MTL - Rebirth in a Perfect Era-Chapter 1682 Only use flying

Hearing that Li Mu criticized himself for being too focused, Elon Musk was somewhat embarrassed.

He has never felt that focusing too much is a problem. In his mind, focusing is easier to succeed.

Because focusing often means being more professional, just like focusing on recyclable launch vehicles and focusing on pure electric vehicles. In his perception, there is nothing wrong with doing so.

However, in the face of Li Mu, although he didn't agree with him, he didn't dare to show it.

He asked Li Mu very humblely, "General Manager Li, what do you mean?"

Li Mu said firmly: "Tesla's positioning should not be a consumer's second car, nor should it be a supplement to a fuel car. It should find a way to become the preferred model for car owners and a replacement model for car owners. . "

Said, Li Mu said: "You want to do this, in addition to making capacity reserves in advance, you must start now to find solutions to the technical problems of fast charging."

Elon Musk is now positioning Tesla cars in a "fighter-type" way.

That is to say, in theory, the car can reach 400 kilometers, and the user's maximum radius of movement is 200 kilometers. Just like a fighter without the aid of a tanker, the method of calculating the combat radius, exceeding this radius of activity, basically means that it cannot Back to the starting point.

However, he didn't think there was any problem with the 200 km combat radius, because in his opinion, 200 km was enough.

However, he did define the 200 kilometers according to the standard of "the user's second car". If the standard of the first car or the only car is used, 200 kilometers is not enough and doubles. It is not enough.

This is the misunderstanding of Elon Musk in the early days of Tesla.

He feels that Tesla's cost is very high, and it must be a mid-to-high-end model. For North American users who like to drive Japanese cars or American pickups, most people can't afford it, and they can consume this car. People, there is at least one car in the house, and there may even be multiple cars.

In such cases, a 200 km "combat radius" is sufficient.

Moreover, the United States itself is a country that grows on wheels. Its car penetration rate ranks first in the world. They drive across states at any time. They may go to Las Vegas, Disney, and several times a year. National parks, with such a demand, if there is only one car, a "combat radius" of 400 kilometers is not enough.

After all, the theoretical combat radius of a fuel car is endless. It takes only five minutes to fill a tank of fuel. No pure electric car can compare.

Therefore, in his eyes, Tesla is not a product that faces all car users. It can already eat up the high-end user market.

But he didn't know how to tell Li Mu his opinion. He was afraid that Li Mu's position on the matter was too high, beyond the actual ability and significance of the matter itself.

Watching Elon Musk's words stop and talk, Li Mu seriously said: "Elon, let's do things together, you don't have to think of entrepreneurs anymore."

Elon Musk looked at Li Mu puzzledly. The entrepreneur did not bring the thinking of the entrepreneur. What kind of thinking did he bring?

Li Mu looked at him and said, "In any industry, the vast majority of entrepreneurs are on the road barefoot. The core of their thinking is to open source and reduce expenditures, accumulating less and more. From 0 to 1 is a breakthrough, from 1 to 2 is development. , 10 years in 10 years is a successful business, just like a Chinese saying, no step, no miles. "

"But others may need to accumulate steps, do we need them? We ca n’t walk, we ca n’t even run, we have to use flying! So what we have to do is spend money on an airplane, but we ca n’t build a rocket. Then how fast can you fly. "

Speaking of it, Li Mu paused and said, "You remember, what we are going to do is multiplication, not addition. Even if we are not doing well, the whole project will eventually be multiplied by 0 or even negative numbers. I can accept and bear the consequences. , But I can't accept our little addition. "

Elon Musk, for a moment, understood the meaning of Li Mu's words, and immediately said, "General Manager Li, I understand. In this case, we will start the development of high-power charging technology as soon as possible."

Then he said, "My personal idea is to increase the charging efficiency to more than 20 kWh. In this way, the user's charging time will be greatly shortened, and a car can be fully charged in four to five hours."

Li Mu said with a whisper, "The idea is right, but the ambition is not enough. If 100 kWh or even 200 kWh power charging equipment can be solved in the future, a Tesla can be fully charged in about an hour. Or add 80% of the electricity, then it's really not far from Dacheng. "

Elon Musk said in surprise: "In this case, not only will we need to develop fast charging technology, but also make substantial optimization and adjustments in the management of the battery pack. Moreover, the charging efficiency of more than 100 kWh will not affect the grid load too much. It ’s big. If several 10 million hour charging piles are operating at the same time, the power can be equivalent to the electricity of a community of hundreds of people, and it is difficult to lay a large amount. "

Li Mu said with a smile: "Since we have installed ordinary power charging piles for users, why do we need to build high-power charging equipment in places like residential quarters?"

Speaking, Li Mu said, "High-power charging equipment is not used when users go home to rest. It is like a gas station. It is used to replenish energy for users. They are built on highways and hotels. , Airports, stations, or even popular tourist attractions far from the city. "

Elon Musk said: "I understand what you mean, but the power supply of such high-power charging piles is really a big problem, and the problem of the grid alone is difficult to solve."

Li Mu said with a smile: "In fact, it is not difficult to solve at all. The problem of the power grid is left to the power company. We only need to make the power company profitable, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

"For example, the price of Huaxia's electricity is 4 cents and 1 kilowatt-hour. We can charge the owner at 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour because it is a super charging station that can extend the battery life quickly in the middle, plus the addition of a super charging station. The cost is definitely acceptable to the user. For this money, we can make no money at all in the early period and give it to the power company. This is equivalent to giving them an outlet for selling electricity at a high price. Why not for?"

We can use our project to find him for California government subsidies. "

Elon Musk lamented: "In this way, the problem of the power grid is indeed solved, but the cost of R & D, manufacturing, and installation of super charging equipment should not be too low. We may build several Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of such devices, but the difference in electricity prices is given to the power company, we have no profit ourselves, such high costs, no profit, and equipment maintenance, we are difficult to support. "

Li Mu reminded: "The reason to pass power price differences to power companies is to motivate them to help us solve the power supply problem. I also said earlier that we gave them the price difference in the early stage, but in the middle and late stages, we need to gradually get back a certain percentage."

"Don't forget, green travel, energy saving and emission reduction are the trends respected by governments around the world. We can communicate with governments around the world to get some policy subsidies and support."

"If you don't say anything, let's say California. Schwarzenegger is about to take over as governor. He has been calling for environmental protection issues before he was elected. Our products are right in his arms."

"We can fight for the state government to give a certain subsidy to every customer who buys Tesla in California, or let the state government give us a certain tax reduction, and even get the state government free of the consumption tax and public consumption of electricity for supercharging piles. Business tax; we can also outsource the construction and maintenance of charging piles to a certain company in California, and then help this company to obtain state tax reduction subsidies, so that we can reduce our costs across the board, and It is perfectly reasonable and legitimate. "

In the past life, various subsidies for new energy have been varied. Although Li Mu was not directly involved in the new energy vehicle industry, he was in Yanjing and knew a lot ~ www.novelbuddy.com ~ The state and government really attach great importance to environmental protection, so they will Various subsidies for new energy vehicles, subsidies for manufacturers, subsidies for consumers, and even reduction of purchase tax. Li Mu believes that this is not only a China Trends but also a global trend. Now, Tesla is going to be in the new energy industry. In the forefront, we should strive for subsidies and help from local governments, so that Tesla can take off quickly.

Elon Musk's eyes were lightened by Li Mu, and the chicken thief like him never thought that Tesla had an invisible super lever behind it, which could leverage huge social resources, but only if the special Sla must develop fast and well, otherwise, once other companies realize this super leverage, they will rush to desperately.

Li Mu continued to point him: "I don't care what kind of model you are studying now, whether it is super high-end or mid-to-high-end, you must thoroughly eat the technology you need and then achieve reasonable dimensional reduction, such as your battery, Your motor, your frame and chassis, your electronic controls, and all your electronic systems, first achieve 80 points, and then do n’t go from 80 to 100, but go from 80 to 60. do."

"To reduce the technical threshold and cost, thereby reducing the parameters and price of the entire car, from ultra-high-end to high-end, mid-to-high-end, and then to the mid-range, if we can build a car that is about the same price and comfort as the Camry The car is about the same price as the Camry, so we won when we were lying down. "

Elon Musk nodded again and again: "General Li, I understand what you mean."

Li Mu said aloud, "Nearly next year, I will start to acquire one or two auto manufacturing companies in Huaxia, and then completely transform the production line according to Tesla's needs. Once our cars pass the test, we will be able to invest immediately. Mass production. "