Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2037 The First Batch of Electric Trucks Rolls Off the Production Line!
The next day.

Headquarters Base of Dazhangshu.

Buffer city, car factory.

The first batch of new energy electric trucks has officially gone into service.

100 vehicles.

Li Yu, Li Tie, Da Pao, Second Uncle, and others came to inspect the quality of this batch of vehicles.

Besides them, there were also Zhu Xiao and Li Qi from the second transport team who had just arrived at the headquarters base yesterday evening.

As members of the transport fleet, they are the direct users of these new energy electric vehicles.

Car factory, factory garage.

Inside, 100 new energy electric trucks are neatly arranged.

Liu Huajiu, the factory manager of the car manufacturing plant, introduced the details of the vehicles to Li Yu and the others:
"Lord of the city, President of the guild, these new energy electric trucks have a range of 2300 kilometers."

"It belongs to the medium and large-sized truck category, with a cargo box that is 8 meters long, 2.5 meters wide, and 3.5 meters high."

"It supports dual-gun fast charging, and it only takes ten minutes to charge from 20% to 80%. The battery capacity is 400 kWh."

"The interior supports intelligent temperature control and an anti-theft system. 90% of the vehicle is made of ultra-strong steel, making it extremely hard, and the front of the vehicle has a reinforced anti-collision beam."

Li Yu looked at the exaggerated crash beam and nodded: "Not bad."

Liu Huajiu's face lit up with joy.

Pointing to both sides of the car, he continued:

“We also reinforced the vehicle body, making the probability of zombies breaking through within 2 meters on both sides of the vehicle zero. These fence windows can be closed at any time. Considering that these transport trucks sometimes carry people, we also set up several gun ports.”

"Don't worry, we've actually tested these window bars, and even a strong zombie can't pry them open. Also, there's a layer of carbon steel behind these bars. If you need to transport supplies, you can pull that layer up to create a sealed space."

Li Yu went up to the back of the car and found that the space inside was quite large, and it should be able to hold a lot of things.

As for the window Liu Huajiu mentioned, Li Yu also discovered two folding gun mounts.

The details are quite well done.

Li Yu jumped out of the car, bent down to look at the ground, and measured the ground height.

In the apocalypse, it's no good to be too low-lying. There are broken roads everywhere, and cars like those from before the apocalypse can't be driven at all now.

Seeing Li Yu looking towards the territory, Liu Huajiu continued his introduction:
“Lord, this batch of electric trucks all use an intelligent load balance system and have a 30% increase in chassis rigidity. Even if they scrape against a rock, the chassis will not be damaged.”

Li Yu looked at the flat chassis, which appeared to be covered by a layer of high-strength steel plates, protecting all the parts on the vehicle.

How many centimeters is the chassis above the ground?

“100 centimeters, 1 meter,” Liu Huajiu quickly replied.

"Hmm." Li Yu nodded, circling the car and examining it.

"Oh, right," Liu Huajiu called out to the back:

"Xiao Sun, bring the escalator over here."

Xiao Sun immediately brought over the escalator that had been prepared in advance, set it up, and placed it next to the car.

"Lord, please go up and take a look. We have also adopted photovoltaic range-extending technology, which increases the daily range of the photovoltaic roof by 360 kilometers."

"If the sunlight is good, turning on this photovoltaic panel can generate 60 kilowatt-hours of electricity from morning to night."

He hurriedly walked to the car, started the engine, and pressed a button.

On the front of the car, there is also a steel plate at the rear that rises up and tapers towards the middle, ultimately protecting the photovoltaic panel. The steel plate fits together perfectly.

"In addition, once you encounter zombies, you can activate the one-click roof sealing mode to protect the entire roof. Even if a zombie climbs onto the roof, you don't have to worry about it damaging the solar panels."

"Are you sure?" Li Yu glanced down at Liu Huajiu. "Even if a large number of zombies climb onto the roof, they still can't break through this steel plate?"

Liu Huajiu awkwardly explained:

"In order to reduce the overall weight of the vehicle, the top layer of steel plate can only be designed to be 0.5 centimeters thick, otherwise the whole vehicle would be too heavy if it were too thick."

Li Yu stepped off the escalator, waved his hand, and said:

"It's alright. What I just said was a special case. Even if the steel plate on top of the photovoltaic panel is damaged, it won't matter as long as it doesn't affect the driving of the whole vehicle."

"Yes, yes." Liu Huajiu wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Li Yu touched the ultraviolet light on the car.

Unlike previous modifications to gasoline-powered vehicles, this vehicle's UV lights are integrated into the overall design and protected by a fence to prevent damage from zombies.

"I'll give it a try." Li Yu climbed into the truck, fastened his seatbelt, and started the engine.

Liu Huajiu quickly told everyone to make way.

Unlike gasoline cars, this car starts almost silently.

Before the apocalypse, many new energy electric vehicles were originally silent when starting or driving.

However, the main purpose of using engine sound simulation technology to achieve a sound effect similar to that of a gasoline car is to enhance driving pleasure and safety awareness. There are laws that stipulate that electric vehicles without sound are not allowed on the road.

However, in essence, electric vehicles do not have an engine when starting and driving; they only have an electric motor, so they are actually almost silent.

Now it's the end of the world, and there are no legal provisions.

In addition, when driving on roads teeming with zombies, the quieter you are, the safer you are.

Therefore, no fake sound effects were set.

The electric truck is almost silent while driving.

Li Yu gripped the steering wheel and steadily drove the vehicle around the buffer zone for a short distance.

During this time, he also tested the above-mentioned autonomous driving mode.

The autonomous driving mode of these electric trucks is essentially a following mode.

Since it is a transport vehicle, it needs to follow the vehicle in front.

Therefore, once these electric trucks activate the following mode, they will maintain a preset 10-meter distance from the vehicle in front, and once the vehicle in front stops, this truck will also stop.

Once the vehicle in front accelerates, this vehicle will also accelerate, perfectly meeting the needs of transport vehicles.

Also.

Li Yu also discovered a fairly large space behind the driver's seat in the front of the car, big enough for two people to sleep side by side.

This was also designed based on the needs of the transport fleet, in case there is no suitable place to rest outside.

Transport team members can also sleep in the vehicles.

The vehicle's windows are also made of double-layered high-strength glass, with an additional layer of steel mesh and a layer of railing on the windows, plus two layers of glass, for a total of four layers.

In case of extreme danger, you can press the red button on the door handle, and a steel plate will immediately fall down.

Five layers of protection can greatly protect the safety of the driver and front passenger inside the vehicle.

On his way back, Li Yu saw several cars driving out of the factory.

Li Qi, Zhu Xiao, Da Pao, Yang Tianlong, and others were sitting in the car.

Clearly, they also wanted to test the car's performance.

Li Yu drove the car back to its original position and got out of the car.

Liu Huajiu smiled broadly, "City Lord, how did you feel driving it?"

"Does this vehicle have an external power supply system?" Li Yu asked.

The reason for asking this question is that we have considered some scenarios that require external discharge.

For example, when parking, you might need to use an electric steamer to cook food, or get water from outside to boil before drinking.

"Yes, yes, it's right here." Liu Huajiu walked to the right side of the vehicle, rotated the button on it to open it, revealing the charging port inside.

There's a plug right next to the charging port; just plug it in to use the car's power. Li Yu nodded slightly. "Have you done a crash test?"

"It's been done. We conducted a crash test two days ago. Take a look." Liu Huajiu took the iPad from his hand and played the video for Li Yu to watch.

In the video, Li Yu saw the new energy electric truck accelerate and crash into a wall, creating a hole in it.

So hard!
Li Yu raised an eyebrow. "Looks pretty good."

Liu Huajiu continued from the side:
"There are still some minor details that need to be adjusted for the whole vehicle. The second batch of vehicles has been adjusted, but the changes are minor."

"When will the second batch of cars be produced?" Li Yu asked.

“Four days later,” Liu Huajiu replied.

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said:

"Once we gather three hundred vehicles, we'll send people to drive them to the oil city!"

At this point, Li Yu suddenly remembered something.

I found my second uncle in the crowd behind me.
He called out, "Second Uncle, where are Guo Peng and the Imperial Concubine?"

Upon hearing this, my second uncle came over and replied:
"They're still in the oil city!"

Li Yu frowned and asked:

"Why are they still in the oil city? Let them go back to the headquarters to familiarize themselves with these new energy electric trucks."

My second uncle thought for a moment and said:
"The original plan was to have them prepare in the oil city, to recruit some drivers and security personnel."

Li Yu replied:
“We can recruit from the headquarters as well, since they need to familiarize themselves with these vehicles beforehand, otherwise these eight days will be wasted. As for the recruitment in the oil city, let Lao Luo handle that.”

"That works too." Second Uncle thought Li Yu's words made sense.

After all, the convoy will eventually depart from the headquarters base, and on the way to the oil city, it can also carry a batch of supplies.

Having Guo Peng and the Imperial Concubine arrive beforehand allows them to familiarize themselves with the performance of these new energy electric vehicles.

Just as the two finished chatting, Yang Tianlong, Li Qi, and Zhu Xiao returned in their electric truck.

Li Yu called Liu Huajiu over and asked him to listen to Zhu Xiao and Li Qi's driving experience so that Liu Huajiu could make modifications based on their feedback.

Zuo Ruxue and her team had tested the prototype before, but Zhu Xiao and her team happened to be out and about and hadn't tested it. Also, that batch of prototypes was somewhat different from the electric trucks that were mass-produced this time.

This batch of mass-produced electric trucks has undergone some adjustments.

They don't have that much time for repeated testing and adjustments.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it would be necessary to go through repeated testing, modification, and adjustment until the final version of the prototype is finalized before large-scale mass production can begin.

The Great Camphor Tree faction urgently needs transportation capacity. Whether it's the Oil City or the Northwest and Northern Border, these places urgently need more transportation capacity to facilitate the flow of goods between them.

Therefore, the Third Transportation Brigade must be established as soon as possible and form a corresponding transportation force.

At the headquarters base, because many electric vehicles were converted to electric vehicles a long time ago, the transportation capacity is temporarily slightly better.

In addition, the headquarters base has relatively abundant supplies, so the demand for transportation capacity is not that great.

"So, what suggestions do you all have after driving?" Liu Huajiu looked at Zhu Xiao and the others expectantly.

Zhu Xiao patted the electric truck next to him, making a clanging sound.

"It's firm enough, I quite like it. It's just that the brakes are too soft, so they're not very good for emergency braking."

Liu Huajiu quickly took out a small notebook from his chest and wrote it down.

"Any more?"

Under the blazing sun.

The land has not seen rain for more than three months.

The cracked riverbed meanders like the dead skin shed by a python, exposed to the sky.

There was no wind; the air was filled with the crunching sound of sand and gravel rubbing together, and the ground was covered with swirling, oily ripples.

The dried-up riverbank bears the spiral patterns of fossilized seashells, and utility poles are stuck askew in the scorched earth, with broken cables hanging down, covered in dead flies.

The area that was once rice paddies is now just a grid of deep ditches.

On what used to be a main road, a group of pedestrians wearing capes walked.

Braving the scorching sun, they walked towards the camphor tree base.

"Damn it, this weather is awful, cough cough cough. It's so hot it's killing me." A man in the crowd complained as he glanced at the sky.

"Stop babbling, you're wasting your breath. Save your energy and walk a little further," someone nearby said.

Both of their lips were chapped and cracked, and not only their lips, but their faces were also parched from the sun.

thump!
Suddenly, someone in the crowd fainted.

"Xiao Ni has fainted, quickly help her to the base of the tree."

"Hey, there's no water! What's the use of helping him to the tree? We need to get some water, brother!"

"Quickly help her to the base of the tree!"

This man seemed to have some authority, and everyone stopped and walked together into the nearby woods.

Many people sat down on the ground as soon as they got to the base of the tree.

Old Ghost glanced at the young girl leaning against a tree not far away and sighed:

"We've walked for so long and haven't seen a water source yet. They said they were going to the big camphor tree, but we'll probably die of thirst before we even get there! Damn it!"

Just then, the leader came over.

"Old Ghost, Xiaoshan, you two come with me, we're going to find a water source up ahead!"

"Huh?" Old Ghost looked displeased. "My body can't take it, brother. Why don't you go find someone else?"

The leader frowned. "Are you going or not?"

Old Gui muttered a few words, and between anger and frustration, he chose to be frustrated.

"Ok."

"Walk."

Helpless, Lao Gui had no choice but to follow Xiao Dong and the leader to find a water source.

They set off from Guangdong Province and had been traveling for several days. Their destination was the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Some time ago, they saw the promotional graffiti about the camphor tree in Guangdong Province.

So they hurried over there, but the scorching heat made their lives miserable.

too hot.

Generally speaking, the South is not short of water, but after more than three months without rain, and under such high temperatures, it is still difficult to find a water source.

If it doesn't rain for three months in winter, the water problem won't be so serious.

But now, with daytime temperatures reaching as high as 46 degrees Celsius, the surface water has long since evaporated.

The earth cracked open, and the riverbeds dried up.

The wells in many of the villages and towns I passed through had dried up.

As for tap water, forget about it.

It's all gone.

As for some large rivers, they dared not go there, because those places were teeming with zombies, and they would be bitten to death by zombies before they even reached the riverbank.

Guangdong Province already had a very large population; it was the most populous province before the apocalypse.

The further north you go, especially when you pass through the Nanling Mountains, the harder it is to find water.

(End of this chapter)