In 2017, "new energy vehicles" broke out collectively and entered the era of melee!

There are not only traditional car companies that were not well-known before, but also Internet tycoons with deep pockets shouting the slogan of "cross-border car building".

Policy dividends are the inducement, and the foundry model has greatly reduced the entry threshold of the industry.

Most car dealers choose to cooperate with established car factories, on the one hand, they can rely on each other's technology accumulation, and on the other hand, they can easily obtain production qualifications.

At the same time, skipping the step of "setting up a factory" can further speed up mass production!

However, among the "new car-making forces", there is an outlier, which seems abnormal and out of place.

This outlier is the rice car!

All because Rebus took one of the hardest paths:

First, independent application for production qualification;

Second, from automotive chips, electric motors, automatic driving systems to battery packs, all of them are independently developed, and the localization degree of parts is as high as more than 90%;

Third, the financing plan was not disclosed to the outside world, and a series of R&D and operating funds almost all came from Shanhai Capital.

In this life, Lucheng did not accept Weilai Automobile, but under the intervention of Chen Heyu, Rice Automobile was regarded as a key development project.

Low-interest loans, free industrial land, tax exemptions, power facilities, etc., all have been greenlit all the way, and even in order to facilitate the entry and exit of equipment and materials, a wide four-car asphalt road has been built on the periphery of the park, which can lead directly to the main road.

The production base covers an area of 1,400 acres, employs more than 800 people, and uses a highly automated manufacturing process to produce up to 1,000 vehicles per week.

Once the product is successful in the market, the number of employees can be expanded to 3-50,000 people in a very short period of time, and the production capacity can be increased to 1 million vehicles per year.

Everyone has riveted their efforts to pursue the first in various forms, the first release, the first license, the first on the road, the first on the market, and the first in the number of orders......

In January, Bei Automobile took the lead in launching the EC180 new energy model, priced at 58,000 Chinese dollars, targeting the low-end market, with a maximum power of 30kW of electric motors, a NEDC range of 156 kilometers, and a maximum speed of more than 100 km/h.

Truss followed suit and released the Model X 100D in the same month, with a price of up to 998,000 Chinese dollars.

However, the acceleration of 100 kilometers in 4.9 seconds, the large space SUV design with three rows of 7 seats, the shape of the eagle wing door, and the ultra-long endurance of 560 kilometers were extremely capable at that time!

In February, Beiqi launched the EX260 LOHAS version and the Leku version to compete for the mid-range market, with prices of 188,000 yuan and 208,000 yuan, a NEDC range of 260 kilometers, and a subsidy of up to 48,000 Chinese dollars.

In March, Jili Automobile launched an Emgrand EV300, which added a low-temperature charging and preheating function of the battery, with a comprehensive range of 300 kilometers and only 128,000 Chinese dollars after subsidies.

In April, Bitia "Song" was launched, equipped with a set of 48kW lithium iron phosphate battery pack, with a range of 300 kilometers and a subsidy of 158,000 Chinese dollars.

In May, Lei Jun immediately contacted his boss after learning that the trial production of the M youth version and the M hot blood version of Rice Automobile was off the production line, ready to grab the little tail in May and introduce his latest entrepreneurial project to the whole world.

The last big guy who wanted to build a cross-border car is still wandering in a beautiful country, trying his best to fool foreigners?

Can Rebus succeed?

Will rice be a "PPT car"?

Even the most loyal users of rice mobile phones can't help but put a question mark in their hearts.

Time passed quietly, and before I knew it, it was the morning of May 26.

Yancheng, the conference center!

The open-air parking lot, which is empty and empty on weekdays, is full of all kinds of luxury cars at this time, and the conference hall is crowded and bustling with people.

Well-dressed men and women, in groups of three or five, gathered together to discuss today's new car launch.

"Mr. Li, I didn't expect rice to start the latest, but it was the first car company to mass produce off the assembly line, what do you think about this?"

Hu Weiwei on the side asked with a smile.

She is the founder of Mobo Bike, and she is also on the invitation list.

"Who let Rebus live? Caught up with Shanhai Group! If you want money for money, you want chips for chips, you want systems for systems, how miserable is I am, I have to do everything myself. ”

Li Hongbin, the founder of Willis Automobile, said "full of vinegar".

At first, he tried to contact Zhou Xiaoyu of Shanhai Capital and made an impassioned speech, wanting to get the angel round of financing, but was ruthlessly rejected by the other party.

"Mr. Lei's personal ability is also a plus, Shanhai Group has acquired so many companies, Lei Jun is still firmly sitting on the CEO throne of Rice Technology, it is enough to see that Chen Heyu trusts him."

Hu Weiwei said softly.

Who in the circle doesn't know that more than 95% of the shares of Rice Automobile are held in the hands of Shanhai Group, and Lei Jun is just Chen Heyu's professional manager.

While the two were chatting, a luxury luxury car, escorted by two SUVs, slowly drove into the conference center.

"Wow! Is this the executive car of Future Technology, or the Maybach! The person sitting above is either Zhang Nan or Zhou Zi! ”

"It's also possible that Chen Heyu!"

"However, I don't seem to have heard that Mr. Chen is coming to the press conference?"

In front of the gate, there are media reporters from all walks of life, and whenever the guests get off the bus and enter, the shutter button in their hands "clicks" and presses non-stop.

"Boss, it's here."

Lao Mo reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm."

Chen Heyu answered, pushed the door and walked down.

After the reporter saw the people clearly, they immediately surrounded them like bees, and eight tall black-clothed bodyguards stopped the group of people two meters away.

"Mr. Chen, it is said that the operating system and chips of Rice Car are independently developed, can you talk about it?"

"Mr. Chen, 95% of the equity of Rice Automobile belongs to Shanhai Group, why not call it Shanhai Automobile?"

"Boss Chen, the yield rate of 10-nanometer chips of Bay Semiconductor has reached 78%, will it have an impact on the business of Shanhai Microelectronics?"

“……”

The reporter hurriedly handed out the interview tube and asked in a rambling manner.

“78%？ Regarding the problem of yield rate, the current data of Shanhai Microelectronics is 93%, and if Wanji wants to catch up, it must continue to work hard. ”

Chen Heyu stopped and replied with a light smile.

"This year, the export volume of chips in the beautiful country has shrunk sharply, and the local semiconductor association has called for a boycott of Shanhai Microelectronics, is Mr. Chen worried about the recurrence of what happened last year?"

The reporter asked.

Last year's incident refers to the country of windmills and neon, which banned the sale of lithography equipment, photoresist materials and photoresists.

Although the crisis has been eliminated, the potential risks still exist, and the semiconductor industry in Dahua is like a one-legged strong man, who has never had the ability to run.

"This question, you should ask the Inter and Texas Instruments on the other side of the ocean to see who is more worried?"

Chen Heyu smiled and kicked the problem back, he spent two years in the field of front-end equipment in the semiconductor industry.

Heat treatment equipment, etching equipment, mechanical polishing and thin film deposition equipment are completely self-sufficient.

If there is really such a day, it will not be Shanhai Microelectronics that suffers!

The reporter was silent and couldn't help but secretly say: "This big guy is really domineering, and he deserves to be a Chinese entrepreneur who is tough and tough." ”

"I'm sorry, let me go!"

Eight bodyguards skillfully formed a human wall to escort Chen Hayu to the press hall of the conference center.

A large number of media reporters chased behind him, with a camera on his shoulder and a single-lens reflex camera on his chest, he could still walk like a fly.

"Boss, you're here, and you're in the first row."

Rebus was dressed in a straight suit and changed from the norm, not wearing jeans and sneakers, and obviously took today's new car launch event very seriously.

"I invited a lot of people to come, and I see that the bosses of Willis and Dianka are also on the scene."

Chen Heyu put his right hand on Lei Jun's shoulder and teased with a smile.

"Isn't this about promoting wireless charging initiatives?"

Lei Jun replied with a smile.

After half a year of refinement, Moss has made the transmitter and receiver in the wireless energy transmission technology smaller and smaller enough to be easily built into an electric vehicle.

This enables the possibility of wireless charging!

"The next time Lao Yang comes to Yancheng, I have to thank you very much."

Chen Hayu quipped.

"It's all for the group, and I should do my part."

Lei Jun immediately said.

"Okay, take me in, the rice car is also part of the plan of Kuafu, so that everyone can see the real charm of electric vehicles."

Chen Heyu squinted his eyes and said lightly.

"Yes, boss."

Rebus grinned, he understood the subtext of Chen's words, with the wireless charging plan, battery life became less important.

In the rice car, a special battery management chip is used to intelligently manage the battery and power supply system.

When charging, the battery can only be in a charged state, not a discharged state.

However, the receiver at the front of the electric motor has unobstructed access to wireless power to keep the car moving.

In other words, under normal operation, the rice car has unlimited endurance, and the 60KWh battery on the car is only a backup option.

If this news is released, even Truss will be confused!

It is important to know that endurance is the biggest obstacle to the development of electric vehicles, and once solved, fuel vehicles will be quickly replaced.

In the three months from February to May, Yunkun Space launched three more Dijiang-1 rockets, sending 28, 34 and 30 satellites into low earth orbit respectively.

The area covered by the satellite grid has been expanded, mainly concentrated in some core countries and regions of Beiberryzhou, Euro and Yazhou.

Everything is in preparation for the launch of Xiaomi cars!

Most of the industries that Chen Heyu is involved in are platforms and ecosystems, and rarely engage in monopoly.

He knows that it is difficult to support alone, like the photovoltaic industry, which obviously has monopoly strength, and finally authorized the technology.

But if someone wants to move him, the chain of interests involved behind him can crush the opponent, he only needs to improve the satellite power grid and collect tolls.

Industries such as takeaway group buying business, chip semiconductors, and AR games are also doing the same, pulling in countless upstream and downstream industrial chain companies to escort Shanhai Group.

Accompanied by Lei Jun, he Shi Shiran came to the first row and sat down, flanked by Yancheng's bigwigs in charge of the economy, and when he saw him, he took the initiative to smile and signal.

Chen Heyu responded one by one and greeted politely.

"Mr. Chen, I haven't been back to Yancheng for a long time, are you busy with the business of Shanhai Microelectronics and forget about future technology?"

A bigwig in Zhaoyang District said with a smile.

"Director Zhang laughed, ashamed to say that it was the first time to be a father, and I was really reluctant to let my daughter leave my sight."

Chen Heyu smiled lightly and replied lightly.

"Mr. Lei is almost the same as you, and he is also a daughter."

Director Zhang said leisurely.

Chen Heyu smiled, subconsciously looked at the stage, and saw Lei Jun, who was dressed formally, walking firmly to the center of the podium.

With a remote control in his hand and a miniature headset in his ear, he looked happily at the audience.

Chen Heyu bowed his head slightly and gave a thumbs up.

"Hello everyone, I am Lei Jun, the founder of Rice Technology, 48 years old this year, but today, I have another identity, that is, the CEO of Rice Automobile.

As the saying goes, if you know the destiny of heaven at fifty, you should understand that ideals are not easy and results are hard to find! But I don't believe it, life and death are downbeat, so why do you do it if you don't accept it!

So, before I turned 50, I started my third business in my life! Thanks to Mr. Chen's support, I finally don't have to ALL IN and put all my chips on it. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Jun waved his hand to the audience and interacted with Chen Heyu.

In an instant, thousands of pairs of eyes looked at the center of the first row, where sat the big boss of Shanhai Group, Chen Heyu.

This super-rich man who made his fortune with artificial intelligence technology is not yet thirty years old and has achieved the ceiling of Chinese entrepreneurs.

No one knows, what does he want to do next?

Chen Heyu smiled and quietly watched Rebus "perform".

Compared with the previous life, Lei Jun entered the new energy vehicle track five years ahead of schedule, and completed the trial production of the first model in the first half of 2017.

For the first time in the world, the shipment of rice mobile phones surpassed Apple's, ranking second in the world and ranking among the world's top 500 companies.

Rebus's original unwillingness completely disappeared and became Chen Heyu's intimate "horse boy".

This time, it rushed to the front line of new energy vehicle manufacturing and worked hard for Shanhai Group.

"I know that many people are full of suspicion and distrust of Rice Automobile, thinking that I am engaged in PPT to build a car, and today I take this opportunity to solemnly declare that in terms of building a car, Rice's concentration and earnest work are not inferior to Faraday!"

Rebus blew and waved his arms, looking calm and composed.

The audience in the audience will smile, press conference, who doesn't like to blow two sentences?

The reporters nodded, and Mr. Lei broke the golden sentence again, this sentence is just right on the headlines, and the number of clicks will definitely explode.

"What did Rice Auto do on the first day of its establishment, do you want to know? To this day, I still remember sitting in my office and wondering where to start, when Mr. Chen sent me a document, which was the design drawing of a brushless motor.

Yes, Mr. Chen explained to me, this time, we don't play the assembly mode of rice, and all of them are self-developed! You say, "Is it a bunker?" ”

Rebus shouted loudly, and some people couldn't help but look at the boss of Willis and Dianka, who was the assembly car factory, which was visible at a glance.

"Dog! It's really not a thing. ”

Li Hongbin felt the attention salute and scolded in his heart.

"This motor, without the brushes and commutators found in conventional motors, has the advantages of high efficiency, low noise and high reliability.

Moreover, its performance and rotational speed are intelligently controlled by the controller and electronic system. The controller dynamically adjusts the output power and efficiency of the electric motor according to the parameters of the vehicle speed and eco mode to achieve the best driving performance and energy utilization ......"

Rebus started with the electric motor, and his expression was extremely reverent.

Because only he knows how much hard work the technicians behind the scenes have done in order to develop the rice car, and the advantages of each technology are worthy of his serious explanation.

"In addition, the Rice Automobile M Youth Edition and the Hot Blood Edition use an integrated circuit chip to support multimedia functions, navigation maps, etc., here, I would like to thank the genius chip designer of Shanhai Microelectronics - Ye Youcheng!"

Rebus continued.

(End of chapter)