Chapter 1052 Bad Old Man

  Straubel opened the door of Xia Jingxing’s office, and just about to walk out, he found a blond middle-aged white man standing not far from the door looking at him with a smile on his face.

   "Daren is inside, right?"

  Straubel nodded subconsciously, and then said: "Mr. Fisk, what's the matter with your boss?"

   "It's okay, I just talk to Darren casually."

  Straubel didn't doubt he was there, nodded to the man with a smile, and left.

After watching Straubel leave, a blond man named "Fisk" walked into Xia Jingxing's office.

  "Daren～"

  Looking at the visitor clearly, Xia Jingxing stood up and greeted warmly: "Mr. Fisk, please sit down and have a drink?"

   "No, I was planning to go back to the company, but I remembered something temporarily and wanted to talk to you for a while."

  Fisk smiled and sat down on the reception sofa on the side. Then he stared at Xia Jingxing who was sitting across from him for a moment, and then slowly said, "Dalun, what do you think of the ModelS prototype?"

  Xia Jingxing was a little puzzled, "Which aspect do you mean?"

  Fisker smiled, and simply pointed out: “Don’t you think that the introduction of pure electric vehicles is too early? The ModelS prototype has encountered so many problems, which has explained everything, and the current supporting technology and industry are not mature.”

  Xia Jingxing's buttocks moved back, leaning on the back of the sofa chair and thinking, suddenly said: "You mean extended-range hybrid?"

"right!"

Fisker nodded his head, and then said with emotion: "Pure electric vehicles represent the future, but not the present. What the market needs most is a hybrid transitional model, users, supply chain, three-electric technology, etc. , It will all take some time to adapt to the technological frenzy led by electric vehicles."

  Xia Jingxing squeezed his chin and thought about it. He was not considering launching a hybrid car. There was nothing to consider. Pure electric is the future. He was thinking about the deep meaning behind Fisk's remarks.

  Fisker’s full name is Henrik Fisker. He is not an employee of Tesla Motors, but Tesla’s partner and consultant-the founder and president of Fisker Motors.

Fisker Automobiles was founded in 2005. Its main business is to provide customers with hand-built supercars. The output and sales volume are very small. For example, Fisker Tramonto, which they built on the Mercedes-Benz SL-AMG platform a few years ago, only sold 150 units worldwide. , There are two versions, V8 and V12, of which the V12 version is more rare, with only 15 units.

  This production and sales volume is like a small workshop, so in order to survive, Fisker Automotive also accepts design orders from other automakers.

  Xia Jingxing is not very familiar with Fisk himself. He only knows that his professional resume is very brilliant. He has presided over the design of famous models such as BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8Vantage, etc., and is a well-known automobile designer in the industry.

  Fisker’s cooperation with Tesla was negotiated when Eberhard and Tarpening were still working.

   After Straubel took office, Tesla still maintained a good job with Fisker, and Fisker was also deeply involved in the design of ModelS.

  But as far as Xia Jingxing knows, Fisker Auto is also building an electric car!

  "Mr. Fisk, I wonder if you haven’t noticed a concept car that GM exhibited last year-Chevrolet Volt Volt?"

  Fisker smiled and said: "Of course I know. After many years, GM once again turned its attention to electric vehicles, and the entire automotive industry was shaken.

  However, GM seems to have learned the lesson of the previous failure to build a car. They did not take the old pure electric road that EV1 traversed in the past, but chose the new road of extended-range hybrid power.

   More than a decade ago, the EV1's cruising range was only a pitiful 144 kilometers, but today's Chevrolet Volanda concept car is marked with 500 kilometers. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and nodded, “The Karma that Fisker intends to market is also the chassis provided by GM?”

  Fiske laughed, "It seems that Darren, you still pay attention to the news in the automotive industry. Yes, Karma not only uses a general-purpose chassis, but we also plan to make a range-extended hybrid car!

  Fisker Auto is very optimistic about this direction, and we think this is the direction of development in the next ten or even twenty years.

  As for pure electric, it may take up to 20 years to usher in a real technological take-off.

  As a partner, I don’t want to see Tesla wasting years on pure electric vehicle technology and wasting development time in vain.

  I hope you can join the camp of extended-range hybrid vehicles, and everyone will work together to improve related technologies and promote the transformation of the automotive industry. "

  Xia Jingxing shook his head secretly in his heart. If he hadn't been familiar with the history of the development of electric vehicles in the past, he would have been fooled by you, a bad old man.

"Thank you very much for Mr. Fisk's reminders and suggestions. However, since Tesla was born, it has aimed at pure electric vehicles. We will not make hybrid cars. Even if we hit our heads, we will die. electric car."

  Fisker shook his head repeatedly, "This is really not a good idea. There are still many problems on the ModelS prototype body. It may be solved one by one soon, but it is more likely to fall into a dead end of repeated technical testing and verification.

  No car was sold, no positive cash flow was generated, and the concept car has been stuck in the stage of burning money and then burning money, which will directly drag down a car company with good development prospects. "

  Speaking of this, Fisk shrugged, "I want to work with you for a few more years, after all, you are very happy to give money."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "Mr. Fisk, you don't need to persuade me. I have decided that no matter how hard it is, I must overcome the technical difficulties of ModelS one by one.

  Even if we fail in the end, we have no regrets or regrets! "

Fisk raised his head, took a deep look at Xia Jingxing, and sighed: "Well, since you insist on doing this, then I won't persuade you anymore.

  However, Darren, please listen to my advice and set a stop-loss line and R&D deadline for yourself and Tesla. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "You make sense! But we will not leave ourselves a way out. Entrepreneurship is a matter of life and death. If you embrace the idea of ​​"cherishing your life", the probability of failure will become 99.99%."

  Fisker's complexion is not very good-looking, I kindly pointed out a clear way to you and Tesla, and you also taught me the other way around?

   "All right, Darren, I wish you and Tesla every success."

  After the matter was finished, Fisk was not ready to stay anymore, got up and shook hands with Xia Jingxing, and then left without looking back.

  Walking out of the Tesla office park and riding in an Aston Martin DB9, Fisk suddenly showed a weird smile on his face. He is still too young!

  (End of this chapter)