Mr. Gmadt," he quickly glanced at the guy on his chest to know who he was, "Why, is the Fédération International Motosport interested in our all-ceramic engine?" ”

Hearing Jill say this, the reporters present who felt that this guy was familiar, especially those who had more dealings with racing ***, finally remembered who this guy was: Secretary General of the International Motorcycle Federation: G Maite!

Seeing this guy, the reporters wondered: Did the Alice Group also invite this guy to this press conference? Well, Alice Group is one of the main sponsors of the International Federation of Motorcycle Sports, and it is understandable that the Alice Motorcycle Team has such a good record in the world of motorcycle competition.

"Of course," he said, taking two breaths, finally relieving his fatigue from running from the reception room to the press conference, "If this kind of engine is really as good as Miss Alice said, I think that the International Motorcycle Sports Federation, which has always adhered to the purpose of "encouraging all activities conducive to the development of motorcycling", will naturally be interested in this new motorcycle engine technology of the Alice Group, and hope to learn more about it, so as to better promote the development of motorcycle sports in the world." ”

In front of a big sponsor like Alice Group, even an organization such as the International Motorcycle Sports Federation really doesn't dare to put on a show, although they must wear a big hat like "international", but in the final analysis, they still need the cooperation of these motorcycle predators - after all, eating people is short-mouthed, and taking other people's hands is short.

"Well, so be it," Jill nodded and pondered for a moment, "Mr. G. Matt, it's press conference time, shall we talk about this in detail after the press conference is over?" ”

Hearing Jill's words, Gmadt also realized his abruptness, and hurried over without thinking about it carefully, and smiled apologetically at Jill, "I'm sorry, I'm too anxious." Well, then I'm waiting for Miss Jill's news after the press conference. ”

After Gmet returned, the press conference was finally back on track, and some reporters began to ask, "Miss Alice, has your group's ceramic engine production line been established?" If not, where will your group consider building it? In addition, has your group already selected a location for ceramic engines? Now we only see this all-ceramic engine, in addition to the 250-liter all-ceramic engine for this motorcycle, does your company have any other displacement of motorcycle all-ceramic engine and automobile all-ceramic engine? There is only such an engine, does it mean that your group's all-ceramic engine technology is not mature enough? ”

"Although the rule of the press conference is that each reporter can only ask two questions, this gentleman actually asked five questions at once, which seems to be a bit too much." Jill glanced at this guy, and was shocked to find that this guy turned out to be a reporter from the United States, glanced at him, and shrunk his neck in fright; Then he smiled at the reporters below, and then replied, "Okay, not as an example, I believe that these problems are also concerned about the reporters and friends, rather than waiting for the reporters to ask, it is better for me to take the initiative to answer: the construction of the group's all-ceramic engine production line will begin immediately, in line with the principle of proximity, the site of the production line will of course be built in this county." As for the series of ceramic engines that everyone is concerned about, to tell the truth, so far, our group has successfully developed an all-ceramic engine, and only this all-ceramic motorcycle engine is in front of you. But at the same time, the design and development of all-ceramic engines for motorcycles of various displacements has begun, and about 70% of the workload has been completed, and it is estimated that soon our Alice Group will be able to form a complete series of ceramic engine products. ”

"As for the all-ceramic engine for automobiles, as a manufacturer mainly engaged in the production of motorcycles and automobiles, the all-ceramic engine for automobiles is naturally within the scope of our company's research and design, and has now successfully developed a 16-liter displacement all-ceramic engine, all performance indicators have met the requirements of the design, and it is now in the final test stage. After preliminary testing, this all-ceramic engine with a displacement of 16 liters for sedans has better performance than the traditional 2+ turbocharged metal engine, with about 7 to 8 percent more performance, and more than 30 percent stronger than the traditional 24-liter naturally aspirated metal engine. Although the performance is much stronger, compared with it, the fuel consumption is only about 60% of the traditional 16-liter displacement engine, and the engine weight is only two-thirds of the traditional metal engine," said Jill asked rhetorically, "So, may I ask this reporter of N, do you think our Alice Group is in ceramic hair."

Is the technology mature enough? ”

Jill was right. After knowing that the company actually made such a motorcycle with a 25 cc all-ceramic engine. Petrovich, who was engaged in the study of automobile engines, began to sit still. It doesn't matter that the New Year is coming soon. Find Alice and Zhang Lan. I asked myself to make such a ceramic engine for automobiles.

Although it was already about to be the New Year. Zhang Lan's original plan was to conduct research on all-ceramic motorcycle engines and all-ceramic automobile engines with various displacements after the New Year. But it can't stand Petrovich's soft grinding and hard bubbles. Plus there are no holidays yet. Alice asked Xie Fei and the others to cooperate with Petrovich. Started research on all-ceramic engines for cars.

It's just such a short period of time. Even with annual leave, it's less than a month – let alone for Chinese. Naturally, there is no reason not to have a holiday during the Spring Festival - it is another engine that is completely different from the traditional engine. How is it possible to produce a prototype?

But Petrovich is a real engine design genius. According to the relevant information given to him by Xie Fei and others. Petrovich himself worked on it for less than a month. The design of the engine was completed!

Well. Of course. It's just a matter of getting the design done. In fact, not even a single part was made. And then according to the design of this engine data. The performance of this engine was simulated through computer simulation technology. Now these are only theoretical calculations, and the data is being used by Jill to fool this hapless reporter. ,

Of course. In fact, the all-ceramic engine of this 16-liter sedan has similar performance as Petrovich calculated. Because Xiao Chenxi and Alice simulated the same result.

But what exactly is going on, Jill knows, Zhang Lan, Xiao Chenxi and Alice know, of course this N reporter can't know, and he can't offer to watch this engine. Because he knew very well that even if he made this request, Jill would definitely refuse him on the grounds of protecting the group's secrets.

Seeing this N, the reporter sat down, and a reporter next to him immediately asked a new question, "May I ask Miss Jill, is there any possibility for Alice (China) Group to set up a ceramic engine production line in other regions or abroad in the future?" Also, is your company going to completely replace traditional metal engines with ceramic engines within a few years? ”

"Although the company has not yet made a decision on this issue, I personally think," Jill said with a smile to the group of reporters below who were staring at them with their ears pricked up, "and I would like to state here that it is only my personal opinion and does not represent any opinion of the group." Personally, I believe that it is inevitable for the group to set up ceramic engine production lines abroad, as the scale of our Alice Group grows larger and larger, if we only rely on the engines produced in China to supply the needs of the world, it will lead to rising costs and waste of resources, which is not conducive to the development of the company. Just like the relocation of our group's luxury motorcycle production line to the United States, these are possible if the conditions are right. ”

"As for the question that this friend mentioned about whether the all-ceramic engine will completely replace the traditional metal engine in a few years," Jill smiled, "I don't think it's possible, because at this stage, the production cost of ceramic engines is much higher than that of traditional metal engines." Cost is an important issue restricting the popularization of all-ceramic engines, but we at Alice Group will strive to improve the performance of ceramic engines while reducing costs, and finally become a universal product to replace traditional metal engines in a comprehensive way. ”

Jill's remarks made the reporters present understand two meanings: first, the current cost of ceramic engines is still very high, it should be very high! It is inevitable that the cost of each new achievement will be high when it first comes out, even if it will be very low later; Second, the Alice Group has great ambitions, and the goal is to completely replace the existing metal engines with ceramic engines in the foreseeable future.

Everyone knows that the ceramic engine has its own unique cost advantage, although the initial cost is very high, but after the technology is mature and the production scale goes up, the cost will be rapidly reduced, and the ceramic engine itself has its own unique cost advantage. The reason why Alice Group is reluctant to quickly popularize ceramic engines is just to maintain the high-end image of its own company's ceramic engines.

This is a trick that car manufacturers use, and all journalists know that just like the thing between the all-aluminum engine and the cast iron engine, the all-aluminum engine is now the representative of high-end luxury cars, although the cost of the all-aluminum engine is a little more expensive, but it is really so expensive than the traditional cast iron engine? Not necessarily!