Chapter Seventy-Two: Planning Electric Vehicles

The car that said goodbye from Corning Town and sent them to the airport was loaded with two large boxes, which contained two sets of cutlery presented by Corning, from pots to bowls, which were quite complete.

In fact, Feng Yiping also mentioned it by the way, wanting to buy two sets of their tableware, wanting to buy it is one thing, so it is actually a compliment to Kangning.

Unexpectedly, Joanna kept it in mind, and when he finished talking to Benjamin, he saw these two large packed boxes, "a little souvenir," Joanna said with a smile.

Foreign companies will also do this matter of sending souvenirs with feelings!

Feng Yiping didn't want to take advantage of this small advantage - if he wanted to take advantage of it, he would take advantage of it, such as the glass project that made him drool, but the other party insisted on not accepting it, so forget it, it was just a matter of two thousand dollars.

A century-old store like Corning, and others with close ties to the government, such as the military-industrial giants or the oil giants, have a very different style of acting, and they are much more friendly and gentle.

"So happy, girlfriend waiting at home?" Feng Yiping asked Jacob, who was humming a little song in his mouth.

"Yes," Jacob offered to say, "it's the first time Amy and I have been apart for so long,"

He originally wanted to ask the little boss, the girl from Georgetown University, if she had any contact later, because when she was sent back to school that time, the two seemed to be quite entangled, and there was a trend and foundation for the development of ** to multi-night stands.

However, he didn't mention it in the end, and he didn't want to inquire about the boss's private affairs.

The last and most important item Feng Yiping inspected, of course, was electric vehicles.

But now Tesla's founder, Martin Eberhard, is still obsessed with other things and hasn't shown much enthusiasm for electric vehicles.

And Iron Man Musk, who, like Jobs, later became a pioneer in an industry. is also somewhat similar to Jobs's experience, in September, Mr. Musk was also kicked out by the company he founded.

If you want to say, blame him for being too willful. PayPal, which was formed by his merger with Rafchen's Confinity company, was not well integrated and internally unstable, and the board had to replace the previous CEO and let Musk, who was originally the chairman, take over.

However, when the contradictions within the company are not resolved. He went on a trip to Australia for a strong reason, the Sydney Olympics are about to begin!

Then, taking advantage of his absence, Raffchen seized the opportunity and secured the support of the board of directors to successfully remove Musk from his position.

So Mr. Iron Man, this will. And depressed!

So, who to turn to?

It is simple, too. Find Martin Eberhard's guide.

In fact, the electric car was not only hyped up as a high-tech event, but also advertised as a responsible, high-quality lifestyle, in fact. This is not an unusual occurrence for a car power like the United States.

Can you imagine that the earliest commercial electric car was actually used as a taxi as early as 1897. Agility in the streets of New York.

In the year of the Xinhai Revolution, the New York Times advocated that "electric vehicles are the most ideal means of transportation", and counted its advantages, such as cleanliness, low noise, and environmental protection.

And the most recently, and the most controversial one, is the giant General Motors, which launched the EV-1 in 96.

However, although it can travel up to 100 miles on a single charge, its technology is still immature, and the facilities in the car are also poor, and the comfort is average, so not many people buy it.

If you sell mobile phones, you can talk about feelings and ideals, but if you sell cars, no matter how lofty and noble your goals are, and how resonant your feelings are, you can't change the choices of many people.

A large piece like a car, of course, should be comfortable and comfortable, and the feelings of ideal environmental protection are really nothing.

To add insult to injury, some states in the U.S. relaxed their requirements for vehicle emissions at this time, so GM finally stopped producing the EV-1 last year for economic reasons.

However, according to the rules prevailing all over the world, the giants of a certain industry are often the training centers of the industry, and GM is no exception, cultivating a lot of talents for competitors and training a lot of competitors for themselves.

Prior to this, many designers who were involved in GM's electric vehicle design but believed that the company had succumbed to the pressure of the oil giants chose to say goodbye to GM.

Among them, including Alan Kuning, who founded ACP in 92, and Martin Eberhard, who was influenced by him, became interested in electric vehicles, and when he founded Tesla, he also used ACP technology.

Alan Kunin is an assertive and stubborn man, he is only willing to study the technology of electric vehicles, design electric vehicles, but does not want to set up a company to produce electric vehicles, and for this reason, he has not been well known.

"Hello, Mr. Allen," Feng Yiping, with Mike's contact, rushed to San Dimas, Los Angeles, to meet with Alan Kuning.

"Hello, Feng,"

To say that the ACP company at this time, the investment is very fast, the return is very small and slow, and the money is thrown to toss the experimental Tzero electric car, although the current economic situation is acceptable, but the technical research, the future capital needs, has always been uncertain.

So for those introduced by acquaintances, it is said that they have spare money in their hands and are interested in this field, Allen is still more enthusiastic.

"Can you sign for me?" Feng Yiping is still at an age where it is not too shameful to be cute, and as soon as they met, he pretended to be his fan, "I admire you very much!"

A person who has been very hot in the newspapers and TV recently, admiring himself in person, Alan is still a little cool.

He signed the notebook Feng Yiping took out, "I just did something I wanted to do,"

"What I admire most is your persistence," Feng Yiping said, "Although I don't understand, I am personally very interested in pure electric cars, which is a technology related to the living environment of all people in the world."

Alan listened to Feng Yiping's words and was very happy, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Tzero, this is the most satisfying design I am currently with,"

"It's the fastest electric car in the world, accelerating from 0 to 60 kilometers in 3.6 seconds," said Allen, eyebrows.

"Wow, that's amazing," Feng Yiping sighed sincerely.

In fact, he doesn't like sports cars, and he really doesn't like the acceleration performance pursued by many people, and he has never understood that 3.6 seconds and 36 seconds are really that different?

Alan gently stroked the low roof of the car, as if he were his own newborn child, "We use a leading acid lead battery, which can be charged at any 120 or 240 volt outlet, and when fully charged, it can travel 300 kilometers at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour."

"Commuting to work in the city, it's totally enough," Mike said.

Feng Yiping is observing the interior of this car, well, strictly speaking, this car has no interior at all, it is still an engineering prototype, except for the CD player, all the other control systems are very original parts, and it doesn't even have air conditioning!

I think that if it is equipped with air conditioning, it will definitely greatly affect the mileage, but in this winter, where there is an average of 20 degrees, is it really good to have a car without air conditioning?

"It's really not easy for you to achieve such an achievement," Feng Yiping was sincere.

In the closed automotive industry, and at the same time under the pressure of oil giants, it is not easy for a small company to make such achievements.

"Allen, you have such mature technology, why don't you consider setting up an automobile company?" Feng Yiping asked.

"This car, we originally wanted to cooperate with a car company, and they provided the chassis, but you know, we searched all the car companies, and no one wanted to, we had to give up, so we got the support of Lotus Motors,"

Looking at his appearance, Feng Yiping felt that at this time, he could seamlessly connect with the popular sentence later, "Don't say it, it's all tears if you talk too much,"

"Personally, I believe that this is a trend that no one can stop, so I firmly believe that this situation will definitely change in the near future. Feng Yiping said.

This is true, in the process of the birth of Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, giants have provided a lot of help, because these traditional car manufacturing companies have also realized this unstoppable trend at that time.

"Hehe, I agree, I just wish it was sooner," Alan said with a smile.

Back in the office, Feng Yiping put forward his own suggestions straightforwardly, "Allen, I appreciate your behavior, and I am also very optimistic about this market, I am currently in a good economic situation, if you have financial needs, I think we can cooperate, and besides, I will not interfere with your research,"

Alan smiled, it was something he wanted to hear, "I'll consider your proposal carefully,"

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Mike returned to San Francisco, Feng Yiping, who came to Los Angeles for the first time, of course he wanted to go shopping, looking at the huge Hollywood sign on the mountain in the distance, he was a little eager in his heart, can he meet those big stars?

At this time, the mobile phone rang, and when he saw it, it was a future Hollywood star calling him. (To be continued.) )

PS: ps: Dear friends, the New Year is coming, are today's tickets so pitiful?