Start making cars directly? Lu Zixin felt that it was unrealistic. Turning the technology into reality would require overcoming many difficulties, especially since what he had obtained was technology that the current motor vehicle industry has not yet mastered, and the degree of difficulty doubled!
Before making cars, you should first make relatively simple motor vehicles to accumulate technology and capital, such as building companies and factories, and establishing a complete upstream supply chain and downstream sales chain.
"Electric vehicles seem to be the best choice at the moment?" Lu Zixin thought about it and decided that electric vehicles were the best way to start.
Electric vehicles are broadly defined as all electric-driven vehicles, but what Lu Zixin is thinking of is the two-wheeled electric vehicles that everyone rides in daily life, commonly known as electric donkeys.
The structure of a small electric donkey is much simpler than that of a four-wheeled vehicle, and its manufacturing is relatively simple, with lower industrial requirements.
Moreover, even if it is an electric car, it does not mean that there is no black technology!
Lu Zixin asked RI-8901 to search in the "Simple Mechanical Structure Atlas" and quickly found several black technologies that he could try to develop.
The first is multi-core control of intelligent and efficient motors, which are the engines of electric vehicles.
It is made of high-strength magnetic steel, added with an intelligent control chip, and can be activated instantly through electrical or wireless signals.
This kind of motor can reduce current consumption and increase power. Some ordinary electric vehicles can still drive on flat roads, but once they climb a relatively steep slope, it is very difficult and even the load must be reduced.
But for multi-core controlled intelligent and efficient motors, these are all small problems. The power it generates can even make users feel the pushing sensation of car acceleration!
Another one is the electromagnetic braking system. Electromagnetic braking is a technology that already exists, but its application level is only in large mechanical equipment, such as mine electric drills and roller coasters.
Traditional friction brakes will be unstable, such as slipping in rainy or snowy days, resulting in poor braking effect.
Electromagnetic braking relies on the interaction between magnetic poles to achieve braking. When the metal sheet cuts the magnetic field lines, eddy currents will be generated inside the metal, which will generate a magnetic field to resist movement. In fact, the magnetic brake device does not make direct contact with the car body! Therefore, it will not be affected by external road conditions and weather.
This kind of electromagnetic braking device often requires the cooperation of fixed magnetic poles, so it is rarely used on ordinary motor vehicles. Even if some cars use it, it only uses electromagnetic braking assistance and mainly relies on friction braking.
In the mechanical map given by Optimus Prime, this technical obstacle has been overcome, and electromagnetic braking devices can be installed on moving machinery, not just vehicles, but other moving machinery as well.
In addition, there are some designs, regarding the body, transmission, etc., if carefully crafted, the electric vehicle can even surpass the fuel motorcycle in terms of speed and other performance!
Of course, those who pursue speed are high-end racing cars. Lu Zixin has not considered that yet. What he wants first is a household electric car. Only when the products you make have a market and are profitable can a virtuous cycle be formed and you can continue to invest money in research and development.
Regardless of how much money Hongxin Company made, Lu Zixin invested almost two-thirds of it in research and development. Adding up the various subsidiaries of Hongxin Group, there are five R&D centers under construction and more than 100 laboratories and the like, and this number will increase with every new project established.
The investment in R&D ranges from tens of millions to over a billion, and we are constantly burning money!
There is nothing that can be done about this. Hongxin’s research is mainly in “breakthrough” technical fields. For other enterprises, even with state support, they cannot allocate so much funds to invest.
In addition to mechanical equipment and structure, Lu Zixin believes that improvements need to be made, and modifications also need to be made in the direction of intelligence.
He found several professionals and discussed with them.
There were three people in total, one of whom was Professor Cheng Mu of Mechanical Power and Engineering from Jiangsu University, who was invited by Lu Zixin.
One is Jiang Xunmei, a woman in her forties with a somewhat chubby figure. She is a senior manager of a car brand. She has resigned and has rich experience.
Another one is Han Jia from Hongxin Software Development Co., Ltd. He is also very good at intelligent systems.
Lu Zixin explained his idea, Cheng Mu thought for a while and was the first to express his opinion.
Compared with other professors, Cheng Mu is much younger, only in his early thirties. He said: "There are several problems with multi-core control of intelligent and efficient motors. It requires high-strength magnetic steel materials and ultra-hard permanent magnet alloys, which are It’s a bit difficult to manufacture.”
"Increasing the horsepower of the motor requires a strong current, which also requires higher requirements on the battery. If the general electric vehicle battery supports this kind of motor, the power reserve is insufficient, resulting in a decrease in battery life instead of an increase."
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"There is also an electromagnetic braking device. There is no problem in manufacturing the auxiliary electromagnetic braking device. But if all electromagnetic braking is used, greater braking force is required, which will cause the metal sheet to overheat..."
Lu Zixin nodded, and his smart glasses recorded Professor Cheng Mu's words. Lu Zixin would solve these problems in detail later.
Jiang Xunmei said: "Mr. Lu, if your lithium-air battery can achieve theoretical results, I think there will be no shortage of market for it based on this alone."
"Then if what I just mentioned is implemented, what do you expect its market situation will be?" Lu Zixin asked.
"Made it all?" Jiang Xunmei said, "If it can really be done, it will definitely be second to none in terms of performance. But now the domestic electric vehicle brands, domestic Emma, Yadi, Luyuan, etc. have already occupied half of the country, and their products The performance is not bad. There are also some foreign brands that are not bad either.”
"In terms of manufacturing costs, their products are definitely cheaper and more competitive. So I estimate that the market sales will not exceed theirs, but it will not be bad either."
Although the theoretical electric car proposed by Lu Zixin sounded good in performance, as a professional, she knew as soon as she heard it that the manufacturing cost would at least double!
As for most consumers, would they be willing to spend more than double the price to buy an electric car? Only a few!
"We at Hongxin have always only made the highest-end products!" Lu Zixin said, "So we have to improve its competitiveness and include electric vehicles in smart products."
Han Jia said in surprise: "Mr. Lu, do we want to develop driverless electric vehicles first?"
"Autonomous driving is a separate project. We have to do it. There is no rush now," Lu Zixin said. "Didn't we just make a smart home system? My idea is to first include our electric vehicles in the intelligent management system." "