The reason why Li Mu asked Elon Musk to make him a small lithium battery pack and a small brushless motor was to solve the problem once and for all.
Although there are not many cities nationwide that ban motorcycles at this stage, as the pace of urbanization becomes faster and faster, more and more cities will join the ranks of banning motorcycles.
By that time, it will only become more and more difficult to deliver food by motorcycle.
The normal way is to use a motorcycle first, then use an ordinary lead-acid battery electric vehicle when the motorcycle can no longer be ridden, and then use a lithium battery electric vehicle when the performance of the lead-acid electric vehicle becomes more and more accumulated.
Li Mu simply got it right in one step and went directly to the lithium battery electric vehicle. Not only could this be done once and for all, but the key point was that he could also stand on the highest point of complying with various city regulations, saving energy and environmental protection.
Lu Yunho became a monk halfway, and it was considered good to be able to understand the front and back logic. It was almost impossible to expect him to think so thoroughly.
Therefore, when he thought that the rider team would recruit them as soon as they asked, he realized that people are easy to recruit, but cars are difficult to manage.
If the distribution side cannot be solved, then no matter how the platform is developed, it will be nonsense.
After all, this is an O2O project that Li Mu said, and timeliness is the most important thing. Otherwise, if the user orders a meal online and the merchant sends him a postal mail, he will starve to death by the time the goods arrive.
Lu Yunhao felt a little uncomfortable all of a sudden. If Zheng Chao said that a car is equipped with five or six batteries, there would be too many problems behind it.
First of all, there is the issue of cost. An electric car costs 3,000 per dollar, and a battery costs 400 per dollar. One car costs more than 5,000, and a 1,000-car vehicle costs 5 million.
The key point is that the Shanghai market is so big, how can a thousand cars be enough for fun? A thousand cars running in one district may not be enough.
If there are two thousand vehicles, ten million will be gone.
Moreover, with so many batteries, how to manage them? Leave it all to the rider and let him take care of it? Not realistic.
Food delivery is mainly in prosperous areas. Most of the riders cannot afford to live in such prosperous places. They may be in the suburbs or in the urban-rural fringe area. If the battery is ten kilometers away from the workplace, doesn’t the car have to go back to get the battery after running ten kilometers
A battery can run for thirty kilometers. First, run ten kilometers to the work site, and then leave ten kilometers to run back to replace the battery. How many orders can you run with the remaining ten kilometers
Therefore, Baobao must learn from Li Mu and manage his own team.
The last step is to charge them at the same time at night, and then set up points in some places in the city during the day, put prepared and fully charged batteries there, and let the riders change them themselves.
Two thousand vehicles, with 10,000 batteries behind them, need to manage the recycling, distribution, charging, management, and warehousing of 10,000 batteries every day. This workload itself is huge enough. It needs at least a large factory to solve it, right
And, what’s even worse is that it requires several trucks and a lot of employees to drive and haul the batteries to a fixed location early every morning...
Thinking of this, Lu Yunhao kept slapping his forehead: "This Li Mu is so annoying. Why does he provide the battery scooter by himself? Why not let the riders solve it themselves? At worst, give the riders more wages, make them feel profitable, and let them have Wouldn’t it be great if power could solve the problem of transportation on its own? It’s boring to think about such a complete support system... "
Zheng Chao said: "There is no way, Mr. Lu. Li Mu has already set a precedent. If we let the riders solve it themselves, the attraction will naturally be weaker."
Lu Yunhao said bitterly: "Li Mu is increasing the threshold for others to enter the industry and compete with him! After all, he is the first to set the precedent, and the rules of the industry are completely made by him... "
Zheng Chao nodded and said: "The best way for us at the moment is to seize the time to purchase a batch of electric vehicles, set up a battery management team, rent a place to store the batteries, charge the batteries in batches, and then in a more prosperous place Determine several power exchange locations in your area.”
"Well..." Lu Yunhao said with a livid face: "It's up to you to handle this matter. Hurry up and select the supplier and purchase in bulk."
Zheng Chao said: "Then I suggest that we hurry up and rent a warehouse in the suburbs. When the car comes, we can store it there first."
"Okay." Lu Yunhao said, "It's up to you!"
Zheng Chao asked again: "Mr. Lu, look at the budget..."
Lu Yunhao thought for a while: "Tentatively decide on 10 million!"
"good!"
…
A few days later, Zheng Chao selected an electric vehicle manufacturer in Maoming City, Guangdong Province.
He selected an electric vehicle from this manufacturer with a nominal cruising range of 35 kilometers, and ordered 2,000 units at once, as well as 10,000 yuan of the same type of battery.
When he presented the product to Lu Yunhao for review, Lu Yunhao signed it without much study, and then asked him: "How long will it take for the other party to deliver the goods?"
Zheng Chao said: "We will first deliver 100 vehicles to us this weekend, and then start to fully produce our orders. We can deliver 500 vehicles next weekend, and the rest will be delivered within this month."
"Okay!" Lu Yunhao nodded and said, "Most of the technical development work has been carried out. Now we need to quickly get a batch of cars, then recruit a batch of riders and start training them."
Zheng Chao said hurriedly: "Mr. Lu, we still need to purchase a batch of mobile phones."
Lu Yunho asked angrily: "We have already purchased electric vehicles, why do we still need to purchase mobile phones?"
Zheng Chao said helplessly: "Most migrant workers do not have mobile phones... After all, mobile phones are quite expensive now, and mobile phone tariffs are not cheap."
"Fuck..." Lu Yunhao stared and said, "I prepare a car for them, and I also need to prepare mobile phones for them. Do I also need to prepare clothes, shoes and hats for them?"
Zheng Chao nodded and said: "Ele.me provides uniforms... And I asked around and found out that their uniforms are made by large domestic OEMs. They are the same OEM as Adidas Nike and use the same materials. production lines, materials and manufacturing processes.”
"Damn..." Lu Yunhao asked angrily: "Li Mu has money to burn and no place to spend it, right?"
Zheng Chao suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, Mr. Lu, I forgot one thing!"
Lu Yunhao shouted angrily: "What's going on? Tell me!"
Zheng Chao said awkwardly: "We have to customize insulated boxes for riders, otherwise the meals will easily get cold. Once they get cold, the user experience will be greatly compromised..."
"I'm sorry..."
Lu Yunho is going crazy.
A group of laymen can't do things as comprehensively and meticulously as Li Mu.
In fact, even Ele.me himself was a little bit more mature and more detailed in his previous life. But even so, before Li Mu was reborn, the overall level of Ele.me riders, including ability, quality, and equipment, was not as good as that of Li Mu now. rider.
It can be said that Li Mu reached the peak right from the beginning. If competitors like Lu Yunho want to catch up, it will really take a lot of effort and a lot of money to achieve it.
Zheng Chao added: "I asked someone to find out that Ele.me's insulated box itself is made of thermal insulation material, and the insulation effect is very good. The key is that there are electric heating wires on six sides, and it is directly powered by the electric vehicle battery, which can maintain the temperature for a long time. The temperature of the food, if the rider delivers it faster, when the user gets it, it will be the same as when it was freshly cooked in a restaurant.”
"Isn't this a lot of money?" Lu Yunhao asked, rubbing his temples.
Zheng Chao said in embarrassment: "The key is not about money, the key is that we cannot realize the function of maintaining the stability of the heating wire."
"Why?" Lu Yunhao asked, "How much more will it cost to add a heating wire? It's only a few dozen dollars more for an insulator, right?"
Zheng Chao was very embarrassed and said: "Mr. Lu, it's not about money!"
"What's the problem?!"
Seeing that he couldn't get that point, Zheng Chao could only say: "It's a problem with the battery. The batteries we can buy have limited power. If we supply power to the heating wire of the incubator, it will probably not last for 20 kilometers with a full charge." Can't even run away."
Lu Yunhao finally turned this corner and sighed: "This bad thing makes me really uncomfortable..."
Battery…
Why is Li Mu so awesome? How can he achieve such a long battery life using a laptop battery? !
Thinking of this, Lu Yunhao said angrily: "In this case, I might as well invest several million in an electric car manufacturer and let them develop battery technology like Li Mu! Wouldn't this solve the problem once and for all?"
Zheng Chao said: "In fact, after the Ele.me electric vehicle came out, several major domestic electric vehicle manufacturers wanted to imitate it, but the technical threshold was very high."
"What technical threshold does this thing have? Our country's technological development is already very impressive. Missiles have long been able to reach the United States, which is 10,000 kilometers away. How can an electric car not solve this problem?"
Zheng Chao said helplessly: "Mr. Lu, that's not how technology works. The battery cells used by Li Mu are 18650 batteries. This thing itself is a lightweight, small-sized, large-capacity battery. Most of it is used in small home appliances. , such as laptops, ordinary ones use four sections, and better ones use six sections. Some high-light flashlights can stay bright for several hours with one section. Before Li Mu developed this thing, no one used it on electric vehicles. Ah, domestic manufacturers do not have any exclusive technology when making electric vehicles. They all produce their own frames, purchase batteries from lead-acid battery manufacturers, purchase motors from motor manufacturers, and then use switches, brakes, tires, etc. purchased from other manufacturers. I installed the lights on my own frame in the factory, and then ran off."
"The technical level of domestically produced electric vehicles is not as good as the remote-controlled electric vehicles used by children. In addition to batteries, motors, and transmissions, remote-controlled electric vehicles also have a remote control system. The technical level of this thing is It’s similar to a four-wheel-drive car for children. You buy a frame, install two AA batteries, install a small motor, deal with a few gears, get a shift switch, power on and run... "
Lu Yunho stamped his feet angrily and said, "I know, I didn't let them develop an electric car that can be controlled remotely! I don't want them to comprehensively improve their capabilities in batteries, motors, and transmissions, so I just asked them to upgrade the batteries." Is it not enough to use a lithium battery? What the hell is so difficult about this? My sister’s son also plays with four-wheel drive vehicles. He used ordinary batteries earlier and said the power was not powerful enough. Then he just bought two high-capacity rechargeable batteries and installed them in it, and he started running. Ugh, just ask them to buy some lithium batteries and put them in, wouldn’t that be enough?”
(End of chapter)