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Chapter 143

Compared with Xinghan Zhixing, Polestar Automobile is more "commercial" in all aspects. They are not taking the development path of direct sales stores, but as an automobile brand, they must have several official stores.

Fifteen stores will have no problem coping with the coming Haicheng market. They will gradually expand outwards when they have completed the transformation of Haicheng taxis and buses and received orders from Haicheng Jixing X.

Whether it is a Polestar Auto store or a 4S authorized store, the most amazing thing is that they will put a Polestar G "model car" at the door to support the facade, which is exactly the same as the real car except that it cannot be driven.

Chen Zifan was stunned when he saw their store design for the first time. How could anyone leave the bus at the door?But after a second look...it seems to be not bad.

The Polestar G used for advertising is not the bus version, but the ordinary version. How about a car that costs 120 million and smashes it at the door?Enough noodles?
Regardless of whether it is a bus or not, it must be expensive enough, and a car produced by a car brand can be used as a bus, and the durability is definitely not to be said!

Before Polestar X and Polestar G were launched, the store of Polestar Motors became popular first. Although it is not a holiday and Haicheng is still under construction, many people still go to the door to take pictures every day.

It's a pity that the door can't be opened yet, and you can't get in the car to experience it. You can only lie on the window glass to look at it. However, the appearance of the Polestar G model car has given everyone an intuitive impression, no longer just looking at pictures.

After various comparisons with the existing buses in Haicheng, those who have seen the real bus have also drawn several conclusions:

"The Polestar G is larger in size and more spacious inside. The seats seem to be made of hard plastic... But the bus is also normal!"

"Those on the roof should be air-conditioning outlets, speakers, and there is a rectangular screen on the left to display bus stop information? What is that at the front? Why is there a rectangular opening?"

"I don't know either. In addition to the regular banknote slot, there is another one in the front. It should be used for swiping cards, but what is the square slot under the swiping card for? There seems to be a layer of glass on it."

"Why do you care so much? This car is so exciting! I will also be a person who has ridden in a luxury car in the future! Anyway, when the road is repaired, the bus must be fully equipped, and I will definitely know how to use it when I ride on it twice. .”

"Yup!"

"Then can my grandma's original bus card still be used? Hers is a senior card, and she can ride the bus for free. Now the bus has been changed, and then..."

"You don't have to worry about these!"

"..."

Various photos and videos are constantly circulating on the Internet, and there are different opinions about some functions of Polestar G. There must be air-conditioning and wifi, and the rest is the price, bus card, and coin-operated issues.

Haicheng officials were also very hesitant in terms of pricing. In the end, they continued the original one-yuan pricing strategy. After all, all buses would be replaced if they were to be replaced.

Don’t worry about the bus card, but instead of using the bus card when taking Polestar G, it’s better to say that it uses NFC payment. Not only can you use the card, but you can also pay with a mobile phone with NFC function.

For example, Stardust 2, Stardust 3, Stardust 3+, and Stardust 1 only have infrared and no NFC. The specific operation process is: open the Haicheng Bus APP, after real-name authentication and card binding, you can open the NFC payment function on the page , just touch the phone.

Compared with the QR code payment method, NFC payment lacks a process of scanning the code, and you don’t even need to open the phone, just touch it lightly.

Of course, throwing paper money is definitely the easiest and most direct way. Who doesn't bring paper money when going out these days?
The square below is naturally the QR code scanning port. The QR code can be generated through the Haicheng Bus APP, and the payment will be automatically deducted after scanning the code.

Ordinary people don't know that mobile payment will be promoted soon, so they can't understand some facilities on Polestar G. This is also normal, because compared with the original historical process, the current development is too fast.

The main promoter is Stardust Technology. They first opened the era of smart phones, and then created smart phone benchmarks like Stardust 3 and Stardust 3+. Most importantly, Stardust OS is safe enough.

Originally, we had to wait for third-party payment software such as WeChat and Alipay, as well as the Android system to be developed and optimized in all aspects before the mobile payment era would open. Now, two major steps are directly omitted.

Chen Zifan also sent an investigation team to follow up on the progress of TX WeChat. The feedback he got was that WeChat will be launched in the first half of next year. In his opinion, this software has not been very easy to use since its release.

But it is an indispensable role, let’s not talk about whether it is easy to use or not, as long as it can be used~
The point is that people don't have a choice either.

Now it is different. The official digital currency project has been launched, and digital currency will be the most widely used and most authoritative mobile payment method.

There will also be third-party payment software, but it is impossible to achieve the original influence. At that time, their usage scenarios will be more as social software.

The specifics depend on the follow-up development process. Chen Zifan is not sure whether digital currency will be popularized first, or third-party payment software will change life again.

Not only are there NFC and QR code payment on the bus, but this time the Polestar X taxi version will also be equipped with NFC and QR code scanning payment. The APP for taxis is Tuohai Travel developed by Stardust Network.

Originally, the Haicheng official also put forward a suggestion: you can talk to the Haicheng official again, and merge Tuohai Travel and Haicheng Bus into one APP, and merge it into Haicheng Traffic, which will be more convenient.

But Tuohai Travel is not a "local" software. After hearing Chen Zifan's plan for Tuohai Travel, Haicheng officials resolutely gave up merging the APP. Obviously, the benefits of not merging will be greater.

Chen Zifan took out Tuohai Travel to replace the original position of a certain car-hailing car-hailing leader. Not only taxis can join, but other car owners can also be certified and receive orders, which can be regarded as a new profession.

Haicheng's bus and taxi system is now well planned, and online car-hailing is just the icing on the cake, but it's different in other cities. Besides, no one thinks that they earn less, and they are all trying to make more money.

After all, this is much more practical than Xinghan mini's modified car. When the main roads in Haicheng are completed, Chen Zifan will allocate some resources to promote Tuohai's travel, and start a pilot in Haicheng.

Online car-hailing in other cities may not be able to develop. Haicheng is different, especially some models under Xinghan Zhixing. Even Xinghan mini has on-board wifi, and you can use the Beidou map to navigate without using your mobile phone.

Polestar X is even more awesome. Takumi can be installed on the central control screen, but it can only be set to automatically receive and grab orders when the vehicle is starting and driving.

At the same time, Haicheng is also the city with the fastest development of the new energy industry. Xinghan Zhixing, Polestar Automobile, Fengying Motorcycle... There is also a cold storage truck, and the charging stations in Shanghai have basically achieved coverage.

Orders for Xinghan mini are also increasing day by day, so Haicheng is an ideal city for piloting online car-hailing.

Whether it is running a taxi or pulling goods in the urban area, the income of fuel vehicles will only get lower and lower. Even some inter-provincial truck drivers are no exception. Now their income is high, and it may not be so after five years~

Not only do we have to face higher and higher tolls and fuel costs, but we also have to be on guard against all kinds of oil thieves. Unfortunately, it is still far away to build trucks and trucks with new energy technology, and it will not be possible in a short time.

In addition to the charging station, Chen Zifan is still planning to build two power stations. The two power stations are mainly used for public transportation. Buses, taxis, official vehicles... others are not available for the time being.

At present, Beijing, Jincheng, Shacheng and other cities with strong strength or relatively fast development have already piloted charging stations and charging piles, and started planning and construction. They only need to wait for new energy vehicle products.

The current chairman of Polestar Motors is still Yang Zhirong, but the largest shareholder is now Stardust Technology. The several car companies they originally cooperated with chose to suspend their cooperation due to various reasons.

The various businesses of Tuohai Taxi have also suffered heavy losses, so the entire taxi industry in Haicheng is currently in a very chaotic state, and it has become the world of black car drivers. This state needs to be changed urgently.

Even the work progress of Polestar Automobile has been accelerated a lot. At the same time, the Polestar Automobile Factory officially invested and built by Tuohai, Xingchen and Haicheng has also entered into use. The scale and production capacity of the factory are good.

It is roughly equivalent to one-half the level of Xinghan Automobile Factory. After all, the starting price of Polestar X is high, and the current production capacity is completely sufficient to meet the market in Haicheng.

With Xinghan Zhixing and Polestar Motors ahead, more and more car manufacturers have also joined the new energy camp. Many small factories are arranging the date of the press conference just after the National Day, and they are not worried about bumping into Polestar Motors.

What's so scary about this?

The market for new energy vehicles is so vast, there is no need to think about it so much, let's rush to the wave first.

Having said that, Chen Zifan still noticed that these new energy car manufacturers did not build the same new energy cars as the Xinghan 001 and Polestar X, but all made miniature electric cars of different styles.

He was speechless immediately:
"Don't do a good big market, come here to compete with Xinghan mini and compare designs... What do you think?"

The design of Xinghan mini may not be everyone's favorite, but it has countless possibilities for modification, and Xinghan Zhixing's after-sales service is very good. If there is any problem, it will send someone to solve it on the same day.

In addition, the quality of Xinghan mini itself is also good. At the beginning, some people were worried that Xingchen Technology, a mobile phone manufacturer, could make a car?But with the explosion of Xinghan mini, this concern has long since disappeared.

Apart from the price war, Chen Zifan couldn't think of any bargains these manufacturers could get, but it was understandable for him to seek stability. The market for mini cars was not saturated, so he could make some money with the Xinghan mini.

There are a few manufacturers who are more aggressive when they first come up, but unfortunately the current products are still in the PPT stage, and they are constantly promoting the hype.

"Sure enough, I have to come by myself..."

Chen Zifan will not wait for these "new car-making forces" to develop slowly. He will launch Polestar X first. Next year there will be two products, Xinghan 001 and Xinghan 009. Maybe new projects will be established on the way~
In this way, the market for new energy vehicles is preliminarily determined. Of course, new energy vehicles are not limited to pure electric vehicles. BYD is already working hard on plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Chen Zifan has no plans to build a plug-in hybrid car, because Xinghan Zhixing does not have engine technology. It is possible to rely on [Xingchen Technology]'s [Analysis Shanzhai], but it is not necessary. It is better to sell batteries later.

And in his opinion, gasoline-electric hybrids and plug-in hybrids are intermediate products in the transition from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles. Whether they make money or not is left aside. It is better to do it in one step, and then cooperate with Stardust Technology's wireless charging...

Of course, these are still a bit far away~

The wireless charging on Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+ can only be used in a small range at present. It is too difficult to expand it to charge new energy vehicles on the move, and the charging speed is also a problem.

It’s useless to think so much now. The top priority is to release the Polestar X and Polestar G first, and then manufacture all the taxis and buses in Haicheng. Finally, after the road construction in Haicheng is completed, the two vehicles will be mass-produced and launched.

For Stardust Technology, one is to build Stardust-Chenji (special model) and Stardust-Bianji (drone), and the other is to launch the Meilan Note, preferably before the Spring Festival. .

Offline channels still depend on the three major operators, and only the business halls of the three major operators can go deep into the villages and towns that Stardust Technology cannot reach, make good use of the buying enthusiasm before the Spring Festival, and popularize a wave of smart phones.

In terms of chips, Chen Zifan had to go to Haihua Circuit to check the specific situation. Now he only knows that there are three chips in the first generation of Tiangong, and the Meilan note should use the most basic 3G chip.

A little stronger than usable is its standard.

What more can you ask for a genuine 800G smartphone worth around 3 yuan?This is cheaper than some counterfeit smartphones, and the hardware profit is very low.

The remaining two chips will have stronger commercial attributes, stronger performance, core scale, and resolution. The 3G mid-range chip with the highest specification ≈ Dimensity 250 level, which is considered a good chip.

At the same time~

Polestar Motors officially announced the release time of Polestar X and Polestar G in the Stardust community and major social platforms and promotion channels, and finally set it on October 10:
"October 10! Embrace Double Stars!"

Two APPs, Tuohai Travel and Haicheng Bus, have also confirmed their launch time, but they will not be publicized with much fanfare, but will be directly put on the shelves of major mobile phone application stores just like the Polestar Automobile APP.

As soon as the announcement came out, the consumers who followed Polestar X couldn't sit still all of a sudden, they ran to the Stardust community, confirmed the release date, and read the details of the announcement. They were confused and pleasantly surprised:
"Didn't it say that it would be released at the end of the year? Why is it so early? Oh~ It turns out that it was released first and then launched, but it seems that you can participate in the direct booking event. You can book a car first, and you can pick up the car on the day it goes on sale after booking the car?"

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