Chapter 52: Eye Medicine
----- this chapter is to thank the boss of 'Autumn and Language' for his reward-----
No matter how unhappy the seven companies were, they all had to pay the price for the production of mosquito legs.
The battery, which was originally priced at $60 million, was auctioned for $420 million.
It's appalling!
There is no way, after the seven companies saw the demo, they had to admit that the $420 million was worth it!
Not only did they buy $60 million in batteries, but they also bought tickets for new lithium batteries in the next few years.
They know that those manufacturers who can't get on the ship are likely to be gradually eliminated by consumers and eventually submerged by the tide of the times.
This kind of change has been repeated countless times in the high-tech industry!
With so many high-level executives of technology companies gathered to think about energy, it is natural that they cannot hide from the attention of the media.
After everyone finished talking about the basic subscription intentions, Shensi Energy Gate was already crowded with long guns and short cannons.
In the face of many media, Li Qingyu immediately united seven manufacturers and arranged a press conference:
"Shensi Energy has just reached a cooperation with seven manufacturers including Microsoft, Dell, and Guowei on the 'new lithium battery'. ”
"The 1.8 million mobile phone batteries and 600,000 laptop batteries produced by Shensi Energy in the next six months have been subscribed by seven manufacturers in proportion. ”
"The capacity of this new lithium battery is 4 times that of the current lithium battery, and the battery life of mobile phones and notebooks using this battery will also reach 4 times the battery life of the previous one. Basically, the new lithium battery can ensure that the user's mobile phone can be used for 8-12 hours, and if you are a light user, you can even charge it once every 2-3 days, instead of having to charge it once a day like before!"
"According to the agreement between Shensi Energy and seven manufacturers, the first batch of mobile phones with new batteries will be on the market within 7-10 days at the earliest!
As soon as Li Qingyu's words fell, the scene was in an uproar.
4 times the battery capacity!
Available in 7-10 days!
Everyone guessed that Shensi Energy might put a big move, but they didn't expect that it would be a map cannon like noon!
The reporters excitedly raised their cameras and snapped them, and in a flash of light, the venue fell into a clamour.
Li Qingyu had already predicted the enthusiastic reaction, pressed her hands down and smiled:
"Here's the time for reporters!"
Countless journalists immediately raised their hands.
"Lithium battery revolution!4 times the capacity!The great breakthrough of oriental genius!" - Wall Street Journal
"The Consumer Electronics Industry Has Changed Dramatically, and Apple Has Been Excluded This Time! Is Spaceship Headquarters the Last Glory?"
"The lithium battery industry has ushered in a major reshuffle, and Tesla's spring has arrived!" - "Internet Disaster Daily News"
With the news release, Apple's stock plummeted 7% on the same day, which was a disaster.
Stocks of a large number of companies with mobile phones and notebook businesses also fell.
Even worse than them is the lithium battery industry, which has been hit fatally.
The world's major lithium battery companies are wailing, the stock price of LG Chem, the original leader, is almost broken, and other lithium battery companies have also fallen by about 30%.
If they don't come up with a response soon, the stock will collapse in the near future.
In the gloom, seven companies including Microsoft and Dell bucked the trend, and Microsoft, which had the largest subscription ratio, rose 3%.
The money that Nadella spent on buying shares in new batteries instantly earned more money back from the stock market, which is simply beautiful.
Affected by this, the Nasdaq market also began to fluctuate violently.
Wall Street analysts are concerned about Apple's future, and if Cook can't make up the ticket upload in a short time, the new iPhone conference in 2 months will turn into a disaster.
At that time, Apple will face a dilemma, other companies' high-end phones can be used for 12 hours, while the iPhone can only be used for 4 hours?
This could well be the first Waterloo for iPhones in a decade.
Of course, Apple is unlikely to end up directly, after all, the craftsmanship of the iPhone, the perfection and safety of the iOS system, and the quality of third-party apps are all incomparable to other manufacturers.
But Apple's image as a dominant player in the high-end mobile phone market will suffer a serious setback.
Once users have formed the perception that the iPhone is not better than other phones in all places, it will be difficult to turn the situation around!
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In the eyes of outsiders, compared with the changes in the mobile phone and notebook markets, Tesla is simply lying down to win.
Inexplicably, a new type of lithium battery appeared, and the prospects of the entire electric vehicle industry instantly brightened, and Tesla, as a representative of electric vehicles, is the biggest beneficiary.
With Tesla's current cruising range of about 400 kilometers, under the condition that other components are completely unchanged, as long as the new battery of Shensi Energy is replaced, the cruising range will reach an unprecedented 1600 kilometers!
1600 km!
This is far more than the cruising range of most fuel vehicles!
In the face of such a wonderful range, many problems will be solved.
For example, the user's charging frequency will be reduced by 4 times, so the frequency of use of charging piles will also be reduced by 4 times, and Tesla only needs to build a quarter of the previous charging piles, which greatly relieves the time and financial pressure on building charging piles.
For example, 1,600 kilometers is enough for users to make a long-distance trip, and users will have enough confidence to drive a Tesla from one city to another, instead of driving for fear of running out of power halfway and not finding a charging pile as they do now.
You know, in the eyes of many people, today's Tesla is simply a commuter car that can only run in one city.
Unfortunately, unlike what outsiders imagine, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not happy at all!
He was even stunned.
The sudden appearance of this new type of lithium battery made him extremely passive!
Because of the existence of this new type of lithium battery, Tesla users have begun to have all kinds of wonderful imaginations.
Many customers who have already paid and have not yet received the car call to ask how long Tesla will use this new lithium battery, and they are willing to hold off receiving their Tesla cars until the new battery is launched, even if it doesn't matter if they pay a little more because of it.
Even many old Tesla customers are constantly asking, can they add money to replace the battery?
Elon knows that if Tesla can't grab enough battery share, once it is preempted by other electric car manufacturers, the image he has carefully built for Tesla as a leader in the electric vehicle industry will collapse in an instant!
And if you go to grab the share of new lithium batteries, it is simply a sheep into the tiger's mouth, and Shensi Energy will obviously not give up a good opportunity to slaughter itself!
Even if enough new lithium batteries are snatched, Elon will face another dilemma.
Charging piles.
The capacity of the new lithium battery is 4 times that of ordinary lithium batteries, that is to say, now Tesla's charging pile will be extended by 4 times the charging time without transformation, which is obviously unbearable for users.
Tesla's charging stations around the world must also be updated immediately.
What's worse than Apple is that for mobile phones, battery life is just an important indicator, as long as it is excellent in other aspects, mobile phone users can still accept a shorter battery life.
But for electric vehicles at this stage, range is everything!
Elon had a terrible headache.