In March, the Geneva Motor Show begins.

The biggest highlight is pure electric vehicles, GP Energy has taken its steps to challenge traditional energy, not only Maserati is aggressive, but also with Volkswagen and its brands, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Renault and Ford have launched pure electric models, known as the beginning of pure electric history.

Unlike the rough and practical concept of American cars, Europe pays more attention to the design of the shape and line of the model, and the high-end models are more eye-catching, and the luxury cars of Maserati are stylish and atmospheric, and the shape of GT and convertible sports cars are extremely aggressive. The published data is as striking as it looks.

Even though the technology of electric vehicle motors has just developed, the horsepower that can be squeezed in the face of energy utilization of more than 90% is terrifying, and it easily breaks through the limits of the combustion engine and rewrites a new chapter - all thanks to GP's energy technology.

There are countless companies working on new batteries to exploit GP's patents, but the reality is not optimistic, and there are few success stories – and even if they do, they have to face a more realistic problem: cost. It's okay to build it, but the cost remains high, and it will only kill yourself.

New energy is cost-effective, and electric vehicles will naturally flourish.

Maserati has received a lot of attention and praise at the auto show, and since it left the Fiat Group to find another owner, GP is such a behemoth that is willing to burn money on it, and the transformation of all its cars to pure electric is an example, and the next is only publicity.

Maserati officially announced that it will hold the "MC Challenge" in the United States, in honor of the MC12 racing car, the model offered is the Maserati GT-MC, this "MC" means "track version", pure electric, five-stage race. It can be participated by manufacturers or privately formed teams.

The rewards are huge, with $10 million for the top three and $5 million for the first place. Compared with the five stops, the competition with a low cost of modification is very profitable and attracts private attention. Manufacturers are also interested. Ford, for example, and Chevrolet, also want to form a team to participate in the event.

The next day, GP announced the formation of the "GP Team" to compete in the "MC Challenge".

As an official electric car race, it has attracted attention from all walks of life since the announcement of Maserati, and the participation period is until the end of April, and it is planned to start in early May and be held every weekend. Initial retrofit requirements have been informed to the GP team, allowing for minor modifications to the motors.

Other requirements are the same as in traditional touring car races, where safety conditions must be met. Restrictions on the gross weight of the body are also listed, and the power of the motor is limited. The others are free to play, usually the more money is more fierce - An Feng is one of them, he has a lot of money and a strong logistics team.

The event required the motor to be no more than 750 hp and weigh more than 1,000 kg, which meant that there was still a lot of room to be disassembled, and there was room for the motor to be modified. After Anfeng understood the rules, he decided to let An's Industries assist in the modification of the motor.

An Feng pondered the use of stereoscopic printers and supercomputers.

Electric vehicles do not use conventional permanent magnet motors. It is an induction motor, and there are two main points for stronger performance: low resistivity and strong magnetic field. It just so happens that these two points have an innate advantage for superconductors, if there can be a motor with zero resistance and a super magnetic field, the motor will be against the sky.

It's a pity that room-temperature superconductivity is hard time. In this regard, we can only pursue more advanced technology.

An Feng successively communicated with the motor department of Ann's Industries and the technical department of Superconductor Company to discuss the motors used for racing cars and the special power supply motors of Maserati in the future, and obtained satisfactory results for two consecutive days. And set up a project team to specialize in motor research and development.

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A few days later, An Feng took the mechanical leopard to the company.

Although Xiaohua's performance is quite good, there are also some small flaws, and An Feng has to make later adjustments to it.

When he came to the project office of the robotics company, there was no one, and the secretary said that it was in the laboratory, and Hoffman and Rich had a few friends, and they heard that they were engaged in cooperative research and development. An Feng took the elevator to the ordinary experimental area on the seventh floor. Secrecy requires visitors to only move around in the general area.

Brought Xiaohua to the door of the laboratory, the sound of conversation and laughter came from inside, pushed the door in, the indoor lighting was a little dim, there were still a lot of people, Hoffman and Richie were there, and a few of their friends, one tall and three short, were playing Star Wars, and the background music of the Imperial March.

The shorter, dark-rimmed guy with a jacket and curly hair and black-rimmed glasses holds a shiny "weapon" in his hand, and you can feel its temperature and energy from a distance - this is not a toy! An Feng could see at a glance that it was a laminar flow plasma beam in the form of a jet.

The plasma flame is about eighty or ninety centimeters long, blue-white, much like a laser sword in Star Wars.

The curly-haired glasses man was holding a plasma lightsaber, and the grip was also connected to a finger-thick cable, the plasma transmitter and the cable were a little heavy, and he swung the lightsaber with difficulty, as if entering the role, and dragged a voice in his mouth: "Sheldon!" I have bad news, Star Wars Day is early! ”

"I'm not going to deal with a dead man!" The tall man also picked up the plasma transmitter and sprayed a longer and thicker plasma beam, and said in an arrogant tone: "Obviously, Leonard, the power of my lightsaber jet is higher than yours, and the plasma beam is 1.5 meters long, which is absolutely superior!" ”

"No, it's just going to tie you down!" Leonard said the two confronted each other and posed.

Richie cried out, "Wait! Sheldon: Why is your plasma beam so long? ”

"I'm glad you noticed that." Sheldon arrogantly said, "I only modified a few of the parts, and according to your design concept, it is estimated that it will not be able to break through in a few years." But now...... You will be proud to know me. Thank you, smart heads! ”

Leonard said a little nervously, "Have you ever considered that the transmitter can withstand such a high power?" ”

"Please, I'm not like you." Sheldon smiled, "I mean, apparently I'm smarter. ”

Hoffman said weakly: "Did you just lower the resistance of the transmitter and change the position of the generator?" ”

"Why do you know?" Sheldon looked at him as if he shouldn't have known.

"I need to stay away from you." Hoffman took a few steps back, "I was like that last time, and it turned out to be bad. ”

One Indian asked, "What will happen?" ”

Hoffman shrugged, and Richie stepped back to the power supply: "Will burn the launcher." ”

"Throw it away! Sheldon! A man with a big nose with a mushroom head next to him pointed at him in surprise, "I see it on fire!" ”

"Oh my God!" Sheldon threw the transmitter, which was already somewhat warm, to the ground. Richie also cut off the power in time, the laboratory lights were lit, a burning smell wafted in, and the lightsaber burned a few pieces of paper on the ground. The tech nerds looked at each other, not expecting this.

Hoffman spotted An Feng: "Mr. An! ”

The others looked over as well, and Richie looked at the ground. Explained: "Sir, we were testing a laminar flow plasma beam and something was wrong. ”

"Stay safe." An Feng looked at the four strangers.

"Sir, they're my friends, Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj, from Caltech. ”

"Hello!" An Feng nodded.

"Hey." The tall Sheldon stepped forward and looked at him questioningly. "You're the one who says that superstring theory can't fully explain the universe?" ”

"It's me." An Feng nodded, "Superstring is not perfect, if you want to convince me, I have enough evidence to overturn your idea." ”

"No!" Sheldon shook his head confidently, "The absurd theories you listed have obviously excluded the phenomena under Planck's scale, and ......"

An Feng listened to his words, picked up the tablet on the side, and connected the cloud network to the server. Shows a lot of content, and gives it to be very conceited. Sheldon, who thinks he can never be wrong: "There are enough explanations in this, and after reading it, you will understand that what I said is different from what you think." ”

"How is that possible!" Sheldon took the computer unconcernedly, but when he saw it, his mouth couldn't close, and he walked to the side and sat down with a dull gaze.

Leonard stepped forward at this time and explained: "His EQ is a little low, I hope you can understand, sir." And I love your pets. It's so beautiful! ”

"Is it a pure machine?" Raj, the Indian scientist, asked.

"Of course. Some are manufactured by 3D printing technology, using more than a dozen sets of exoskeletons to ensure the firmness and flexibility of the body. An Feng said.

"How pretty!" Howard crouched down and observed Xiaohua, "The bionic robot is very reliable, which means that the machine of the female character is also achievable......"

"Nope. Don't say that again, Howard. Leonard had just stopped Howard from wanting to gush about the special use of female simulation machines.

A group of people were talking about the robot pet that An Feng brought, and Rich sorted out the words: "The four of them came over to discuss some key technologies with us, such as Leonard's insight into laser technology, and Howard's compound eye camera is also worth developing......"

After listening to the explanation, An Feng understood that these four guys all have research projects at the California Institute of Technology, and their IQs are not low, all of them are geniuses, and they all have quirks - the words return to the original point, and they smell the same. They also had some friendships with Hoffman and Rich, and stopped by to visit the class.

The "plasma lightsaber" that appeared today is that these technologists improved Richie's technology, he originally only used laminar flow plasma as the heat source of the 3D printer, but after increasing the power and improving the restraint device, the technocrats restored some of the technology in the Star Wars movies.

In addition to the dazzling lightsaber technology, Sheldon's improved plasma beam has been of great help to 3D printing, and An Feng calculated that it will obtain a higher and more stable temperature and be able to sinter more materials...... In terms of cost, it saves a lot of energy and money.

As a token of gratitude, An Feng set aside time to chat with them about academic issues.

Obviously, the brains of the four geniuses are not as good as one open head, but their flexibility and flexibility in the professional field surprised An Feng, worthy of being geniuses, but unfortunately they all have their own pursuits and life circles, and their jobs are not similar, otherwise An Feng really wants to keep them.

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PS: A while ago, a book friend asked for a cameo, and I just watched the latest season recently, so I got it. In addition, I haven't added it for a long time, and I will add it the day after tomorrow. (To be continued......)