Chapter 498: Pre-sale, test the waters

Toyota Motor Company ridiculed Li Zetian like this, and Li Zetian naturally would not let them go.

"You didn't say I'd encounter Waterloo in the auto industry, okay, then wait and see!" Li Zetian said indignantly, with a fierce murderous aura in his eyes.

The combination of Rolls-Royce + BMW + DaimlerChrysler + Tesla + Bosch, in Li Zetian's view, is already a mess, as long as it works well, dare to pull Toyota off the horse!

It's time to give up the position of the world's largest car company......

Li Zetian counted the car brands he owned in his heart, and he really didn't know it, and he was shocked when he counted them: BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Veyron (self-built), Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maybach, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, smart, Freight, Plymouth, Stirling, Western Star, Thomas Bildt Bus, Setra, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hunter, Tesla, etc.

Seeing that I now have so many car brands, one word, cool !!

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On March 6, Li Zetian was ready to leave for the United States, and a series of things such as the company's follow-up resource integration and optimization were handed over to the company's management personnel.

Li Zetian's return this time is bound to build Tesla into the Apple of the automotive industry!!

On the morning of the 7th, Li Zetian returned to Los Angeles, stayed at home for a few days, and then went to Tesla Motors.

Tesla Motors is headquartered in Palo Alto, south of the San Francisco Bay Area, California's Silicon Valley, and the prestigious Stanford University is also located in Palo Alto.

It's just over an hour to fly from Los Angeles to Palo Alto.

When Li Zetian came to Tesla Motors, Li Zetian also happened to meet Peter Houston, CEO of Chronos Energy, who came to talk to Tesla Motors about cooperation and provide help with battery technology and battery production.

Li Zetian greeted him and went to Martin Eberhard's office together.

Martin Eberhard is the founder of Tesla Motors, that is, the "father of Tesla", but in his previous life, he was little known and almost all of them were overshadowed by Musk's limelight.

Speaking of which, Martin Eberhard is really pitiful, Musk wants to become the real leader of Tesla, but the so-called mountain is difficult to tolerate two tigers, Musk began to squeeze out Eberhard in all aspects, and finally in January 2008, Musk dismissed Eberhard as CEO on the grounds of product development progress delay and cost overrun, after which Eberhard, the father of Tesla, had to announce that he was leaving Tesla and failed to witness the delivery of the first Tesla electric car off the assembly line.

Subsequently, Musk became the CEO, won Bai Fumei, and reached the pinnacle of life, so that many people in his previous life thought that Musk was the father of Tesla.

Some people can't help but sigh: "Tesla lost to Edison and brought us alternating current, and Eberhard lost to Musk and brought us Tesla ......"

Although Tesla's development in the previous life was very good, Li Zetian still felt that driving away the company's founder was not conducive to the company's development.

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"Eberhard, how many employees does the company have now?" Li Zetian frowned slightly, walking all the way from the door of the company, he felt that Tesla had very few employees.

"85 people. Eberhard replied.

"85 people is too little, recruit people immediately, and we must speed up the development of Tesla's electric vehicles!" Li Zetian said.

"Okay!" Eberhard nodded in response, Tesla was acquired by BMW, and with Li Zetian, the boss of a rich country, Tesla Motors never had to tighten its belt to live from now on.

Li Zetian then asked a lot of things related to Tesla's car research and development, Tesla's self-developed battery control system is unique, can form a battery pack from many batteries, so as to provide a strong range for electric vehicles, even if there is a short circuit, it will not catch fire, and individual battery damage will not affect others. At all, Peter Houston, CEO of Chronos Energy, who was present, was greatly surprised!

But at the same time, Tesla Motors has also encountered great problems and even bottlenecks in the research and development process!

Martin Eberhard frowned and said: "As a supercar comparable to Porsche and Ferrari, the Tesla Roadster has very high requirements for high-performance acceleration, but at this time, the situation that ordinary electric vehicles are not equipped with multi-stage gearboxes obviously cannot meet the needs of Roadsters, because the power output efficiency of asynchronous motors is low at low speeds, so it is logical to introduce a two-stage gearbox." But the problem is that there is no precedent in the industry for how to do systematic research and development between high-voltage and high-power electronic control system and gearbox coordination!"

The engine, gearbox and chassis are the three core parts of the car!

Obviously, the technology and craftsmanship involved in the gearbox are very high, and it is definitely not something that Tesla Motors can design, let alone a two-stage gearbox.

Li Zetian thought for a while and said: "Although the world's three major gearbox suppliers are ZF, Aisin and Jackket, Mercedes-Benz has also insisted on its own research and development in the field of transmission, and the technology will not be too different from ZF, Aisin and Jackket. If Tesla Motors can't solve a problem, you can ask the parent company for help!"

Li Zetian paused and said: "It can be seen that Tesla Motors has unique advanced technology in battery control, but in other aspects, there is still a big gap with traditional auto giants, so Tesla Motors has to enter closer cooperation with Rolls-Royce, BMW and DaimlerChrysler!"

"Yes, Mrli!!" Eberhard was happy in his heart, sure enough, it was good to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree, and with the support of large companies, it would be much easier to develop Tesla.

"Well," Li Zetian nodded, and said: "Also, the cost of Tesla Roadster should be reduced as much as possible! In this way, we can really open up the market and compete with traditional cars! In addition, the development of unmanned vehicle technology should also be put on the agenda, but it can be used as a long-term project, and the accumulation of technology is the priority." You can rest assured that the development of unmanned vehicles is not starting from scratch, and Chronos Industries will provide artificial intelligence technical support!"

After speaking, Li Zetian patted Eberhard on the shoulder and said, "Toyota Motor Corporation said that I can't build a car, so I will build a car that is popular all over the world! Alberhard, I hope that Tesla can become the apple of the automobile industry! Don't let me live up to my expectations!!

"Okay, Mrli, don't worry, I'll live up to the trust!" said Eberhard with a categorical nod.

When Li Zetian heard this, he laughed: "Very good, Tesla Motors will be handed over to you in the future, of course, I will always pay attention to the development of Tesla Motors." ”

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Tesla Motors began recruiting people on a large scale, while also transferring some people from Rolls-Royce, BMW, and DaimlerChrysler. In the past ten days, Tesla Motors has increased from 85 to more than 500 people.

The industry and the American media couldn't help but be shocked by the speed of Tesla Motors' expansion, and there was a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.

"Chronosli actually takes such a fancy to pure electric vehicles, is it that the tuyere of pure electric vehicles has arrived?"

"Pure electric vehicles have zero emissions, no pollution, and are indeed very promising!"

"The main problem of pure electric vehicles is the range and charging of the car, and if these two problems are not solved, the sales of pure electric vehicles will definitely be limited......"

"Is Chronosli's heart inflated?"

“……”

There are those who approve and agree on the Internet, and only those who oppose are questioned.

But in any case, Tesla Motors is on fire and has attracted interest and attention. Among them, people in the tech community are particularly interested in the Tesla Roadster. On March 24, Tesla Roadster conducted an early pre-sale on Tesla's official website to see how consumers reacted.

At the same time, Li Zetian updated a message on Facebook and Weibo: "The pure electric car Tesla Roadster is booked in advance on the official website of Tesla Motors, and friends who like it can book it immediately, first served! Thank you for your support!"

The news immediately spread across the Internet.

It didn't take long for Bill Gates, Jobs, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Tian Shuai, Zhang Yan, Wei Xiuping, Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Robin Li and other technology bigwigs to order.

When everyone saw that the users who ordered Tesla cars were these bulls, they were all dumbfounded.

"Damn! So many bigwigs want to use Tesla cars, why am I hesitating!!!

"Chronosli is so awesome, it's a hit!"

"Uh, I suspect there's an ulterior py deal behind it~~~"

"Upstairs explained, told the truth of the matter!"

"The netizen who said the py transaction, your courier has arrived!!"

“……”

Before everyone woke up, suddenly, Hollywood superstars, directors, and producers ordered Tesla Roadster on Tesla's official website, which couldn't help but set off a storm again.

Netizens were collectively dumbfounded.

"This Nima, has Hollywood collectively knelt?"

"Is it so exaggerated, it's too obvious to want to please Chronosli!"

"Awesome! I don't even support the wall, so I just serve chronosli. ”

“……”

An apartment in Hollywood.

"Julie, you need to book a Tesla Roadster. The agent said.

"Why?"

"You can see it on the Internet, and now Hollywood stars have gone to Tesla Motors' official website to book the Tesla Roadster in order to hug the thighs of Chronosli, and if you don't go, you may be wearing small shoes in the future. The point is, you want to develop further in the future, and this incident must not be an opportunity for your competitors to retaliate against you. ”

"How so?" said Julie, surprised, as she pulled her iPhone out of her bag.

The agent said: "First of all, the rhythm of the collective brushing up of the technology circle, I estimate that eighty percent of this is instructed by chronosli." Hollywood stars too, no one dares not to give face to Chronosli. ”

"How much does it cost?"

"$100,000. ”

"Oh, then you can order one for me!"

"Okay!"

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As tech bigwigs and Hollywood stars have pre-ordered Tesla cars, users with a little money have also joined in, and within two days, 20,000 Tesla Roadsters were pre-sold.

Automakers are collectively confused......

It's not fair to bring it like this!