The temperature in Chengguan City has been very low in the past few days, and there are snowflakes this morning. Originally, Jiao Bai wanted to park the car in front of the office building and go directly to the meeting, but when he passed by the test site, he saw two Xingchen Moonlight climbing high and low in the venue, doing various tests, and there were more than a dozen people in blue overalls watching and making records next to him.

Jiao Bai parked the Porsche next to him, got out of the car and walked over, and asked, "Is this testing the performance of the new car?" With such a heavy snowfall, you can't test it another day. ”

Hearing that there were people coming next to them, people looked back and saw that it was Jiao Bai, and greeted them with a smile, one of whom was still Jiao Bai's old acquaintance.

Xia Yu put away the notebook in his hand, reached out and shook Jiao Bai's hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiao, hello, I am here to give you a good old age." ”

Seeing Xia Yu, Jiao Bai was stunned for a moment, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Dr. Xia, aren't you working at the Xingchen Research Institute, why did you come to Chengguan City?" ”

Speaking of Xia Yu, he is one of the earliest employees of Xingchen Group, one of the two doctors recruited by Jiao Bai in the early days of his business, when he held an on-campus job fair at his alma mater, Wanghai University, majoring in automotive design. At that time, Xingchen Group had not yet been established, only Xingchen Games and Shanshan Commerce, Xia Yu first participated in the development and operation of the holographic game "Hurricane", and later after the establishment of the Xingchen Research Institute, he transferred to the Research Institute, leading a team to engage in the design of new models.

"Mr. Jiao, why did you forget, this Xingchen Moonlight was designed by our team, and now that the new car is off the assembly line, of course we have to come over to take a look. It's rare to encounter a snowy day today, so it's time to pull it out to test the anti-slip performance. ”

Jiao Bai suddenly realized that there are three models of the first batch of cars to be introduced to the market by Xingchen Automobile, which are high-end electric sports cars, mid-range electric commercial vehicles, and low-end family cars. Among them, the high-end and mid-range models are directly copied from the best-selling models on the end of the world, and only the low-end Xingchen Moonlight is independently designed by the Xingchen Research Institute. As the leader of the automobile project team, it is not surprising that Xia Yu appeared in Chengguan City.

Jiao Bai turned his gaze to the two cars that were running fast in the field and asked, "What are the test results, and does the anti-skid performance meet the requirements?" ”

Xia Yu flipped through the notebook, pointed to a few data, and explained to Jiao Bai: "Changing to non-skid tires, or tying snow chains to test all items is excellent, and it will be a little difficult to test with ordinary tires, so it will barely pass." In fact, in this case, it is best to turn on automatic driving, and the driving computer can automatically scan the road conditions and correct the driving action, so as to minimize the impact. Mr. Jiao, our stars and moons are equipped with an automatic driving system, why should we shield it. Isn't it true that the more features, the better the car sells? ”

Jiao Bai spread his hands and said helplessly: "This is not to let the new car pass the certification as soon as possible, there is no way." As long as the ordinary electric car passes the 3C certification, it can be put on sale. If it is equipped with an autonomous driving system, if you want to go to market, you will have to run a lot of departments. Moreover, domestic autonomous driving is still a blind spot, there are no relevant laws and regulations at all, and it is really unclear which department has the final say. ”

"This is also true, except for our Xingchen Research Institute, there is no other manufacturer in China that has mastered autonomous driving above the fourth level, and even if the legislation is made, we can only discuss it. So what about the automatic driving on this car, is it too wasteful to keep shielding it! ”

Jiao Bai patted Xia Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "That's right, maybe the rules for autonomous driving in the future will really have to be formulated by us." As for the autonomous driving of this car, I plan to open a taxi company after Moonlight goes on the market, and then apply to the Chengguan Municipal Government to open a driverless taxi business. As long as there is no problem in testing it in Chengguan City, it will be promoted to other cities. When unmanned taxis form a certain scale, and then open the autonomous driving function of all cars, the resistance will be much smaller. ”

After chatting for a while, after reading all the test items, Jiao Bai beckoned Xia Yu and went to the conference room for a meeting together.

From the icy and snowy outdoors to the warm spring-like conference room, I was still a little uncomfortable. Jiao Bai was better, and after a stirring spirit, it passed, and Xia Yu was more troublesome, not only was there a layer of white mist on his glasses, but the snow on the shoulders of his overalls also melted quickly, wetting a large area of his overalls.

Jiao Bai sat on the main seat, let out a long breath, then picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, only then did he feel that his body was warmer.

"Before the meeting begins, I would like to introduce you to a colleague. This is Xia Yu, a Ph.D. in automotive design from Wanghai University, and his car design solutions have won many awards in international competitions. Now Dr. Xia is working at the Xingchen Research Institute, and the Xingchen Moonlight that we just went offline is Dr. Xia's masterpiece. ”

Everyone present gave Xia Yu sincere applause, everyone has seen the stars and moonlight, the atmosphere is beautiful, and it is cute, although it has not been put on sale, but it is expected that the sales will not be too bad. The designer of the seat star moonlight must have some real ability.

Xia Yu got up from his seat and bowed to everyone and thanked: "Thank you, what Mr. Jiao said is a bit exaggerated, the design of Xingchen Moonlight's car was completed by the cooperation of eighteen members of our entire team, and I don't dare to take the credit on myself." All of you are seniors who are engaged in the automobile industry, and if you have any comments and suggestions, please do not hesitate to mention them. ”

Jiao Bai smiled, motioned for Xia Yu to sit down, and then said, "Now the meeting will begin, Wang Gong, you can tell me about the situation of the new car being sent for inspection." ”

A middle-aged man with glasses stood up, supported the frame of his glasses with his fingers, and then calmly replied: "On March 2, () Xingchen Moonlight went offline, and on March 3, we sent two sample cars to the relevant testing institutions, according to past experience, about three weeks later, 3C certification can come down." ”

Jiao Bai: "This time is a bit long, can you find a way to shorten it?" In three weeks, if our production line is fully operational, we can produce at least 10,000 cars. ”。

Wang Gong shook his head and said: "It's not easy to coordinate, the car does 3C certification, there are many test items, and there are many products waiting in line for testing, and it is too normal to drag on for ten days and half a month." ”

Jiao Bai pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that Xingchen Moonlight will only wait for the next month to be listed, and in the past three weeks, we have tried to clean up all those inventory cars." Director Liu, I asked you to try to modify those stock cars, are you done? ”