of the S3, and the sales of the hybrid version of the S3 surpassed the previous sales champion S1 in the first week of its launch, regaining the first place.

"In the past week, the hybrid S3 has sold 13,000 units worldwide, far surpassing Toyota's Prius, which is the most sold of any hybrid. In Zhou Jingming's office, Xu Weidong said with a smile.

"The reason why the sales of S3 are high is because we have a very large S3 consumption base before, and if we remove this factor in the past, our sales volume is estimated to be almost the same as Toyota's Prius. Zhou Jingming explained.

Before the release of Yixuan S1, S3 has always been the best-selling model in the world, and the current hybrid version of S3 is not only the first hybrid car of Tianming Group, but also the second generation of Yixuan S3, and the sales volume is naturally higher than that of Prius.

According to the arrangement of the off-road vehicle company, the first-generation Yixuan S3 will be officially discontinued in 2005, and then it will be decided whether the third-generation S3 will still be in the form of a hybrid according to the specific situation of the market. But one thing is guaranteed, and there will be more and more hybrid vehicles launched by Tianming Group in the future.

"That's true, but we're pressing forward and Toyota is going to panic again. Xu Weidong said with a smile.

"Regardless of Toyota's reaction, we will continue to move forward according to the set goals, and we will do our best to ensure the launch of pure electric vehicles. By the way, there is no problem with the supply of S3, right?" Zhou Jingming continued.

"There's no problem, we're not in the first few years, there's always a shortage of supply, so you can rest assured. Xu Weidong assured.

With the time into 2002, the electrification process of Tianming Group has also been greatly accelerated, and its global sales in 2001 have also been released again, and last year, Tianming Group's global sales reached a total of 6.02 million vehicles!

Compared with the year before last, Tianming Group's sales increased by more than 1 million units last year, mainly due to two reasons, one is the rise of the Southeast Asian market, and the other is because of the release of a number of new cars, which has enriched the Tianming Group's car series.

However, although the sales volume reached the level of 6 million units, but in terms of sales ranking, Tianming Group still ranked fourth, Toyota Group, Ford Motor and General Motors still sold more than Tianming Group, but Tianming Group is only less than 500,000 units away from the third Ford Motor.

But the problem is that Tianming Group is still very far away from the world's top three, because while Tianming Group's sales are increasing, GM's competitors are also increasing accordingly.

However, Zhou Jingming did not dwell on the current sales ranking, but focused on pure electric vehicles, and through the joint efforts of all project team members such as Martin Eberhard and Kocone, the super charging station for electric vehicle charging was finally designed.

"This is the installation rendering of the first generation of super charging stations, the relevant components have been commissioned to the factory for processing, this generation of charging stations, is designed according to the electric vehicles we developed, and we will continue to upgrade the charging stations in the future. In the electrification lab in Gusu City, Martin Eberhard used a computer to show Zhou Jingming the renderings of the charging station.

On the whole, the structure of the super charging station is not complicated, and there are many similarities with the current gas station, the specific structure is split into chargers, batteries and other components, these parts are transported separately before assembly, and after being transported to the designated place, the overall installation can be carried out.

"I have already determined the installation site, as for the time, from June 1st, the official installation of the charging station, when the time comes, I will notify the municipal department to cooperate with our work, you write an installation manual during this time, and then we will train at least ten skilled installation technicians internally, and they will guide them on site when the time comes. ”

After Zhou Jingming read the renderings, he said to Martin Eberhard. Originally, it was planned that the first batch of 100 supercharging stations would all be installed in Shencheng, but after repeated research, Zhou Jingming finally decided to install 60 of them in Shencheng, and the remaining 40 in Jinling City.

After the first batch is finished, it will be installed in Yanjing, Yangcheng and Nanjing-Hangzhou.

If charging stations and electric vehicles run smoothly, Zhou Jingming will continue to promote them nationwide.

The government departments of Shencheng and Jinling, Zhou Jingming has already been tied, and when it is officially installed, someone will assist Tianming Group.

"Next Monday we will install and test the first supercharger station in Shencheng, and I will teach it on the spot, and the chairman can also go there to have a look if he is interested. Martin Eberhard replied with a smile.

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