Chapter 180: Siri on Tesla Cars

The Model-S launched by Tesla is not the Model-S launched by Tesla in another world.

Although there is almost no difference between the two in terms of the appearance of the model, in terms of performance and cost, the difference between the two is really big.

It's not that the cost of Wenming's Model-S is much cheaper, in fact, Wenming's Model-S is much higher in cost than the Model-S launched by Tesla in another world.

Not only because Wenming has improved its performance to a certain extent, but also because the cost price of many parts in 2010 will exceed the cost price of parts a few years later.

The model of Another World was officially launched in 2012, when it was available in three versions, capable of driving 260 km, 370 km, and 480 km, priced at $57,400, $67,400, and $77,400 respectively.

From the selling price, it can be seen that this model in the other world is lower than the model designed by Wen Ming in terms of cost price, because the cost price of his model is 64,000 US dollars.

But this is not because Wen Ming can't make a cheaper one, but the Model-S beggar version he launched, with a range of 520 kilometers.

Apple only does high-end design concepts, so that Wenming is perfectly applied to his Tesla company. What is the purpose of a pure electric vehicle with a range of only 260 kilometers? Do you go to sales? Is it a small profit but a quick turnover?

For expensive consumables such as automobiles, small profits and quick sales are actually a problem, otherwise, Toyota would not have a market value of more than 170 billion US dollars. After Wenming has a strong enough technology, he definitely doesn't need to look at the market value to make money.

"Now, please allow me to introduce the performance parameters of Model-S."

After the appearance of Model-S attracted enough attention, Wen Ming began to introduce himself on the stage with the projection screen behind him.

"The most important thing about pure electric vehicles is undoubtedly their range. In the Model-S, we have three configurations, the first of which uses a 95 kWh battery, which gives it a range of 520 km. The second configuration uses a 115 kWh battery, which gives it a range of 620 km. The top of this model is a 135 kWh battery made by us using the new lithium-ion battery technology, which can give it a range of 720 kilometers. ”

520 km, 620 km, 720 km.

These three range figures made the scene resounding with a cacophony of sounds, because no one believed that a pure electric car could do it to such an extent.

Wen Mingxuan pressed his hands and said with a smile: "If you think that it is possible for me to speak on such an occasion, then, please don't worry, because we can pre-order any Model-S from today, and we now have 700 Model-S in stock, and we are increasing at a rate of 50 every day." ”

"If you have a suspicious friend, you can use actual actions to slap me in the face."

The scene was quiet, and Wen Ming continued to explain on the stage: "In addition to the mileage, what many friends are most concerned about is undoubtedly the acceleration of 100 kilometers of this pure electric vehicle. For sports cars, this is crucial. ”

"The top-of-the-line Model-S accelerates to 100 kilometers in just 2.7 seconds, and what I want to say is that it's not that we can't do it faster, but that we're worried that if the acceleration time is shorter, our users will be suffocated by the instantaneous feeling of pushing back."

Of course, this sentence is equipped with X, Wen Ming can make a Tesla pure electric car that accelerates faster than 100 kilometers, but he does not have the right materials to do it. Even if it is a black technology, it needs the support of materials, and the acceleration time of 100 kilometers in 2.7 seconds is already the limit that can be achieved at this cost.

In the exclamation at the scene, Wen Ming continued: "In addition to these two exciting technical improvements, we have also made very important progress in fast charging technology. ”

"The low-profile version of the Model-S, in the case of using our fast charging pile, only takes 3 hours to fully charge, and the charging time of the medium-configuration version only takes 3 hours, although the charging time of the high-configuration version requires the most, but compared to other pure electric vehicles, it is already incredibly fast, because it only takes 3.1 hours."

"Well, I want to say that the capacity of the battery does not have much to do with the charging time, because our special charging pile can completely change the output power according to the different battery capacity."

Wen Ming's joke did have people laughing at the scene, but it was only those media reporters, and for those colleagues who were invited, the joke was a disaster.

"Of course, we can't find our Tesla charging stations at all times, and although we plan to put in at least 15,000 charging stations across the United States in the near future, how long will it take to charge the Model-S using a normal home charging interface when there are no charging stations and special charging stations?"

"In seven hours, as long as you plug the charging cable of the Model-S into your home socket in the garage, then you can wake up and it will be able to fly you 720 kilometers again."

"In addition, we have also designed a separate solar charging mode for Tesla, which only needs to add relevant supporting parts, and you can fully charge your Model-S in 10 hours in full sunlight."

"Trust me, when you charge your Model-S with solar energy, no one will charge you, not even the U.S. government."

In Wen Ming's introduction, many people at the scene have already mentioned the desire to buy Tesla Model-S, and none of them believe that Wen Ming will lie at such a time, because Wen Ming is not only the boss of Tesla, but also the founder of Apple.

"Now that we've looked at the exterior and the performance, let's take a look at the interior of the Model-S."

The projection screen behind Wen Ming was transformed into the interior of Model-S, and then, all the audience were shocked by the huge screen in the center of Model-S.

"The 17-inch central control screen is equivalent to the size of two iPads."

Wen Ming introduced: "Of course, this is not a patchwork of two iPads, although the iPad was also developed by me. ”

"In addition, the full LCD instrument panel is also one of the designs of our Tesla cars ahead of the times."

Such a large central control screen and full LCD instrument panel can definitely be regarded as rare in 2010, but these two aspects have only made the audience evaluate the appearance of Model-S a little higher.

Many older viewers are still worried about whether this kind of full LCD central control screen will affect their experience. Because on the center console of the Model-S, there are hardly any physical buttons.

"I know that many friends will wonder if this mode of operation will make you feel inconvenient when you use it."

Wen Ming smiled on the stage: "Here, I need to remind everyone that I am the founder of Apple, I developed the iPhone and iPad, and participated in the 'resurrection' dinosaur project. ”

This reminder made many people baffled, but Wen Ming continued on the stage: "So, what I want to say is that I won't fail to consider this, and I've completely solved this problem. The way to solve this problem is Siri, the voice assistant I designed for Model-S. ”

"Siri will help the Model-S drive and complete the operation of a variety of functions, and at the same time, Siri will also appear in the latest generation of the iPhone system version update, helping all iPhone users to simplify the operation of the phone."

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PS: Is this point-in-time update unexpected? Because someone actually said that I owed a shift yesterday, even if you are my boss, you can't ...... Well, I did only update two chapters yesterday, and I thought no one would find out...... I was so scared that I hurried to pay off the account in this chapter. Seriously, do you want to be so cruel as to see when it's updated?