Toyota Motor Corporation mocked Li Zetian like this, and Li Zetian naturally would not let them go.
"You didn't say that I would encounter Waterloo in the auto industry, okay, then wait and see!" Li Zetian said angrily, with a fierce murderous look in his eyes.
The combination of Rolls-Royce+BMW+Daimler-Chrysler+Tesla+Bosch, in Li Zetian's opinion, is already a mess, as long as it works well, dare to pull down Toyota!
It's time to give up the position of the world's largest car company...
Li Zetian counted the car brands he owns in his heart. He really didn't know how many, and he was startled: BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Veyron (self-built), Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maybach, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Freightliner, Plymouth, Stirling, Weststar, Thomas Bilt Bus, Setra, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hunter, Tesla and many more.
Seeing that I now own so many car brands, in one word, cool! ! !
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On March 6th, Li Zetian was ready to leave for the United States. The company's management staff will do a series of follow-up resource integration and optimization. After he arrived in the United States, he provided necessary help, and then mainly focused on Tesla cars. company development.
When Li Zetian returns this time, he intends to make Tesla the Apple of the automotive industry! ! !
On the morning of the 7th, Li Zetian returned to Los Angeles, stayed at home for a few days, and then went to Tesla Motors.
Tesla Motors is headquartered in Palo Alto, south of the San Francisco Bay Area in Silicon Valley, California, and the famous Stanford University (Stanford University) is also located in Palo Alto.
It takes just over an hour to fly from Los Angeles to Palo Alto.
When Li Zetian came to Tesla Motors, Li Zetian also happened to meet Peter Houston, CEO of Cronos Energy, who came to discuss cooperation with Tesla Motors to provide assistance in battery technology and battery production. .
Li Zetian greeted him and came to Martin Eberhard's office together.
Martin Eberhard is the founder of Tesla Motors, also known as the "father of Tesla". However, his previous life is little known, and he was almost overshadowed by Musk's limelight.
Speaking of which, Martin Eberhard is really pitiful. Musk wants to be the real leader of Tesla, but the so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, so Musk began to crowd out Eberhard in all aspects, and finally In January 2008, Musk dismissed Eberhard as CEO on the grounds of delays in product development and cost overruns. After that, Eberhard, the father of Tesla, had to announce his departure from Tesla and failed to witness the first An off-line delivery of a Tesla electric car.
Later, Musk became the CEO, won Bai Fumei, and reached the pinnacle of his life, so that many people in the previous life thought that Musk was the father of Tesla.
Someone can't help but sigh: "Tesla lost to Edison and brought us AC; Eberhard lost to Musk and brought us Tesla..."
Even though the Tesla company in the previous life developed very well, Li Zetian still felt that it was not conducive to the development of the company to drive away the founder of the company.
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"Eberhard, how many employees does the company have now?" Li Zetian frowned slightly, walking all the way from the door of the company, feeling that Tesla had very few employees.
"85 people," Eberhard replied.
"85 people are too few, recruit people immediately, we must speed up the development of Tesla electric vehicles!" Li Zetian said.
"Okay!" Eberhard nodded in response, Tesla was acquired by BMW, and with Li Zetian, a wealthy boss, Tesla Motors will no longer have to tighten its belt to live.
Li Zetian then asked about a lot of things related to Tesla's car research and development. Tesla's self-developed battery control system is unique. It can combine many batteries into a battery pack, thereby providing a strong battery life for electric vehicles, even if it is short-circuited. In case of fire, damage to individual batteries will not affect others. Peter Houston, CEO of Cronos Energy, who was present, was surprised by this!
But at the same time, Tesla cars also encountered big problems and even bottlenecks in the research and development process!
Martin Eberhard frowned and said: "As a supercar comparable to Porsche and Ferrari, Tesla Roadster has very high requirements for high-performance acceleration, but at this time, ordinary electric cars are not equipped with multi-speed gearboxes. The situation obviously cannot meet the needs of the Roadster, because the power output efficiency of the asynchronous motor is low at low speed, so the introduction of a two-stage gearbox is logical. But the problem is, how to do between the high-voltage high-power electronic control system and the gearbox coordination There is no precedent in the industry for systematic research and development!”
Engine, gearbox and chassis are the three core parts of a car!
Obviously, the technology and craftsmanship involved in the gearbox is very high, and it is definitely not something that Tesla Motors can design, let alone a secondary gearbox.
Li Zetian thought for a while and said: "Although the world's three major gearbox suppliers are ZF, Aisin and Jecot, Mercedes-Benz has always insisted on its own research and development in the field of gearboxes, and it will not follow ZF, Aixin in terms of technology. There is too much difference between the letter and the Jecot. If Tesla Motors can't solve the problem, you can ask the parent company for help!"
Li Zetian paused and said, "It can be seen that Tesla Motors has unique and advanced technology in battery control, but in other aspects, there is still a big gap with traditional auto giants. Therefore, Tesla Motors has to Enter into a closer partnership with Rolls-Royce, BMW and DaimlerChrysler!"
"Yes, Mr. Li!!!" Eberhard was overjoyed. Sure enough, it was good to enjoy the shade with the back of a big tree. With the support of big companies, it would be much easier to develop Tesla.
"Well," Li Zetian nodded, and added: "Also, the cost of the Tesla Roadster must be reduced as much as possible! Only in this way can the market truly open up and compete with traditional cars! In addition, the development of unmanned vehicle technology must also be put on the agenda. , but it can be used as a long-term project, accumulating technology first. You can rest assured that the development of unmanned vehicles does not start from scratch, and Cronos Industry will provide artificial intelligence technical support!”
After finishing speaking, Li Zetian patted Eberhard on the shoulder and said: "Toyota Motor Company said I can't build a car, so I will build a car that is popular all over the world! Eberhard, I hope, Tesla To be the Apple of the automotive world! You can live up to my expectations!!!”
"Okay, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will definitely live up to my trust!" Eberhard nodded decisively and said.
Li Zetian heard the words and laughed: "Very good, Tesla Motors will be handed over to you in the future. Of course, I will also pay attention to the development of Tesla Motors from time to time."
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Tesla Motors started hiring on a massive scale, and also brought in some people from Rolls-Royce, BMW, DaimlerChrysler. In the past ten days, Tesla Motors has immediately increased from 85 people to more than 500 people.
The industry and the US media couldn't help but be shocked by the speed of Tesla Motors' expansion, and the Internet was even hotter.
"Chronos Li is so interested in pure electric vehicles, is it the time for pure electric vehicles?"
"Pure electric vehicles have zero emissions and no pollution. They are indeed very promising!"
"The main problems of pure electric vehicles are car battery life and charging. If these two problems are not solved, the sales of pure electric vehicles will definitely be limited..."
"Is Chronos Li swelled inside?"
"… "
There are those who approve and agree on the Internet, and only those who oppose it are questioned.
But anyway, Tesla Motors is on fire, generating interest and attention. Among them, people in the tech world are particularly interested in the Tesla Roadster. On March 24, the Tesla Roadster went on pre-sale on the Tesla Motors website to see how consumers reacted.
At the same time, Li Zetian updated a message on Facebook and Weibo: "The pure electric vehicle Tesla Roadster is pre-ordered on the Tesla Motors official website. If you like it, you can book it immediately, first-served, first-served! Thank you for your support!"
The news immediately spread across the internet.
Not long after, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Tian Shuai, Zhang Yan, Wei Xiuping, Jack Ma, Ma Huateng, Robin Li and many other tech giants ordered.
When everyone saw that the users who ordered Tesla cars were all these great people, they were all dumbfounded.
"Fuck! So many big guys want to use Tesla cars, why am I hesitating! Driving this car out, it's so much fun!!!"
"Chronos Li is so awesome, he's got a lot of responses!"
"Uh, I suspect there is an ulterior PY deal behind it~~~"
"Upstairs is the solution, and the truth is told!"
"The netizen who said PY transaction, your courier has arrived!!"
"… "
Before everyone could wake up, all of a sudden, Hollywood superstars, directors, and producers ordered Tesla Roadster on Tesla's official website, which caused a stir again.
Netizens were stunned.
"Nima, did Hollywood collectively kneel?"
"Isn't it so exaggerated, it's too obvious to try to please Chronos Li!"
"Brilliant! I don't even support the wall, so I just serve Chronos Li."
"… "
An apartment in Hollywood.
"Julie, you need to book a Tesla Roadster," the agent said.
"why?"
"You can see it by looking on the Internet. Now Hollywood stars are going to Tesla Motors official website to book Tesla Roadsters in order to hug Chronos Li's thighs. If you don't go, you may be wearing small shoes in the future. The point is, you want to go further in the future. Development, this incident today must not be an opportunity for your competitors to retaliate against you."
"How could this be?" Julie asked in surprise, pulling her iPhone out of her bag.
The agent said: "The first is the rhythm of the collective brushing of the technology circle. I estimate that 80% of the latter is inspired by Chronos Li. Hollywood stars too, no one dares to give Chronos Li face."
"How much is a car?"
"100,000."
"Oh, then you hurry up and order one for me!"
"OK!"
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As tech bigwigs and Hollywood stars ordered Tesla cars one after another, users with a little money also joined in. Within two days, the Tesla Roadster pre-sold 20,000 units.
Automakers are collectively stunned...
It's not fair to bring it like this!