Chapter 814 Electric Vehicle Prototype

   Zhao Ling felt a little helpless about Qin Tao's way of trying to encourage growth. However, since his son is smart, he can't play all day long. It's always good to learn more.

  After spending two or three days with their parents in the capital, Zhao Ling and Qin Tao went south with their son to Huating.

  Golden Sun Motor Co., Ltd. was full of excitement. Many people were surrounding a car with a modern shape and even a sci-fi feel. This is their brand new Golden Sun electric car!

"Compared with ordinary fuel vehicles, our electric vehicles have to be equipped with battery packs, which are very heavy, so we pay special attention to the effects of weight reduction and drag reduction." Ma Gong introduced to Qin Tao enthusiastically: "President Qin , our car is the first ordinary family car blown through a wind tunnel in China, or even in the world. We have determined its current shape through the blowing tunnel, and it has the best drag coefficient. Since there is no need for engine cooling vents , so there is no air intake grille in the front, which can also reduce wind resistance, and we also used folding door handles for the first time.”

   Different routes lead to the same goal. The appearance of the car in front of me is really similar to Maodou 3.

Just entering the 21st century, this shape looks sci-fi, not only its overall shape is blown through the wind tunnel, but also more streamlined. Although it is a family car as a whole, it is very different from the boxy Santana. No, it looks very modern, and science fiction comes from certain details: a small door handle can also reflect it.

  In order to reduce wind resistance, the door handle simply adopts a telescopic method. It is stretched out when in use and retracted when not in use. It is integrated with the door, which can continue to reduce air resistance.

   "The door handle is removed, but why not the rearview mirror?" Qin Tao said with a smile.

   Except for some novice drivers who don’t use mirrors, other normal drivers will look at mirrors. However, mirrors are also an important source of air resistance. If they are removed, air resistance can be further reduced and the battery life of electric vehicles can be improved.

"We have tested it, using a camera outside and an LCD screen inside, but at some point the screen will be blurred and there may be a delay, so we installed a reflector to be on the safe side, and wait until the future technology When it matures again, it can be improved to electronic rearview mirrors," Ma Gong said.

  Electronic technology in this era is definitely not that mature. Golden Sun Electric Vehicles pursues the advancement of technology, but it does not ignore safety. After all, safety is the first priority for cars.

   "Speaking of high technology, how is the autonomous driving research I proposed?" Qin Tao asked.

"The automatic driving is in charge of the goose factory, and it is not yet practical for loading into the car. We don't have it on this car now." Ma Gong said: "The goose factory said that the use environment of the car is much more complicated than that of the aircraft. Yes, they must be cautious."

There is already a mature autopilot system on drones, which can automatically control even takeoff and landing, but when taking off and landing, the runway is clear, and after flying into the sky, the airspace is even clearer, but roads are different. There are many kinds of vehicles, there are a large number of pedestrians, and there are various traffic lights. Autonomous driving is not so easy.

You must know that even in the 2000s, autonomous driving was not very mature. Some recognized signs as pedestrians, and some showed that there were people all around in an empty cemetery. Just keep developing.

  You only need to do pre-research and be ahead of your peers. You don’t need to be too aggressive. Once you promote automatic driving and an accident occurs, the impact will be too bad.

"The vehicle uses a lot of high-strength steel and aluminum alloy materials. In some places, we also use 3D printed titanium alloy to reduce the weight. Now the overall weight of this vehicle is 1.6 tons, which is still a bit behind compared with fuel vehicles. .”

In this era, when the old Santana was popular, many people would brag about two tons of Poussin. In fact, the curb weight is only about 1 ton. The mass is nothing more than 1590 kg.

  Electric vehicles carry batteries on their backs, which does increase their weight. Therefore, for electric vehicles, weight reduction has always been pursued, and there is no end to it.

   "How's the power system? How's the battery life?" Qin Tao asked.

"In terms of power, we use a 50-kilowatt-hour battery pack to drive a 192-kilowatt permanent magnet motor. The acceleration from zero to zero is within five seconds, and the speed-up performance is unparalleled. As for the cruising range, it has reached 300 kilometers. , GM’s impact is simply not comparable to ours.”

To say that the first to study electric vehicles must be General Motors. Under the severe air pollution in California, they began to take the road of electrification. The impact force was made into a big toy. This car is a two-door two-seater sports car At first glance, it is not for ordinary people. It is equipped with an 18.7 kWh lead-acid battery, drives a 102 kW electric motor, and has a cruising range of only 200 kilometers.

As far as the battery pack is concerned, the capacity of lithium batteries is much higher than that of lead-acid batteries, but because the Golden Sun electric car is bigger, the cruising range does not exceed too much, but this 300 kilometers is not the same as some electric car companies in the future. The gimmick is the actual battery life under actual road conditions, not running at a constant speed in the test track. According to those shrinking promotions, the battery life may be able to reach 500 kilometers.

  The power of the electric motor far exceeds that of ordinary fuel vehicles in this era. The common Santana models only have a power of tens of horsepower, and even the big guys with V6 and V8 have a power of about 200 horsepower.

  With sufficient power and greater torque, the acceleration ability of electric vehicles is very terrifying.

  Qin Tao nodded: "That's right, 300 kilometers can be of practical significance. Charging is a big problem. The higher the mileage, the better. This car looks pretty good."

   As he spoke, Qin Tao opened the car door and looked at the interior. Well, even the interior is bold enough!

Although the rearview mirror has not been changed into a camera and an LCD screen, there are no conventional instruments on the instrument panel in this car. There is only a large screen on the right side of the center console. It should be touch screen.

   "This design is full of high-tech feeling." Qin Tao pointed to the central control panel and said, "Who came up with the idea?"

   "Carroll Shelby," said the horseman.

  He is only responsible for technology, and if he is asked to do the appearance and interior, he will be stumped. Therefore, Qin Tao suggested at the beginning that if he can't handle it, he should hire someone else.

  However, Qin Tao did not expect that Ma Gong would invite a world-class car design master! No wonder the appearance of the car is so beautiful, and the interior of the car is also so high-tech, it looks very sci-fi.

  There has been a lack of top car designers in China for a long time. All kinds of cars are designed to be extremely ugly. This thing really pays attention to talent. (The hero of East China thought that the ugliest one was QQ6. The imitation was okay, but once it was designed by itself, it would be weak.)

Carroll Shelby was born in 1923. When he was a child, he liked to watch racing competitions. After the outbreak of World War II, he did not go to college. He became a pilot of the U.S. Air Force. After retiring, he continued to return to his beloved racing industry and became the best racing driver. , was also named the best racing driver of the year, but unfortunately his physical condition was not good, so he gave up his career as a racing driver in 1959 and started working as a designer. Moreover, as soon as he debuted, he made a big deal.

  In 1961, Shelby wrote to the British AC company. He vowed to guarantee that as long as he was given a body, he could install a Ford engine on the body. Then he wrote to Ford that if he was given an engine he would put it on the body of the AC. So, without spending any money, he cheated both the body and the engine, and the world's first Cobra was born among white wolves with empty gloves.

  In the 1970s, Shelby's car company went bankrupt. After two years of sinking, he started a new development. He cooperated with Chrysler and Dodge, wandering around, and constantly creating a new life. In 2002, Shelby also became the chief consultant of Ford GT again. At that time, he was already eighty years old, and he also launched the ShelbyGT500, which showed that his level was the same as before.

   Now, although Shelby is getting old, he is still in the auto industry he loves. Moreover, Shelby has also joined Golden Sun Electric Vehicle Company, which makes Qin Tao very curious.

   "Who invited him here?"

"Max, we have a headache about the designer. Just when Max heard about it, he went to the United States to invite one." The horse worker was very excited when he said this: "We saw that the person invited was an old man. I felt dissatisfied, and later I heard that he was a world-renowned car master, so I almost passed by such a heavyweight."

  The big guys are all engaged in the military industry, and they have made electric cars. If you want to talk about car masters, they are really not familiar with them.

   "Max invited? Has he touched our core?"

"No, the three-electric system has always been the top secret of our company." Ma Gong said: "Besides, Shelby has his pursuit. He came to our company to design a brand new electric racing car. We agreed to him .”

  Shelby is very famous, but he was not at the scene. He helped design this Golden Sun car. At the same time, Golden Sun had to promise him to mass produce a super electric racing car.

"After careful research, we believe that the super electric racing car can bring us to the high end, and this electric car just occupies a different market, so we agreed. Shelby first helped us design this car, and we are very satisfied with the design." Horseman said: "After the sedan came out, Shelby went to work on the electric racing car."

  Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, one for civilians and one for high-end will allow our Golden Sun electric vehicle to develop faster and better. Is there a hard target for this racing car?"

   "Yes, Shelby expects the zero-hundredth acceleration to be within two seconds."

  F1 racing cars need 2.5 seconds to accelerate from zero to 100, which is already very advanced. Various engineers have racked their brains, but they can’t go any further. The few fuel racing cars that run within two seconds will not appear until more than ten years later.

  The reason is very simple. Fuel vehicles need a gearbox and need to change gears, which will delay precious time. However, the electric motor has no gearbox, and it can reach tens of thousands of revolutions from scratch.

   "Do we need to study a new power system for him?" Qin Tao asked. In fact, as long as this technology is available, it will be easy to expand.

Ma Gong shook his head: "It shouldn't be necessary. Our slow speed increase is entirely due to the large power battery. Shelby wants to build a two-door two-seater sports car, and only 20 kWh of battery is enough. We have the electric motors we have available to allow this kind of acceleration for a supercar that weighs less than a ton."

If electric vehicles want to improve battery life, they have to install more batteries. After installation, the weight will increase and reduce battery life. Can only look forward to battery performance.

   Now doing subtraction, it's easier.

GM's impact sports car uses an 18.7 kWh lead-acid battery, which is very heavy. The 20 kWh lithium battery used by our side is only half the weight of the other side. Combined with the advanced car body design, it can completely achieve need.

  The speed increase of an electric car is very simple, as long as the switch is switched to the end, the rest will be handed over to the motor, and you don’t need to worry about anything else!

  Qin Tao nodded. Suddenly, he was looking forward to it. When this electric sports car comes out, it will definitely usher in a new era! This is definitely a revolution in the automotive industry!

"Now, if our automobile industry wants to develop, we have to change the route." Qin Tao said: "Western developed countries have been engaged in automobiles for hundreds of years, accumulated rich experience, and have a large number of patent rights. We have been behind Chasing, we will never catch up with them, only by changing the track, we can beat them! The future of our motherland's automobile industry depends on you!"

  The words of encouragement made everyone's hearts surge.

"In the future, the group will also strongly support the development of Golden Sun's electric vehicles. If we want to mass-produce, we need a production plant. We will build the world's largest electric vehicle factory in Huating and sell our Golden Sun vehicles all over the world. !"

  With the prototype car, the next step is mass production. Mingzhou Group has plenty of money, so they can directly build a factory and build a brand new production line!

"Mr. Qin, can our route be successful?" Ma Gong asked cautiously: "Many people are saying that our electric vehicles are not environmentally friendly, because there is a lot of pollution in making batteries, and the source of electricity is also polluting. If we wrong direction..."

"Who said it? Islanders? Of course they have to criticize us, because they are taking the hydrogen energy route." Qin Tao said: "They say theirs, we do ours, we have a vast land and a huge population , we can completely rely on our market to determine the technical route. In short, we will never continue to follow their path, because the relevant patents are in their hands. They want to continue to sleep on these patents, Earn our money? Hehe."

Technology is determined by the market. Which technology route is correct depends on whose market is large. On fuel vehicles, the country has been subject to various restrictions. Take the key automatic transmission as an example, it is not actually the processing capacity It cannot be achieved, but it is impossible to avoid those complicated patents. They have found the optimal solution and registered the patent. They either spend huge sums of money to purchase patents, or avoid patents and find other routes. Other routes will definitely not work. It's easy to use.

  The same is true for hydrogen fuel vehicles. The islanders have registered a large number of technology patents. What should others do? Of course others will not play with them. Let's change the track.

   What about Americans? What technical route should they choose?

General Motors has come up with the main product of impact, and of course it is also an electric vehicle route. In Qin Tao’s time and space, a new president came to power in 2001, representing the interests of the oil group. Under their pressure, California canceled the original Regulations no longer require absolute zero emissions, and General Motors got rid of the big pit of impact cars: they produced 1,171 impact cars, all of which were rented out, and the annual income was only more than five million yuan, but they had already invested in it Hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development costs!

  Thus, Max took over the technology and personnel of the impact car, and finally produced Maodou. Looking at the later generations of Maodou as the benchmark for electric vehicles, and seeing the shrinking of General Motors, I don’t know what the executives who gave up their impact have in mind.

  Qin Tao sat on the seat of the electric car, looked at the advanced interior and excellent workmanship inside, and was a little proud. He was at the forefront of this technology, and he would lead the global electric car revolution! The motherland in the 21st century will have more and more high-tech! The motherland will become a real manufacturing power!

"Mr. Qin, our electric car will be released to the public soon, and we have to officially announce the price." Ma Gong said to Qin Tao: "However, the price has not been determined yet, can you give us a price?" idea?"

  Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, tell me about your considerations?"

"Currently, the cost of this electric car is about 200,000 yuan." Ma Gong said: "We spent about 50 million yuan for research and development. If we build a factory, introduce equipment, etc., we will have to spend a lot of money. Therefore, if our car prices are low, we may not be able to make a profit, and if our car prices are too high, we will not be able to popularize them.”

   Over the years, Qin Tao has made a lot of preparations for electric vehicles and inspected many automobile factories, but in the end, he decided to build his own factory. Electric vehicles are high-end and must use the most advanced production lines.

This difficult choice also appeared in front of the executives of General Motors. Their electric vehicles are expensive, so they can only rent them out and rent them out to the rich. The production capacity of cars cannot be increased, and many rich and famous people have to wait a long time to buy one.

   "An ordinary Santana can sell for more than 200,000 yuan, and the price of our advanced electric car can't be too cheap." Qin Tao began to analyze. To say that electric vehicles can enter thousands of households is pure bragging. In this era, cars are not accessible to ordinary people. A Santana is equivalent to a house in a first-tier city. It is quite face-saving to drive out, of course. I don't know if those people who used the only money on hand to buy a car instead of a house have any regrets.

   "Toyota Crown still needs 500,000 yuan. Our electric car is a brand-new high-tech. I think it will be 600,000 yuan." Qin Tao said.

   If there are millions, it is a bit against the sky. After all, there are not many people in the country who can spend millions to buy a car. Now the common official car Audi 100 is about 300,000 yuan, twice the price of an official car is enough.

   "Boss Qin, what if you can't sell it?" Ma Gong was still a little worried. He spent a lot of money on research and development, and spent a lot of money on building a factory. What if the sales are slow?

  Qin Tao smiled: "How can it not be sold? What we produce is a high-tech car! Not only sell well in the country, but also sell well all over the world! If people don't accept it at the beginning, it's a big deal for us to open several taxi companies ourselves."

Those car companies that were not enterprising back then were left-handed and right-handed in order to cheat subsidies. As long as the car price was set higher, the subsidy money in proportion to the car price would far exceed the cost, and the car company would be able to make money. As for the car sales If you don't want to go out, you just need to register a company, buy these cars, and find an open space to park them. It's that simple.

   Now Qin Tao has no subsidy to deceive. If no one buys it, he can buy a taxi company and run electric cars all over the street. It has become a beautiful landscape in the city, and he has done publicity work in disguise.

After watching the Golden Sun electric car, Qin Tao came to the R&D department again. It was already dark, and the people inside were still working diligently. In one of the designer's rooms, an old man with gray hair, his hands and body Full of mud, still enjoy it.

   In front of him, a one-to-one full-scale car clay model has appeared. With a low body and smooth lines, it looks like a beautiful two-seater luxury sports car.

   "This car looks good." Qin Tao looked at the model of the car and said.

"Yes, the appearance of this car should be the most beautiful of all sports cars!" Carroll Shelby said proudly, while turning his head to look at people, when he saw Qin Tao, his face was full of Smile: "You are Mr. Qin?"

   "I heard that you were introduced by Max. You must be his friend. You are his friend and my friend. How are you doing here?" Qin Tao began to make connections.

"Well, I've had a great time here," Shelby said. "There's nothing I'm more proud of than doing a job I love. Before when I was designing, I had to take into account the size of the engine and the size of the engine. Layout, now, I only need to design the shape, and the power system will be matched according to the body, which is much more convenient! With my shape design, it was difficult to put down a high-horsepower engine before, but now it’s no problem!"

   "This car will definitely become the most popular super luxury sports car in the world!" Qin Tao echoed: "Even if it sells for two million, people will flock to it."

  Two million? Isn't it just changing the shell? The horseman was a little shocked.

   "That's right, it's worth two million dollars!" Shelby doubled the price seven or eight times, dollars!

  (end of this chapter)