Chapter 266: Offline Testing!
The original three large factories of Taylor Automobile Company were also adjusted after Chen Mo acquired the company and renamed it Aegis Automobile Company.
After merging the equipment and personnel of the special vehicle modification workshop, and adjusting and upgrading the production line, the original automobile production workshop has become the production center of the company's only product, off-road bulletproof vehicles.
The original special vehicle modification workshop was emptied, and a large number of large-scale special alloy smelting, casting, forging and processing equipment were repurchased, and it became a production center for new engines and special alloy bodies.
Another parts processing and chassis production workshop has not made much adjustments, but some important parts and chassis production raw materials have been replaced with new H-2 special alloys, and some laser cutting machines, CNC machining centers and other processing equipment have been replaced and upgraded.
A lot of money is thrown out, the adjustment of the workshop and the upgrading of equipment have been completed soon, after all, this is the United States, there is no high-precision CNC machining equipment ban, as long as there is money, no matter how advanced the equipment can be easily bought, although the top equipment from the Hydra in the very Chen Mo space is incomparable, but for the current production of bulletproof off-road vehicles, it is still enough.
The personnel, equipment, and site were in place, and the drawings of the automobile chassis, body and engine were also revised by Chen Mo after completing the most difficult part of the modification work alone, and it was quickly completed with the efforts of all employees in the R&D and design departments.
Everything was ready, and the whole line was up and running.
The first car soon rolled off the assembly line, and during the test run, in addition to the workers who were still on the production line, almost all the idle R&D design and administrative department personnel came to the side of the test site.
They wanted to see how the car would perform in the end after being improved by Chen Mo, a powerful new boss.
After Chen Mo successfully improved the new engine and improved the engine performance a lot, no one would doubt Chen Mo's ability.
They just want to know how far this car can go and whether it will allow their company to rise with it!
In the eyes of everyone's expectation, a large black off-road vehicle with a majestic appearance and more like a sports city SUV slowly drove out of the door of the production workshop, drove smoothly to the test site and stopped.
The body of this car is calm and atmospheric, not like those large civilian armored off-road vehicles, like the general appearance of military armored vehicles, the edges and corners are too hard and flamboyant, for fear that others will not know that they are a bulletproof car.
It is not like the general bulletproof off-road vehicle with a bloated and bulky appearance, but like a brisk conventional SUV with smooth lines, the overall shape gives people a sense of calm atmosphere, but also a sense of fashion and sport, and there is no trace of the bloated and bulky bulletproof car.
Although the car looks more like an urban sports SUV and seems to be more geared towards speed, it is actually very strong off-road in itself.
Needless to say, even if you encounter more complex and rugged road sections, the original chassis height can not be easily passed, as long as you switch to the powerful off-road mode, the chassis rises to the highest, and the minimum ground clearance is more than 50 cm.
Although it can't ignore the terrain like the Ghost Chariot, it is still good enough to handle all kinds of rough terrain, and the off-road performance is no worse than any off-road vehicle, if not much better.
All the obstacle tests were passed with ease, and all other steep slopes, wading, side ramps, half-bridges and other events were also passed perfectly, and the performance was extremely impressive.
The subsequent speed test was even more dazzling to all those present, the appearance of the sports SUV, but with a strong off-road ability that surpasses the hardcore off-road vehicle, and the performance in speed is comparable to that of a sports car.
It accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds, accelerates from zero to 200 km/h in 12.8 seconds, and reaches a top speed of 305 km/h.
The braking system is also excellent, with a braking distance of just 33.7 meters from 100 km/h to a standstill.
These are even better than the average sports car, and can be said to be on par with the top sports cars.
It's just that, after all, this is an off-road vehicle, in order to ensure the comfort of the interior space, the overall volume is relatively large, although the body dimensions have been optimized to reduce wind resistance as much as possible, but compared with those top supercars, it is still slightly inferior.
But that's enough, it's not a sports car designed for speed, and it's surprising enough that an off-road vehicle can boast performance comparable to that of a top-of-the-line sports car.
Judging from today's test results, whether it is in terms of off-road ability or speed, the performance of this car is perfect, and the hearts of everyone present can't help but stir.
Top off-road + top sports car, this combination has never been seen before, and the huge difference in chassis and shape alone makes it impossible to combine the two in one car at the same time.
The stronger the cross-country ability, the weaker the performance in terms of speed, and the same way, the faster the speed, the worse the cross-country ability.
The bike's sheer size and wind resistance make it impossible to go too fast, and the car's low turf doesn't allow it to drive on slightly bumpy terrain.
The two can be said to be contradictory to each other and opposed to each other, and now, these two seem to be impossible to take care of, and the two opposing attributes that appear in a car at the same time have been realized by them, not to mention customers, that is, they are all eager to drive one back now, regardless of how much money he has!
At this moment, they have no doubt about the future sales of this car, or they should consider whether the production capacity can keep up, the general manager Michael has already begun to consider the purchase of a fully automated production line, if you want to greatly increase production, the best way is to replace the fully automated car production line.
An automated automobile production line can achieve an annual output of 50,000 vehicles, which is more than 20 times the annual output of their previous automobiles.
The off-road ability test and speed test were all completed, the excellent performance of this car made everyone present full of confidence in the company's prospects, almost everyone thought that the test of this car ended here, as for the initial bulletproof function, everyone knew that the original bulletproof armor was almost all canceled, only bulletproof glass remained, and the body shell was replaced with a three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate, which must be very strong, but whether it can be bulletproof is two words.
No one thought that this three-millimeter layer of alloy steel could compare to the heavy bulletproof armor composed of multiple layers of bulletproof materials.
So when the car was driven into an open field at the end of the test site, and all of them were driven out of the security cordon, everyone was puzzled.
What is this for? Why did you still pull up a cordon?
It wasn't until a machine gun was set up opposite the off-road vehicle that everyone finally reacted, and it turned out to be a ballistic performance test!
It's just that the three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate is what to test, under the strafing of the machine gun, it is not yet a second to be shot into a sieve!
Could it be that the boss is trying to destroy the car to play? I heard that many rich people like to use machine guns to destroy all kinds of famous cars in search of excitement, could it be that their young bosses also have this hobby?
No one thought there was any point in this bulletproof test, but curiosity drove them to stay and keep watching.
Bursts of gunfire soon rang out, and the machine guns began to fire at the SUV, one bullet after another hit the body, and the doors, hood, and window glass were all hit by bullets.
Before everyone could pay attention to the damage to the body, a series of baffles of the same color as the body quickly rose from the surface of the glass that had just been slightly damaged by bullets, blocking all the glass, including the front and rear windshields and all the windows, and the four tires also lowered a baffle from the outer shell above, completely blocking the tires and wrapping them inside.
The whole body was completely wrapped in black alloy steel plates at this time, and the weakest defense of the whole vehicle was originally the bulletproof glass and bulletproof tires that were most easily destroyed by continuous attacks, and after this layer of alloy steel plates appeared outside, the weakest link in the off-road vehicle's defense was made up.
Coupled with a layer of special alloy steel plate covered under the chassis and the same as the body shell, the defense of the whole vehicle is integrated, and there is no need to worry about being broken from the weak point of the defense.
The principle of this layer of baffle is very simple, but it is equivalent to the outer layer of glass and tires, and there is an additional layer of alloy steel plate windows that can be quickly lifted, similar to the ordinary window glass lifting, the principle is similar, but the design is more ingenious, the speed of unfolding is faster, and it can be opened manually or automatically after being attacked.
After all the glass is blocked, multiple cameras hidden in the front and rear of the body and on both sides will display the outside image on the transparent display on the inside of the glass in real time, which looks little different from usual, and does not affect normal driving at all.
The sudden change in the SUV startled everyone, and while they were amazed by the ingenious design, they finally turned their attention to the body of the vehicle that was being attacked.
In order to prevent accidental injury from stray bullets, the security cordon is stretched far away, so they don't see it very clearly.
They could only vaguely see that with the hit of the bullet on the car body, the original black paint was destroyed, and there were "bullet holes" glowing silver in the sun, which seemed to have been directly penetrated by the bullet.
The sound of the machine guns continued for a full minute before finally stopping, and in this minute, the machine guns fired nearly a thousand rounds at the off-road vehicle that was parked there for testing, and the entire left side of the body, facing the machine gun, was almost plowed from end to end, and dense silver dots covered the body on this side.
The next step was the attack test of grenades and mines, several grenades were fixed by the testers to a remote control trigger device one meter away from the body, and after withdrawing to a safe distance from a distance, they confirmed that there was no problem, and directly remotely detonated several grenades.
Several loud explosions rang out almost at the same time, and the pellets of fire erupted around the SUV, and the smoke and flames dispersed, and there were several more black-gray explosion marks on the body, except for the dense silver dots, but it didn't seem to be torn apart by the force of the grenade explosion.
It seems that the three-millimeter-thick steel plate is quite strong!
The onlookers, who didn't have much knowledge of the power of the grenade, couldn't help but think to themselves.
Finally, a mine placed under the body was detonated, and a huge explosion sounded at the same time with violent fire and vibration, and the heavy body of more than five meters long and weighing 2.5 tons was lifted from the ground by the powerful thrust generated by the explosion, and then fell down heavily, standing quietly in place, seemingly unharmed.
Due to the limitations of the site, the test of more powerful weapons was not continued, but the defensive capability of this off-road vehicle can be basically inferred from the results of the previous tests.
After the test, the cordon was finally lifted, and the crowd who had been watching from afar and couldn't see clearly couldn't help but come up to see what was going on with the car under the repeated destruction of these powerful weapons.
The people who came to the front carefully looked at the messy body, and at this glance, everyone couldn't help but be shocked, how could this be!
The nearly 1,000 "bullet holes" on the body turned out to be just pieces of paint that had been crushed off the surface, revealing the dots of the original color of the special alloy plate, although there was also some deformation, but it was not serious, just a slight depression.
Looking at it like this, if you want to use this machine gun to pierce the steel plate of the body, you have to shoot dozens of shots in the same place.
The explosion caused less damage to this layer of alloy steel plate, but only destroyed the larger area of the car paint, making the surface more messy, but the deformation of the steel plate caused by it was very slight, and the body structure did not change at all.
It can be seen that the overall skeleton structure of the body is very strong, and the huge impact force of the explosion has not deformed the skeleton, and the destructive power of this large-area attack on the alloy steel plate is actually not as good as the machine gun bullet, so the steel plate on the surface of the body has not been substantially damaged, and the power of the explosion has been completely resisted.
It turns out that this off-road vehicle did not give up the bulletproof function as they thought, and instead pursued speed and off-road performance, judging from its performance just now, it did not give up, which was also strengthened with the original, and it was higher than the original bulletproof level!
But how is this possible?!
The drawings were all changed by their own hands, and the original bulletproof armor materials of the body were obviously all canceled, and they were replaced by three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plates.
However, they had some doubts about this alloy steel plate that is more than three times thicker than the shell of a conventional car, and originally thought it was a snake to add to it, but now it seems that it is very likely that this layer of three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate has a stronger bulletproof function than the original heavy bulletproof material!
Their boss has made a lot of money, a body shell made of very expensive super alloy? How much does this car cost? Tens of millions or hundreds of millions? Could it be that the boss intends to take the top high-end route?