Chapter 257: The First Car Engine
Huang Yong saw that Zhang Wenhao had been thinking silently, and he couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, he thought that Zhang Wenhao was not optimistic about his positioning, so he asked tentatively, "Mr. Zhang, aren't you interested in this project?" β
Zhang Wenhao has been communicating with Xiao Er, and when he heard Huang Yong calling himself, he was stunned, and then waved his hand and said: "No, I'm very interested in human-computer interaction, human-computer interaction, now it has become a housekeeping skill of Apple, and the user experience has always been good, but Apple's Siri is only available on Apple's terminals, and on other mobile phone platforms, this kind of software is still a vacancy." β
Huang Yong asked in surprise: "Mr. Zhang, do you want to make a software similar to Siri?" I don't think we have the technical strength to do this kind of software at the moment, so it seems simpler to start with text interaction. β
Zhang Wenhao waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about anything else, the client specializing in this software, the so-called client, is actually a dialogue window, it must be as concise as possible, the user opens the dialogue window, and then speaks, the software must automatically identify whether the user has stopped talking, once the user stops talking, it will automatically send this audio back to the server for analysis, and then the server will send the instructions back to the client." β
"That's it?" Huang Yong asked in surprise: "You mean, I led the team to develop a peripheral program shell, what about the core content?" Who develops the instruction library? β
Zhang Wenhao said with a smile: "The team on my side has already started to work on this aspect of research, and when the time comes." I'll provide the core code, so you don't have to worry. β
Saying that, Zhang Wenhao suddenly remembered a question and said: "By the way, there is another task to be handed over to you, to implement the construction of the server room as soon as possible, and the initial server bandwidth should reach a scale of more than 10,000 megabits." β
"Wan Zhao" Huang Yong's scalp tingled when he listened. With such a powerful server bandwidth, even if you run an online game with tens of thousands of people online at the same time, it is not a big problem, and it is used to make a human-computer interaction software. Isn't it too wasteful?
But Huang Yong also knows that Zhang Wenhao has money, and the two software are more than 3 billion US dollars. Millions of dollars to build a server is just a piece of cake, thinking, since Zhang Wenhao is willing to spend money, he will do it according to his wishes, and, most importantly, Huang Yong is not clear, Zhang Wenhao's team, this time to what extent can this interactive software be designed, if it really shines, I'm afraid it will be profitable again, right?
Huang Yong was already worried that the company had no new projects to do. So I found the entry software for human-computer interaction, and now Zhang Wenhao suddenly became interested, so even if he had a real development task, after Zhang Wenhao left, he immediately gathered the head of the company's development department for a meeting. changed his previous original intention and did his best to do what Zhang Wenhao requested.
Originally, Zhang Wenhao was not ready to concentrate too much energy on the software field, the biggest reason was that it was difficult for him to convert software from his brain to the computer, but now with Xiao Er, the software industry is easy for him. It is also a good way to earn cash, so Zhang Wenhao picked up the industry again, let Xiao Er develop it for himself, and use Huang Yong to operate it for himself
From Dongchen Technology, Zhang Wenhao went to Zhongchen New Materials Company, now, the aluminum alloy and alloy steel they need have more than 100,000 tons of finished products, Zhang Wenhao decided to transport all these raw materials to Shijiazhuang, the engine production line has already been transformed, and his secret high-precision machining center is also constantly improving and improving itself, for the automotive industry, its precision is much higher than what the industry needs. β¦,
Now that the materials are also available, it is time for Zhang Wenhao to turn his three cars into reality.
Dozens of tons of material were transported directly to Shijiazhuang by trucks, and the new aluminum alloy was used to make the cylinder block and other parts of the engine, which can be completed on the engine production line.
It's just that the current Woerwo no longer has the strength to produce gearboxes, most of its gearboxes are purchased directly from Ford, Zhang Wenhao has not been able to manufacture gearboxes in batches for the time being, so he can only send alloy steel into the machining center, and the machining center will make the gear parts and transmission parts in the gearbox, so as to replace the same parts from Ford's gearbox.
At this point, the engine production line of Woerwo has finally begun to resume work, however, because most of the production steps have been fully automated, so although there are more than 1,000 people in the entire factory, but now only less than 300 people can run at full capacity, but Zhang Wenhao did not dismiss anyone, because once the brand of Dongchen Automobile is played, these people will be put to use.
Production began to resume, and the assembly workers got the assembly schematic drawings given by Zhang Wenhao, which did not leak too much information about the inside of the engine, but the assembly workers could complete the manual assembly and testing of some fragmented parts outside the engine according to this drawing.
It's just that the workers on this production line were surprised to find that the products produced on the production line are no longer the engines before Woerwo, the previous Woerwo, the main engine is two models, 2.0 and 3.0, and has never produced a small displacement car engine, but Zhang Wenhao was the first to finalize the production, it is precisely a small four-cylinder engine with a displacement of only 1.4 that Woerwo has never produced.
I don't know why the workers are a little disappointed, because they think that after Dongchen takes over Woerwo, it is ready to develop it into a cheap brand, otherwise it is impossible to produce 1.4 engines as soon as it comes up, you know, 1.4 engine cars, at most, can cover models below 100,000, plus a turbocharger, it is impossible to exceed 150,000, and Woerwo has never been involved in car manufacturing below 200,000 before.
The shape of this engine, which is mostly produced by automated equipment, is slightly smaller than that of the ordinary 1.4 engine, and the weight is about 40 kilograms lighter than the ordinary 1.4 engine, and the total weight is only 70 kilograms. It looks very fragile, and it doesn't look thick like a Volkswagen engine at all.
Workers can't help but communicate in private, usually like Volkswagen's main 1.4 engine, the actual horsepower is about 85, but this engine looks so fragile, to say ugly, like papier-mΓ’chΓ©. The horsepower can have 70, I'm afraid thank God, right? The Volkswagen 1.4 turbocharged engine has a horsepower of about 130. Can this car, with turbocharging, reach 110? I'm afraid it's enough to choke.
If the horsepower is not enough. So if this kind of engine is put on the car, it is estimated that it can only meet the standards of Geely's own brand, right? Even Dong Lei of Geely Engine can't compare
However, even if everyone has deep doubts and doubts, but the work still must be done, just when they are working with doubts, they don't know that this engine is the basic model of the 1.4 engine in Zhang Wenhao's mind, and it is also the golden engine that will promote the small displacement car market in the future, and has been rated as the world's top ten engines by "Ward Automobile World" for many years. It is also known as a legendary engine that changed the pattern of the entire automobile market.
This engine, without the addition of a turbocharger, has a power output of 130 hp, which is comparable to most 2.0 naturally aspirated engines today, but with fuel consumption. If it is installed on models such as Focus, Golf or Bora, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is about 5.5 liters, which is basically the same as the ordinary 1.4 engine.
That is to say, under the premise of no increase in fuel consumption, the engine power of the car has increased by about 40%. Not only mini cars, but also mid-size cars can be driven by this engine. β¦,
Moreover, users can choose turbochargers according to different model configurations, and turbochargers, which are also designed and manufactured using new technologies and new materials, can increase the power of this engine to 180 horsepower again, and this engine, it is definitely a match made in heaven, the combination of the two, for a long time in the future, is the first choice for family cars, high performance, strong power, low fuel consumption, low pollution, very cost-effective.
It took several days for this engine to really complete all the production processes, officially off the assembly line, along with the supporting turbocharger, the two off the line, the factory responsible for the test staff can't wait to hoist the engine onto the test bench, after the installation, waiting for Zhang Wenhao next to the order.
Because it is the first finished prototype, all the employees basically came over to join in the fun, wanting to see how many catties and taels this thin engine has, the testers made all preparations at this time, and said to Zhang Wenhao: "Mr. Zhang, it has been connected to the test equipment, everyone is waiting for you to announce the start of the test." β
Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly, nodded and said, "You can start." β
This test is to increase the power of the engine to the limit, to see how much power the engine can reach at the limit, and the red number on the display shows the real-time output of the engine, in kilowatts.
At the beginning of the test, the engine has been started, and then, the testers continue to increase the amount of oil, in order to let it reach the highest power, and this engine just ignited when the response was very gentle, the starting sound and the engine at the beginning of the idle sound are very small, so many employees who hold their breath and wait for the results are first relieved, even if the engine is not enough power, but such a good silent performance is also very good, to a certain extent, can make up for the lack of power.
However, when the throttle was raised, the engine exploded!
It's not the noise that erupts, because the sound is still very stable, but the red numbers on the display are tumbling rapidly!
In the blink of an eye, the number of the power display kept tumbling to break through sixty!
The workers cheered! They are all veterans of the engine industry, and the power of sixty kilowatts can be converted into horsepower in their hearts at that time, about 82 horsepower, which is already close to Volkswagen's engine of the same displacement! Although the engine is turbocharged, the engine is lighter and quieter than the Volkswagen engine of the same displacement, and it can reach sixty so quickly, which proves that it accelerates well!
But the tumbling of numbers is far from stopping!
With the continuous increase of the amount of oil, this number is still rolling upward, and the number has exceeded one hundred before the first wave of cheers of the workers is over! That's 136 horsepower! However, the numbers have not stopped, they are still skyrocketing! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )