Chapter 440 Intelligent driving cars are questioned
Lu Yang dared to invite his family to do space travel, so he naturally had absolute confidence in Pangu. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Theoretically, any flying vehicle is risky, just like the current airplane, although it is claimed that the probability of accident is lower than that of trains, in most people's minds, airplanes are still not as safe as trains.
As the first aerospace aircraft, Space One is naturally risky. However, after Lu Yang carefully studied the third-level technology, his worries about space travel have been greatly reduced. For a third-level civilization, the aircraft is like a car of a second-level civilization, and its own failure rate is very low.
Moreover, Lu Yang also has Pangu's deduction calculation, which can eliminate risks to the greatest extent.
Even so, Lu Yang will not board the plane until more than ten test flights will be carried out by Space-1.
Just when the Luyang family was still discussing space travel, Penglai Automobile Company launched the world's first intelligent driving car in the midst of all the attention. This car was named Ziweixing by Lu Yang and is an extended sedan.
The Violet Star is 7.8 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, with 6 permanent internal towers, and the maximum number can be increased to 10. Ziweixing is a pure electric vehicle with a maximum speed of 230 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 2,100 kilometers when fully charged, which is 50% more than the latest electric vehicle of Tianxin Automobile.
The biggest feature of Ziweixing is that it can achieve full autonomous driving, which is what Lu Yang calls intelligent driving. In the state of intelligent driving, Ziweixing can achieve full speed driving, and at the same time, it can find the destination through the electronic map according to the owner's settings.
Ziweixing appeared at the Penglai Convention Center, and a week ago, major media around the world had been invited to know that Penglai Automobile Company would release a new electric car. It turns out that everyone is still speculating, thinking about what kind of car Penglai Group will launch, after all, Penglai Island has so many black technologies.
At the press conference, in addition to those media reporters, representatives of major Chinese and foreign automobile companies also arrived. Toyota, Audi, Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, etc., these old auto giants are all vice presidents, and the new auto giant Tianxin Automobile is Wang Chuanfu personally attended. Just one day before the release of Ziweixing, Luo Yuan held a cocktail party on behalf of Lu Yang to entertain these bigwigs in the automotive industry.
Toyota's representative to Penglai Island is Hiroshi Kobayashi, who is the most technologically savvy vice president in Toyota's leadership and the promoter of Toyota's electric vehicle program, which he presided over at the time.
"Mr. Wang, it's a good luck!" Kobayashi Hiroshi walked to Wang Chuanfu's side with a smile and said politely.
Wang Chuanfu stood up with a smile, and touched the other party with a wine glass: "I didn't expect Toyota to send Mr. Kobayashi to Penglai Island, which shows the importance attached to this press conference." ”
"Who in the world dares to despise the press conference of Penglai Group?" Kobayashi Hiroshi said with a professional smile, "Besides, isn't Mr. Wang here too?" ”
Wang Chuanfu and Kobayashi Hiroshi are old acquaintances, or they are old rivals. Tianxin Automobile's main competitor in the world is Toyota, which is not accidental, but the strategy set by Lu Yang at the beginning. Although the overall sales volume of Tianxin Automobile and Toyota are far apart, in some markets and some models, Tianxin Automobile has grabbed a lot of Toyota's share.
"The development of your company is really remarkable, and within two years, it will definitely rank among the top ten in the world." Hiroshi Kobayashi complimented.
Wang Chuanfu smiled: "Mr. Kobayashi has won the award, Toyota has dominated the international automobile industry for three consecutive years, we should learn from you." By the way, I heard that Lexus has sold less than 300,000 units this year, and only 40,000 in China, is your company planning to abandon this brand? ”
Kobayashi Hiroshi smiled and was extremely annoyed. Lexus is a well-known luxury car brand owned by Toyota, which is sold all over the world. Since 2014, Tianxin Automobile has begun to release specific models, specifically for Lexus, which has seriously affected Lexus's sales. In 2015, Lexus sold 650,000 vehicles worldwide, but last year, that number dropped to 430,000, and in the first three quarters of this year, the number was less than 300,000!
"Mr. Wang, Lexus is one of our most important brands, and Toyota will never give up." Kobayashi Hiroshi's face sank slightly, "Actually, there is no need for our two companies to be so-for-tat, we are all Asians, and the common enemy should be Western car companies." ”
Wang Chuanfu knew that Tianxin Automobile had no possibility of cooperating with Toyota at all, and Kobayashi Hiroshi also said it nicely, precisely because everyone was an Asian company, the competition was more intense.
"Mr. Wang, with your relationship with Mr. Lu, you should know what product Penglai Automobile will release tomorrow, right?" The two chatted for a while, and Kobayashi asked casually.
"How is this possible, although we are all industries under the name of Lu Yang, but after all, it is a competitive relationship, and it is impossible for Penglai Automobile Company to tell me the products they want to release." Wang Chuanfu shook his head and said.
Kobayashi Hiroshi looked at him, and after being silent for a few seconds, he said: "The competition in automobiles is becoming more and more fierce, Mr. Wang, maybe we can abandon our previous suspicions and seek cooperation, which will be beneficial to both companies." ”
Before the press conference, there was a lot of speculation about Penglai Automobile, and most of them thought that this release should be a luxury car. When the answer was revealed, the whole world was shocked again.
"The New Trend of Automotive Development: Intelligent Driving Cars!"
"Can cars drive smartly?"
"Purple Microstar shook the world!"
The emergence of intelligent driving cars makes people sigh again about the leading technology of Penglai Island, but Ziweixing is different from Polaris, it has won more than praise, but doubts.
"Are smart cars safe?"
"When a car can drive itself, is it still a car?"
"Who would dare to sit in a driverless car?"
Lu Yang did not attend the press conference because he was training pilots drawn from the military. However, Lu Yang paid attention to this press conference through Pangu.
"Boss, the Ziweixing reservation window has been opened, but the number of reservations for three days is less than 30." Three days after the press conference, Luo Yuan reported to Lu Yang in frustration.
"30 cars in three days, which is very different from your expectations, I see that the media and online reports have many doubts about Ziweixing, what is the reason for this?" Lu Yang asked.
The price of Ziweixing is 5 million, which is the standard version, and the price of medium and advanced configurations is tens of millions. The reservation window opened on the second day of the press conference, and Penglai Automobile Company officially accepted reservations from all over the world. However, the results of the booking were far from ideal. (To be continued.) )