Superchargers!

Martin Eberhard raised this question, can be said to be a key to the popularity of pure electric vehicles, is the so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first", for electric vehicles, battery endurance is an important factor to determine whether an electric vehicle is favored by consumers, and the popularity of charging stations is another decisive factor.

The reason why pure electric vehicles have not been recognized by consumers is because of the development of traditional cars to the present, gas stations can be seen almost everywhere, but pure electric vehicles rely on electric energy to maintain endurance, if you want to replace traditional cars, then the number of super charging stations must reach the order of magnitude of gas stations!

Only then will people not worry about the embarrassing situation of having to call a towing service when driving because there is no place to charge.

In fact, in the previous life, Tesla was the electric car company with the largest number of super charging stations, with more than 600 charging stations in the United States, and the number of charging stations in China is not a few, all of which have covered 61 cities in China, including more than 400 super charging piles and more than 1,300 destination charging piles covering more than 130 cities.

The coverage of these charging stations and charging piles will greatly improve Tesla's market influence in China.

Zhou Jingming didn't expect that in the first year of Alberhard's arrival at Tianming Group, he would make such a suggestion, and it seemed that he had found the right person.

"I think Mr. Martin's idea is very correct, the reason why GM's EV-1 electric vehicle has not been able to attract attention in the market, I think a big reason is that GM has not been able to solve the problem of consumer charging, if we can cover the charging stations before the launch of electric vehicles, it will definitely be easier to promote." ”

Cocconi, who was sitting on the side, also said.

"I very much agree with the suggestion to build a supercharger, but the question is, does Mr. Martin have any ideas for the design of the supercharger?" Zhou Jingming asked.

"When I was at home, I was thinking about how charging stations should be designed and built when electric vehicles were widely available in the future. In terms of design, the general idea is to imitate the electric bicycle charging piles that have been built in the United States, but the structure needs to be redesigned. ”

Eberhard replied. He's an electrical engineer himself, and designing Superchargers happens to be his forte.

"Okay, then we'll discuss it when we get there. Zhou Jingming nodded.

***

After several people arrived at the powertrain company, Wang Yuanchao was already waiting at the door, and after Zhou Jingming and others got out of the car, they first introduced each other, and then came to the conference room to introduce Koconi and Martin Eberhard to all the members of the electrification project team.

At the same time, Zhou Jingming also rearranged the personnel of the electrification project team, in which Koconi will serve as the technical director of pure electric vehicle development, while Martin Eberhard will be responsible for the operation of the entire electrification project, and the original Wang Yuanchao will withdraw from it to be in charge of the coordination of electrification and powertrain.

For these people in charge who were parachuted in, there must be people in the project team who are not convinced, but Zhou Jingming also made it clear at the meeting that anyone who feels dissatisfied can put it forward and prove that he is better than Coconi and others with practical actions, and Zhou Jingming will naturally reuse him.

However, if anyone dares to disobey the yang and delay the process of electrification, Zhou Jingming will not be soft-hearted, and whoever should be let get out of the way will get out, without any exceptions!

With Zhou Jingming behind him, and Koconi and Eberhard themselves are very strong, it won't be long before the entire electrification project team will definitely be twisted into a rope.

"Third brother, the two of them just came here, you help them more during this time, no matter who makes trouble, let him go directly, my request is that any task assigned by Koconi and Eberhard, the entire project team must be unconditionally implemented!" After the meeting, Zhou Jingming emphasized to Wang Yuanchao.

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention, the project team won't mess up. Wang Yuanchao nodded.

"By the way, let's go to your office first, and we'll discuss something. Zhou Jingming continued. The thing he said was, of course, a supercharger.

After a few people came to Wang Yuanchao's office, Zhou Jingming said to Martin Eberhard, "Mr. Martin, let's move on to the supercharger station." ”

Fortunately, due to the needs of work over the years, Wang Yuanchao's English level has also been greatly improved, and there is no problem with normal listening and speaking, otherwise he would have to have a translator at this time.

"What is this thing?" asked Wang Yuanchao curiously, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"To put it simply, it is a gas station for pure electric vehicles, but instead of refueling, it is charging. What Mr. Martin means is that he wants us to build charging stations before we launch electric vehicles. Zhou Jingming explained with a smile.

"It turns out that this is the thing, so in terms of the design plan, does Mr. Martin have an idea?" Wang Yuanchao suddenly realized.

"At the moment, I only have a general idea, and I hope to discuss the specific design details of the charging station with the rest of the project team. Martin Eberhard replied.

"At present, the super charging station I envision is composed of several charging piles, each charging pile can only charge one vehicle at the same time, and the specific composition of the charging pile includes a charger, a renewable energy storage battery, a battery maintenance machine, a billing control system, a cable distribution system, etc......."

Next, Martin Eberhard explained and drew a preliminary form of the charging station on paper. Because the design of charging stations has been conceived for a long time, and similar products have appeared in the United States, Martin Eberhard explained in great detail.

“…… The specific working principle, first of all, the grid power through the primary primary side charger to the regenerative battery energy storage charge, if the electric vehicle needs to be charged, and then by the secondary secondary side fast charger to the electric vehicle for fast charging, so that when charging, will not interfere with the normal operation of the power grid equipment, but this will use a large number of electronic control systems, which may need to find a reliable company to design. ”

"We have an automotive electronics company specializing in the electronic control system, if there is any need, you write out the requirements and let people send them to the automotive electronics company. Zhou Jingming said immediately.

At present, the R&D capabilities of Tianming Group's automotive electronics company are no less than that of Bosch, and there are many things that can be solved internally.

"If that's the case, it's for the best. Eberhard nodded.

"I recommend assembling the charging station, so that if there is a requirement, the charging station can be moved at any time, and it is also convenient for subsequent disassembly. Zhou Jingming proposed.

Tesla's charging station was built using the first on-site assembly.

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