Western Union of the West, Hans home Wolfsburg.

The world headquarters of the Volkswagen Group.

"Mr. Dior, this is an invitation from General Motors." Barbara, the secretary, handed a copy of the mail to Dior, the president.

Dior's invitation to GM was no surprise.

"Barbara, go and tell a few vice presidents to come over for a meeting."

"Yes, Monsieur Dior."

After a while, the three vice presidents came to the president's office.

"General Motors invited us to visit their battery plant in Texas next Monday, what do you think about that?" Dio said with his hands on his chin.

The three vice presidents immediately knew that this was General Motors' intention to win over the Volkswagen Group.

Marcus, the chief operating officer, frowned and said: "The price of their batteries is too high, the price of 300 US dollars per kilogram is only used in mid-to-high-end products, and the profit is not high, we have to consider it carefully." ”

"And we can't guarantee that the Super 500 has no safety risks, and if the safety performance is not up to par, it will be a blow to the Volkswagen brand, and I agree with Marcus." CTO Frank chimed in.

Another vice president also said that it should be carefully considered.

Dior didn't know that the use of GM's Super 500 requires careful consideration, this thing has not been certified for safety, and if it is like Panasonic battery, Volkswagen does not have the courage to risk it with its own corporate brand.

But since last year, Volkswagen's sales in Dongtang have plummeted, and in the first and second quarters of 2019, Volkswagen sold only 37,000 joint venture vehicles in Dongtang.

In addition, in the world market, also facing the impact of Dongtang and Gaoli electric vehicles, although there is no loss, but this year's profits must be negative, maybe next year may be serious losses.

If you can catch a ride with General Motors and enter the electric vehicle industry, you may be able to reverse the decline of the Volkswagen Group.

"Marcus, Frank, you go to Texas on behalf of the Volkswagen Group and ask General Motors to provide battery samples for us to test." Dio thought for a moment and commanded.

"Mr. President, do you want to cooperate with GM?" Marcus asked.

Dior nodded: "Cooperation is a must, as long as their batteries do not have serious safety hazards, we will cooperate with them." ”

"I see." Marcus expressed understanding.

After all, they all understand that Dongtang and Gaoli electric vehicles equipped with Thor batteries are now attacking cities and grabbing land all over the world, squeezing the market for fuel vehicles.

If the Volkswagen Group wants to survive, it is an inevitable choice to enter the electric vehicle industry.

If you don't cooperate with General Motors, you can only go to the Raytheon Group, which has harsh conditions, or Panasonic batteries, which have serious safety risks.

First of all, Panasonic batteries don't have to be considered, Dior they will not take risks with the Volkswagen Group's brand.

As for Raytheon's battery, the performance and safety are very good, the problem is that the conditions are very harsh, and it is also very vulnerable to the other party's clamping.

Now the emergence of GM batteries is a good thing for the Volkswagen Group.

After all, monopoly is a seller's market, and the seller has the final say on prices and conditions.

Now that there is competition between Super 500 batteries and Raytheon batteries, they have more choices for buyers, at least they will not be clamped down by Raytheon Group.

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Audi and Ford, which are also from Hans, Gallic Logo, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi in the country of the Sun have also received invitations from General Motors.

Hans's Audi company, Mi Li's Ford Motor, and Gaul's logo company's decision is similar to Volkswagen's, and they all decided to cooperate with General Motors to compete with Raytheon Group, Dongtang, and Colliers car companies.

However, the four major car companies in the Sun Country were a little hesitant at this time.

When it comes to the four major car companies in the country of the sun, we have to mention the Mitsubishi Foundation, the Mitsui Foundation, the Sumitomo Foundation, and the Fuji Foundation (there are also the Miwa Foundation and the Koyo Foundation, but they do not have an automobile business).

The Mitsubishi Foundation consists of 28 large corporations, making it one of the largest conglomerates in the country. Its core enterprises are: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Kirin Beer, Asahi Glass, etc.

The manager will call it "Golden Dawn Society" (金曜会, which meets on the second Friday of every month, and Friday in Japanese is called "Golden Dawn Day").

The Mitsui Foundation consists of 25 major companies. Its core companies include Sakura Bank, Mitsui & Co., New Prince Paper, Toshiba, Toyota Motor, Mitsukoshi, Toray, Mitsui Fudosan and others.

The manager will call it "Nigikai" ("Nigikai", which gathers on the second Thursday of every month, "Ki", and Thursday in Japanese is "Kiyo Day").

The Sumitomo Foundation consists of 20 major companies. Its core major companies include Sumitomo Bank, Sumitomo Metal, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Corporation, Matsushita Electric, Sun Electric (NEC), Sanyo Electric, Asahi Brewery, etc.

The manager will call it "Hakusui Kai" (Hakusui Kai, the word "Izumi" in "Izumiya", where the Sumitomo chaebol originated, is split into "Hakusui").

The Fuji Foundation, the Sun people call Mt. Fuji "the peak of Hibiscus", so the Fuji Group, also known as the Hibiscus Group, is composed of 29 large enterprises.

Its core companies include Fuji Bank, Nissan Motor, Taiyo Steel Pipe, Sapporo Beer, Hitachi, Marubeni, Canon, as well as Taiyo Seiko, the largest manufacturer of bearings, and Kubota, the largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery.

The manager will call it "Furong Club" (Hibiscus Club, named after "Hibiscus Group").

In other words, Toyota belongs to the Mitsui consortium, Honda and Mitsubishi belong to the Mitsubishi consortium, Nissan belongs to the Fuji consortium, and Panasonic battery belongs to the Sumitomo consortium.

The Mitsui Consortium held an interim manager's meeting.

As the core enterprise of the Mitsui Foundation, Toyota Motor has a very large voice in the consortium, so Toyota's president Akio Toyoda sits next to Mitsui & Co. President Hiroo Mitsui.

"Zhang Nan, what do you think of GM's Super 500 this time?" Hiroo Mitsui took a sip of tea and asked slowly.

"Putting the cart before the horse, they are killing themselves." Akio Toyoda sneered.

"Oh? Why do you think so?" Hiroo Mitsui was surprised.

Akio Toyoda explained in a heavy tone: "They thought they had won, but they didn't know that they were being led by the nose by the Galaxy Foundation. ”

"You mean the Galactic Consortium has a higher energy density battery?" Hiroo Mitsui asked, raising an eyebrow.

Akio Toyoda nodded:

"Dongtang people always like to keep a hand when doing things, and I found that every time Raytheon Battery launches a new battery, it is always a little stronger than the market, if it can be said to be a coincidence, then every time it is like this, it cannot be a coincidence."

"They are deliberately guiding other companies to follow up on R&D, and then wait for the other party to research it, and then immediately launch new products to suppress it, in this way to constantly weaken the opponent." Sakura Bank's Kudo founder Ma figured out the Raytheon Group's routine.

"These Eastern Tang people are too insidious."

"Thankfully, we didn't follow up."

"The Panasonic battery is going to be finished."

Akio Toyoda asked another question: "Do you remember the airships and launch vehicles of the Galaxy Foundation?"

"Is there anything wrong with this airship and launch vehicle?" Hiroo Mitsui asked confusedly.

"The problem inside is big, and from the information synthesized from various channels, we can know that the hydrogen airbags used by the other party's airship." Akio Toyoda said something unbelievable.