From knock-off old-man's electric vehicles to industrial giant

Chapter 16 What is an industrial miracle?
"Since Mr. Zheng has come with such sincerity, we will certainly take it seriously. How about this, our factory's new engineering prototype just rolled off the production line today, why don't we go take a look together?"

Xu Yi changed the subject.

To boost sales, the Starry Sky 01 is definitely the right choice.

However, what he values ​​more now is the "Starry Sky 02" car, which has a factory price of over 26,000 yuan, meaning its retail price is 28,000 yuan.

High configuration, high price, therefore high profit.

If the sales volume of Xingchen 02 picks up, the profit per bike will be several thousand yuan higher than that of Xingchen 01.

Then we can reduce production costs and develop our own motors.
"A newly developed car model?!"

Zheng Guozhao was taken aback. He had originally come hoping to secure the dealership rights for just one car, but to his surprise, they had managed to get two models in such a short time!
"Okay, of course!" he readily agreed.

Xu Yi led the other party's R&D department directly away.

Soon the group arrived at the testing site of the R&D department.

"This is our new car, the Star 02..."

to the place.

A brand-new engineering prototype vehicle is placed on the test site.

The development timeline wasn't as tight this time.

Therefore, the engineering prototype has a very complete paint job, interior, and parts installation, and is almost identical to a new car. As long as the subsequent tests are successful, production can proceed according to this standard.

"Holy crap, a Land Rover... Range Rover?!"

As soon as Zheng Guozhao arrived at the location, he couldn't hold back any longer!

They stood frozen in place, stunned.

He was actually somewhat prepared, but he didn't expect that his mental preparation was still not sufficient.

At least in front of this "Land Rover" that looks about 80% like it, I'm truly bewildered.

...

"Mr. Xu, you're here."

Wang Jingming, accompanied by two colleagues from the research and development team, came to greet them.

When he looked at Zheng Guozhao, he paused for a moment, "And who is this?"

Xu Yi: "This is Mr. Zheng from Shandong. Please introduce our new car."

Wang Jingming nodded in understanding immediately:
"Okay, this car is 3.8 meters long and has a wheelbase of 2.4 meters. Because it's the high-spec version, we've lengthened the body by another 10 centimeters without changing the Xingchen 01 chassis components..."

"In terms of configuration, the range is 30 kilometers longer than the Star 01, with a total range of 110 kilometers. The air conditioning is still powered by dual lead-acid batteries, so even when the air conditioning is on, it will not affect the car's power acceleration. Compared with other microcars, it can be considered far ahead."

A hint of pride appeared on Wang Jingming's face. This dual-power supply system was indeed President Xu's ingenious idea.

However, their R&D department has also done considerable optimization and debugging, successfully achieving a relatively perfect balance between power and output, so that it can work normally even at an external temperature of over 40 degrees Celsius.

In a regular car, this would just barely exceed the industrial standard.

But to put it in a low-power, high-performance electric vehicle, and to use a low-power, high-performance compressor—isn't that an industrial marvel?!

The so-called industrial miracle does not mean that technology has reached a level that surpasses all of humanity.

It's not that the market doesn't have it, but that the people need it, and you've managed to create it—that's a miracle!

"Alright, alright, get to the point." Xu Yi chuckled.

He had seen the prototype yesterday, and today he mainly brought Zheng Guozhao to visit it, and also to show off his capabilities.

"Okay, the added features this time are mainly focused on the interior of the vehicle..."

It features an added 8-inch entertainment screen with built-in data and navigation functions, and can also play music via Bluetooth.

It's worth mentioning that our purchasing colleagues went to the supply chain in Guangdong to negotiate prices. Although they didn't manage to cut much, they ended up paying an extra 20 yuan per unit, and included a camera and a reversing radar with built-in protocol wiring as a bonus.

Therefore, the large screen configuration of this car now includes the addition of a reversing camera that automatically activates when reversing, as well as new reversing radar functionality.

Wang Jingming gave a detailed explanation of all the new features added to the car.

Xu Yi nodded in satisfaction.

The final result of the second new car was already considered to have exceeded expectations.

Add an entertainment screen and a reversing camera to the elderly driver's car.

In a few years later, this will only be considered a standard feature of the widespread adoption of smart technology in Mini models.

But in today's market, that would be absolutely unique! Ultimately, the configuration of such a system depends on the market.

The lowest-spec gasoline cars on the market don't even have a large entertainment screen, let alone a reversing camera.

Zheng Guozhao was completely dumbfounded!

"what?!"

"Your car even has a reversing camera..."

Wang Jingming added, "Strictly speaking, it's also a stripped-down version of the reversing camera because it doesn't use automotive-grade cameras and signal cables, and the large screen's refresh rate is only 40Hz. In actual reversing, there's about a quarter of a second of delay, which can be considered a compromise under cost control."

Automotive-grade cameras and radar protocols are not something you can get for just a few dozen dollars.

Inspired by Xu Yi, the R&D department also changed its strategy.

Prioritize feature completion.

It's better to make something than nothing at all.

and.

For some reason, their internal research and development process went very smoothly.

While debugging the protocol box, I had a lot of inspiration, and the final product's performance was much better than expected. Otherwise, according to the original plan, the delay would have been at least half a second.

"That's good enough, really good enough!"

to be frank.

Zheng Guozhao took a deep breath.

The features of this new car might not seem like much on a regular car, but in the current microcar market…

It can only be said to be so terrifying!
That's definitely high-tech suppression.

In the current microcar market, it's like everyone is disabled and using crutches, and you suddenly come up with a wheelchair—isn't that a foul?

"Mr. Xu, if I may ask, what is your planned market price for this car?"

Zheng Guozhao couldn't help but ask.

At the same time, he started to think about it in his mind.

With this configuration, apart from having a range that is 10 to 20 kilometers shorter than the top two brands, all other features are far ahead.

Of course.

The most terrifying thing is the exterior design.

If it really goes public, the competition will be fierce.

The top two manufacturers are currently pricing their new cars at 38,000 yuan.

Anything below this price is considered a blatant price war.

Even if the price were set at the same level, Zheng Guozhao wouldn't think it was excessive!

After all, its appearance is simply too striking.

“Our initial market pricing plan is 28,000. What do you think, Mr. Zheng?” Xu Yi asked.

Followed by.

He saw the other person suddenly freeze, their mouth slightly open, as if they were stunned.

He didn't speak for a while.

Xu Yi was surprised. "What, is this price inappropriate?"

Zheng Guozhao: "..."

"No, I was thinking that once this car is launched, other microcars in the same price range will probably have to be phased out."

He said it with great certainty.

No.

It's not just about the same price range.

He could almost foresee it.

Even the top two companies probably couldn't withstand this kind of pressure.

The empire we painstakingly built has already collapsed on one side!
(End of this chapter)