John. Durr was pondering how to deal with this matter, whether to lend money to Lin Zheng or not to accept it, so that he would not die, but Boss Lin came out again at this time: "This is just a preliminary technical accumulation for our future exhibition." ”

"Technology accumulation?" John. Durr almost bit his tongue when he heard this, and looked at Lin Zheng like a fool, "You plan to wrestle with auto giants like General Motors and Ford?" ”

He was ready to walk away...... Now that he is extremely unhappy about the future of IcQ, this guy's luck is really good, but the key is that this guy's brain is not good.

"Oh, of course not," Lin Zheng seemed to say to John. "We believe that the car of the future will have to be electric or a hybrid gasoline-electric drive for energy and sustainability, and that the car will inevitably be combined with electronics and the Internet, and this car is an exploration in this regard." ”

Well? Hearing Lin Zheng's words, John who was about to leave directly just now. Dürr's ass was instantly glued to the chair with super glue, and at the same time, his ears were erected like a black back, "Mr. Lin thinks that the future car will abandon the traditional internal combustion engine?" Think cars will be combined with the Internet? Can you tell me about this? ”

"Mr. Doerr is interested in this?" Lin Zheng was a little puzzled, "Isn't kpcB only investing in the information technology industry?" Why are you interested in cars? ”

John. Durr smiled and nodded, "kpcB is more interested in the information technology industry, but what you said just now Mr. Lin seems to be within the scope of information technology?" ”

Since John. Doerr is willing to listen, and Lin Zheng doesn't mind saying a few words, "The total reserves of non-renewable ore fuels such as oil are limited, and with the continuous reduction of the total reserves of ore fuels, the unit price of gasoline will inevitably continue to rise, but this situation is definitely not what the market wants to see: the people's monthly salary is not enough to refuel, what about other industries?" ”

"The price of gasoline is rising. However, the proportion of gasoline purchased by ordinary people in their income cannot be increased, at least not by a large margin, which poses a big problem to the automobile industry. ”

"Yes, that's a real problem, and it's a reality," said John. Durr nodded and asked Lin Zheng with a curious expression. "So that's why Mr. Lin is very optimistic about electric and hybrid?"

Lin Zheng is right, look at how much the price of gasoline has increased in the 1o years from the mid-8o to this year? But what about the real income of ordinary people? As a financial expert, he certainly knows that after removing the factor of inflation, the real income of ordinary people has not increased. Instead, there has been a little bit of reduction.

Of course, the energy giants hope that the people will not eat or drink for a month and contribute all their income to themselves, and it is best that the people's monthly income is only enough to fill half a tank of gas, but as Lin Zheng said, the energy industry really dares to do this, and other industries must not join forces to tear them apart?

"It's not all, at least there must be a transition process in the middle, and it is impossible to directly transition from the traditional internal combustion engine to electric and hybrid in one step." Now that it's all said here, Lin Zheng doesn't mind saying more, "At the beginning, everyone's approach must be to increase the power of the motivation, which originally required a displacement of 3.o to achieve, and if it is a displacement of 1.5 in the future, it will be equivalent to reducing the cost of gasoline for the people in disguise...... That's what you've done. ”

This...... It doesn't seem to be true. Although John. Dürr doesn't know much about the automotive industry, but he does know that the power boost of motivation has been getting higher and higher over the years. He nodded and motioned for Lin Zheng to continue.

"But due to the basic laws of physics and the inherent way of working with internal combustion engines, there is always an upper limit to their efficiency, and when this upper limit is reached, the only way to increase power is to increase the displacement...... The problem is that the cost of gasoline has increased again, which is not what the market wants; ”

"That's when hybridization should come in. A small gasoline engine with an electric motor, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is reduced to about 5 liters, compared with the current car fuel consumption of about 15 kilometers per 100 kilometers, which means that the price of gasoline can be allowed to increase by 3 times on the existing basis! ”

"But the market can't revolve around the baton of the traditional energy giants. The interests of other industries also need to be considered, if the future technology exhibition to the pure electric vehicle can reach a full charge of 15o to 3oo kilometers, full charge in about 8 hours, which means that pure electric vehicles have the possibility and foundation of popularization...... I drive to and from work during the day, charge at home at night, and use ...... the next morning If the technology exhibition can achieve a range of 4oo to 5oo kilometers, and a full charge time of 2o minutes to 1 hour, it will be time for the large-scale popularization of pure electric vehicles. ”

"You have a lot of truth in saying that the major auto giants began to explore pure electric vehicles as early as the sixties and seventies," said John. Durr frowned and thought for a long time, then finally spoke, "But how much do you think you need to put into it to achieve the desired effect?" ”

John. Durr admits that what he said makes sense, but if an electric car wants to achieve the effect in Lin Zheng's mouth, it is definitely not something that can be won with an investment of 150 million US dollars, right? To put it mildly, maybe 1o, 2o, or even 1oo $150 million won't be able to achieve this effect.

"This is the same as giving birth to an international large enterprise group from scratch," Lin Zheng said with a smile, "It is impossible to just put in pure input and not produce at the beginning, Mr. Doerr, there seems to be something wrong with your algorithm?" ”

That's a euphemism, John. Of course, Dürr knows that there is something wrong in his words: in the early stage of electric vehicles requiring massive investment, he Lin Zheng can rely on the money earned from traditional power vehicles and the IT industry to invest part of it, and after the electric vehicles are exhibited in the future, Lianchuang Technology, which occupies the first advantage, will have the opportunity to become an upstart and giant in the field of electric vehicles...... Although this is only possible, the major automakers are not aware of it, or even if they do, they do not think that this day will come so soon.

For Lin Zheng, although this is just a possibility and an opportunity, I dare not guarantee how much success rate there is, but having such an opportunity is enough for anyone to work hard, who dares to think about other things?

The automobile industry is very profitable, but the most important thing is not to make money in this industry. What matters is the huge influence of this industry on all walks of life: how many people in the upstream and downstream industries rely on the Ford family for food?

"Well...... "John. Durr tapped lightly on the table, "Mr. Lin, how long do you think it will take to appear...... Well, a production model of a diesel-electric hybrid? ”

"1o years," Lin Zheng's tone is very affirmative, "I think there will definitely be diesel-electric hybrid models on the market within 1o years." ”

What he actually pondered in his heart was: What year did Nima's little Japanese Prius come out? It seems to have been there before O5, but who can tell me exactly what year before O5?

Poor boss Lin, if he knew that Toyota unveiled the prototype of their hybrid model Prius at the Tokyo Motor Show last year, I don't know if he would scold his mother.

"1o years?" John. Duer's brows furrowed again, in his heart, he felt that Lin Zheng's words seemed to be a bit exaggerated, and there would be a production model of gasoline-electric hybrid within 1o years? That's an exaggeration, right? But it's still the same sentence, he is not a person in the automotive industry, this kind of thing can't be judged lightly, or wait until he goes back to understand the situation, in contrast, he is still more interested in the combination of automobiles and information technology that Lin Zheng said.

"This is very simple, I'll give you an example, for example, I think that in the near future, the GPS system will be fully civilian, when almost every car will be installed with a GPS navigation and positioning system that can be used for navigation, then with the exhibition of network technology and communication technology, there will inevitably be a kind of online service technology for car owners to provide, relying on the network for voice, digital communication and GPS satellite positioning and navigation, which may include, but is not limited to, collision automatic help, roadside rescue assistance, Functions such as full-voice hands-free phone, real-time on-demand detection, and full-process voice-controlled pilot. ”

"For example, customized navigation services, my personal vision of this kind of service is roughly as follows: users only need to press a button in the car, to the call center to say their destination, the call center can send the destination to the car owner's on-board GPS positioning system in real time through the Guò network."

Is this really possible? John. Duerr was shocked by Lin Zheng's words, but with his rich experience in the information technology industry for so many years, compared with his unfamiliar field of electric vehicles, he immediately made a relatively accurate judgment on Lin Zheng's words: this technology is not difficult at all! It is nothing more than the integration of various existing technologies...... Hasn't the U.S. government opened up GPS navigation services to the public? With this GPS navigation and location service, is it difficult to integrate other services?

John. If he puts a little more thought into it, he will know that General Motors, Hughes Electric and EDS have reached a preliminary framework agreement: to apply the technology and experience in their respective fields of expertise to jointly develop an interactive information system based on the analog mobile signal network in the United States. This project has a very loud name: OnStar, and of course, there is an even louder name in China: OnStar.

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