When Daystar Technology Group was making final preparations for the rocket launch, Nanshan Automobile Group was not idle.

Materials are the cornerstone of modern industry and technological development, and can be used to make various products such as aircraft, automobiles, electronic equipment, etc.

The development of materials has a direct impact on the development of the whole society and economy.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that materials science is called the king of disciplines.

However, before the emergence of Nanshan Group, the employment of domestic materials science-related majors was actually quite miserable, not to mention the high salary.

But that's no longer the case.

Whether it is Nanshan Special Steel, Nanshan Carbon Fiber, Nanshan Chemical, Nanshan Battery, or Nanshan Semiconductor, a large number of graduates majoring in materials science are recruited every year.

Naturally, these efforts have not been in vain.

The successful mass production of gallium nitride is a very obvious achievement.

Nowadays, GaN T/R components have begun to play an important role in the radar field, and Honor Technology has also begun to use GaN power components in mobile phones and computer chargers.

Nanshan Auto Parts will naturally not miss this opportunity.

"Mr. Cao, this is our latest home fast charging pile."

"It uses gallium nitride power components, and its performance is greatly improved compared to the two charging piles."

"This charger offers lower standby efficiency and less heat loss, making it a better choice for environmentally friendly home charging solutions."

"It supports 7KW charging power and is suitable for more than 90% of new energy vehicles in China."

"In the case of the G9 of our future car, it only takes 7 hours to fully charge."

Dai Hanbiao invited Cao Yang to the charging pile production factory of Nanshan Auto Parts today, and naturally there are special products to be put on display.

In the past two years, Huaxia's new energy vehicle industry has developed rapidly, and the sales volume of future cars this year can exceed 100,000 units, and the performance of other Yangcheng Aion and Changan Automobile in new energy vehicles is also very bright.

In this case, how to charge the electric car is a problem that cannot be avoided.

Although various car companies are promoting the construction of some fast charging piles, so that electric vehicle owners can charge more conveniently.

However, on the whole, the work in this area is still lagging behind.

Most consumers need to solve the charging problem at home.

If you charge at home, whether it is a fixed parking lot location or pull the cable out by yourself, it is AC slow charging.

It often takes a whole night to fill up.

This speed is a bit unsatisfactory.

Therefore, how to improve the speed of AC slow charging is something that many companies are considering.

The advent of gallium nitride has made this possible.

"In addition to home AC fast charging piles, are there any other superchargers you are considering?"

For the products that have been successfully developed, Cao Yang's attention is not very high.

It knows that DC fast charging in public places will also become a trend in the future.

After all, not every family is convenient to pull the cord to charge by themselves.

If shopping malls and parking lots near your home can be used for fast charging, then there will definitely be a lot more consumers willing to buy electric vehicles.

Some fast charging in later generations can basically be used in half an hour.

This is completely different from the current situation.

"In terms of DC fast, we are also in research and development, and it is expected that related products will come out next year."

"At the same time, we are also considering the use of gallium nitride power components in the OBC 3-in-1 to further improve performance."

Dai Hanbiao had obviously made preparations, so he was not nervous at all about Cao Yang's question.

As a new type of part that Nanshan auto parts focus on developing, Dai Hanbiao naturally cannot plan only one product.

Therefore, the mainstream charging pile types that are in demand in the market are being studied by Nanshan Auto Parts.

After all, no one knows which one will be accepted by the market in the end.

In this regard, because the threshold is not so high, Cao Yang is handed over to Dai Hanbiao and them to do it themselves.

"Charging piles, OBCs, DC-DCs and PCUs, which can be combined with advanced semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride, may be able to produce very different results."

"In this regard, you can have a good communication with Nanshan Semiconductor to see how you can maximize the performance of these parts."

Cao Yang no longer pays much attention to the specific business of Nanshan auto parts.

But for some things in the general direction, he still hopes that Nanshan auto parts can develop in the right direction.

"Of course, the work in the field of propaganda must also be done well."

"Intelligent, connected, electric, this will be a trend."

"Our L2 autonomous driving technology has been popularized in various models, but it will take time for more other configurations to be implemented."

"In this process, it is also very important for consumers to form the impression that Nanshan Automobile Group is good technology and intelligence."

Cao Yang has always attached great importance to propaganda work.

Most consumers do not have the ability to think independently.

Their ideas and willingness to buy a car are influenced by a variety of factors.

What kind of image you advertise may end up leaving on consumers.

Nanshan Automobile Group, with the help of Autohome and Weibo, has an innate advantage in this regard.

With the official release of a new generation of gallium nitride household fast charging piles by Nanshan Auto Parts, relevant companies have also immediately realized the wonders of gallium nitride power components.

"Mr. Wang, home charging piles can use gallium nitride to improve charging speed and safety, which I think is very important for many consumers."

"After all, charging speed has become an important concern for many people when buying a car."

Liang Chuanqing, as the head of R&D of BYD Automobile, immediately thought about following up on related technologies.

However, BYD Semiconductor does not have the production capacity of gallium nitride power components and needs to purchase them from Nanshan Semiconductor.

The price of gallium nitride power components sold by Nanshan Semiconductor is not cheap at all.

"I know the gallium nitride of Nanshan Semiconductor, and it is said that the price of external sales is not cheap."

Some time ago, Nanshan Semiconductor specially held a gallium nitride recommendation meeting, and Wang Fu naturally couldn't know nothing.

However, some people on the Internet complained about the high price of GaN power components, so he did nothing for the time being.

"Mobile phone companies such as Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi all want to buy GaN power components from Nanshan Semiconductor to make fast chargers, but they are competitors of Honor Technology."

"Nanshan Semiconductor's side will definitely not be very cheap."

"But that's for mobile phones and computer chargers, and a power component is expensive for a hundred dollars."

"For car charging piles worth thousands of yuan, this money is completely affordable."

"The company will focus on new energy vehicles in the future, so fast charging must be considered."

"Fast charging is obviously easier to achieve than to increase the capacity of the battery."

When Liang Chuanqing said this, Wang Fu did not object.

"Since you feel it is necessary, then arrange someone to do it as soon as possible."

"When the time comes, we will see if it can be combined with IGBT to further exert a different power."

BYD Semiconductor, a gallium nitride power component, has no way to produce it by itself.

But IGBTs are different.

As a promising semiconductor component for new energy vehicles, BYD Semiconductor has put almost all the most important talents on this project, and is ready to make it its own business card.

"IGBT is the most powerful in the motor, I heard that Nanshan Auto Parts is researching a new generation of motors, and our motor technology will have to keep up with it."

Facing Nanshan Automobile Group, Liang Chuanqing didn't dare to think that BYD could surpass the other party, as long as he could keep up with the rhythm, he felt good.

In this regard, Wang Fu has no special opinion.

In Huaxia's automobile industry, when everyone benchmarks and compares with competitors, they often subconsciously put Nanshan Automobile Group aside and do not compare.

Because everyone is not an opponent at the same level at all, there is no point in comparison.

It's not even easy to write PPT than more.

……

As the largest new energy vehicle company in the United States, Tesla is naturally very concerned about the gallium nitride charging pile jointly released by Future Auto and Nanshan Auto Parts.

After all, Tesla has always promoted itself as a technology company.

If someone else uses something more advanced, but they don't, it's obviously not in line with their positioning.

It's even something that affects the stock price.

"Max, how much can we improve the performance of our Supercharger if we use GaN power components?"

In the middle of this year, Tesla began deliveries of the Model S in the United States, and the stock price hit a new high.

According to Tesla's advertisement, the Supercharger used with the Model S can be fully charged in 1 hour.

Positioned as a mid-to-large luxury sedan, the Model S is Tesla's first true production model, which was officially delivered in June 2012.

They are available in three models, equipped with 40 kWh, 60 kWh and 85 kWh batteries, priced at $57,400 to $87,400, corresponding to a maximum acceleration of 4.4 seconds per 100 kilometers and a range of up to 483 kilometers.

For the first time, the Model S introduces a 17-inch central touchscreen, which integrates multiple functions such as vehicle information inquiry, navigation, and music, and is equipped with 4GLTE wireless network, so that owners can enjoy the system OTA over-the-air update service for free.

It can be said that the OTA upgrade is indeed the first of its kind in the world, and even the car of the future is not yet available.

Because Huaxia has no way to use the 4G network now.

However, the architecture of future cars is very different from the traditional one, and it is not very difficult to launch the OTA update function.

Tesla naturally knows these things.

So after seeing the fast charging piles for future cars, they also want their own gallium nitride superchargers.

"If it is designed according to the scheme of the high-current DC super charging pile, then the power of 40kWh can be fully charged in half an hour."

"If it is made into an AC home charging pile like a future car, then the performance is estimated to be not much different from the other party."

As Tesla's R&D director, Max is naturally also very concerned about the development of the fast charging pile industry.

Tesla's battery is made in cooperation with Panasonic, and more often than not, Max does not need to spend too much energy.

After all, Panasonic's lithium battery is one of the best choices in this era.

However, parts such as charging piles and motors are more concerned by Max.

Both parts are produced in Tesla's own in-house factories and are not purchased directly from suppliers.

In this regard, Tesla is much stronger than many car companies.

"Since the performance can be improved, let's make use of the gallium nitride power components as soon as possible."

"You can find Deyi and onsemi and let them produce GaN power components as soon as possible."

"If it really doesn't work, then find Nanshan Semiconductor to order, anyway, we must have our own super charging pile."

As the first high-end electric vehicle in the United States, the Model S was well received upon its launch.

At the end of 2012, pre-orders for the Model S increased from 520 at launch to 15,000 units.

In this case, Musco does not want any backward attributes on the Model S.

After all, the Model S is directly benchmarked against old luxury car brands such as the Mercedes-Benz S series and the BMW 7 Series.

The point is that American consumers are still very receptive to this kind of benchmarking.

With the delivery of the Model S, Tesla's revenue has doubled, and it is estimated that it will be profitable from the beginning of the next quarter.

This will inevitably lead to further increases in the stock price.

Therefore, Musco hopes that the fast charging pile can be launched as soon as possible.

If there are any advanced components, just get on them as soon as possible.

Anyway, it is now positioned as a luxury car, and the cost is a few hundred dollars more expensive, which is nothing at all.

"I'll arrange it now, I heard that Nanshan Semiconductor has no restrictions on the sales of gallium nitride power components, as long as you can buy parts at the price they specified."

When Max said this, Musco breathed a sigh of relief.

And with the launch of the Model S, the pace of preparation for Tesla's next new model is also accelerating.

Musco began to have the idea of entering the Chinese market.

After all, whether it is from the sales volume of the entire automobile market or from the sales of new energy vehicles, Huaxia is the largest market.

If Tesla wants to become the world's leading new energy company, it must not miss the Chinese market.

Musco is very sure of this.

"After Christmas, you come with me for a trip to Huaxia, and I'm thinking about starting sales of our Model S in Huaxia."

Musk quickly made a decision in his mind.

In the future, automobiles have begun to go overseas, and Tesla will also begin to enter overseas markets.

Otherwise, when the time comes, one step behind, one step behind, one step behind.

"Are we going to build a factory in Huaxia?"

Max's first reaction was to enter the Chinese market, which meant building a factory there.

Mercedes-Benz, BMW, General Motors, Ford and other car companies are doing this.

"I've heard that the policy there stipulates that car companies must have joint ventures, and foreign shares cannot exceed 50%."

Seeing that Musco didn't answer his question immediately, Max added.

"As long as Tesla is successful enough, I believe this rule will change."

"And the era of new energy vehicles is very different from traditional gasoline vehicles."

"WE WILL FIRST SET UP A SALES STORE IN HUAXIA TO SELL THE MODEL S, AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACTORY, AND OUR CURRENT PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND SALES VOLUME ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACTORY IN HUAXIA."

Although Musco is a madman, it doesn't mean that he is not smart.

On the contrary, people are very smart.

If the conditions are not met, they will definitely not go directly to Huaxia to build a factory.

……

Half of Nanshan's auto parts business is contributed by Nanshan Automobile Group, and the other half is contributed by other automobile companies.

When it launched a home fast charging pile, not all car companies wanted to make a similar product on their own.

Yangcheng Aion, which has been cooperating with Nanshan Automobile Group more happily, wants to buy similar charging piles directly.

They even hope to take this opportunity to use this charging pile as a standard part of Huaxia household charging pile together with Nanshan Auto Parts.

Yangcheng Aion, as a mid-range new energy car company, did not think that there was any product that was better than other car companies in the part of the charging pile.

What they want is to make it easier for consumers to charge their electric vehicles.

Because up to now, except for Changan Automobile's Changan MINI, the sales volume of Changan MINI is more than theirs, and the number of electric vehicles owned by other car companies is not comparable to Yangcheng Aion.

Even in the future, the sales of cars are not as good as Yangcheng Aion.

"Mr. Cao, we Yangcheng Aion support the entire Huaxia electric vehicle charging pile standard to be set in accordance with the charging pile produced by Nanshan Auto Parts."

"However, we also hope that the charging piles sold to us by Nanshan Auto Parts can be cheaper, after all, the charging piles are bought and given to consumers."

"If the cost is too high, it will be difficult for Yangcheng Aion, which is currently in the red, to bear it."

Zhang Jiaqi personally found Cao Yang and discussed the matter of the charging pile.

Although this is only a part of the new energy vehicle industry chain, the impact is very large.

Now it is a home charging pile, and in the future, if Nanshan Auto Parts makes a more competitive DC fast charging pile, then the significance of unifying industry standards will be greater.

Reducing the threshold for consumers to charge is definitely good for Yangcheng Aion.

After all, they have already eaten the first wave of dividends of new energy vehicles.

"The unification of charging pile standards has been proposed by the automobile industry association several times in the past, but in the end it has not been implemented."

"Each car company has its own little ninety-nine, and wants to take its own standards as industry standards."

"Mr. Zhang, your choice is definitely very in line with the development trend of the industry."

"Nanshan Auto Parts has always been committed to providing customers with high-quality and low-cost products."

"Our cooperation with Yangcheng Aion has always been very smooth, and I think the final result will definitely satisfy you."

Someone took the initiative to stand up to help promote the construction of the charging pile industry standard, and with the charging pile of Nanshan auto parts as the standard, Cao Yang naturally would not object.

If some things are for Nanshan Automobile Group to rush to the front, then some other car companies may feel that Nanshan Automobile Group is too strong and too ugly.

But if it is an influential company in other industries that comes forward, the situation is different.

However, after Cao Yang communicated with Zhang Jiaqi about this matter, he felt that in order to achieve this goal in the end, more car companies still needed to participate.

As the champion of electric vehicle sales, Changan Automobile's attitude is naturally very important.

"Mr. Yi, the sales of Changan MINI exceeded 20,000 units last month, setting a new historical record."

It's better to act than to move.

Since it is necessary to unify the standards of charging piles, it is necessary to act as soon as possible.

Cao Yang directly called Yi Jia, the general manager of Changan Automobile.

Of course, it is definitely not good for the bigwigs to call, so directly say that Changan Automobile supports Nanshan Auto Parts and takes its own charging pile standard as the industry standard.

So it's inevitable to say hello first.

"It's all thanks to your proposal at the beginning, Mr. Cao, otherwise there would be no Changan MINI."

"Our Changan Automobile was originally more competitive in micro cars, and now it is back in the field of small cars, which is in line with its own positioning."

Yi Jia is naturally very satisfied with the performance of Changan MINI.

Although this car does not make money, combined with various subsidies, it basically does not lose money.

However, it can make Changan Automobile's sales skyrocket.

As a state-owned enterprise, this significance is greater to a certain extent.

At least Yijia attaches great importance to it.

"The main sales of Changan MINI are in third- and fourth-tier cities, right?"

"Yes, many consumers in small counties are willing to buy it and use it as a means of commuting to and from work."

"For people in small counties, many people can charge electric vehicles by themselves at home, and a good charging pile is more necessary for them."

Cao Yang must slowly guide the topic to where he wants to talk.

Yi Jia was not stupid, and soon heard what Cao Yang meant.

"Yes, I see that Nanshan Auto Parts has released a new generation of household fast chargers, which directly use gallium nitride power components, which not only has a faster charging speed, lower power consumption, but also is safer."

Obviously, Yi Jia must also have paid attention to the official micro of Nanshan auto parts.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang of Yangcheng Aion suggested to me today that the standard of this charger be promoted, as the industry standard for home charging piles, I think this idea is not bad, and it is worth working on."

At this point, Yi Jia naturally understood the purpose of Cao Yang's call today.

In the past, Changan Automobile's charging piles were originally purchased from Nanshan Auto Parts, and there is no intention of changing them immediately in the future.

Therefore, Yi Jia only weighed the pros and cons a little, and decisively chose to support Nanshan Auto Parts.

"Mr. Cao, it will be the annual industry association soon, and we will definitely support you at that time."

"However, Chuncheng Automobile Group, Modu Automobile Group and Xifeng Automobile Group are all vice chairman units, and we need to find some more people to support it before it is possible to pass this proposal."

Yi Jia's choice made Cao Yang breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the result was as expected, there was a change before it was confirmed.

The next thing is to continue to communicate with Zhu Zhengfeng and others from Chuncheng Automobile.

Of course, if there is anyone who is more ignorant, Cao Yang doesn't mind exerting his influence.

One of these enterprises is considered one, either a central enterprise or a state-owned enterprise, and everyone has to listen to the command when doing things.

Otherwise, you'll have to think about moving it under your ass tomorrow.

(End of chapter)