It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 426: Unlimited Innovation from Chinese Automakers

In recent years, China's automobile market has been reshuffled very quickly, and traditional joint venture brands are almost nowhere to be seen on various sales rankings.

Industries such as new energy, batteries, photovoltaics, and artificial intelligence are highly complementary.

China's technological leadership in the field of perovskite batteries has resulted in the rapid penetration of new energy vehicles, and local power grids will be able to support residential electricity consumption, which is increasing at a rate of more than 20% each year.

The advantages of autonomous driving brought about by the development of artificial intelligence technology make traditional gasoline vehicles seem particularly cumbersome.

Car companies such as Peugeot, Nissan, and Chevrolet have withdrawn from China one after another. The Korean car company Hyundai is also on the verge of collapse. The days of Toyota, Honda and others are very difficult.

Even luxury car brands such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi have sales of only 30% of what they were five years ago.

And as residents' income increases across China, the number of cars per thousand people should theoretically increase significantly.

Although China is not like America, a so-called country on wheels where every adult must have a car, at least the residents should have a desire for cars.

In other words, when joint venture brands withdraw, the cake they give up will not decrease but will increase.

But in fact, China's automobile market has not been taken up much by new energy vehicle companies, and almost all of it has been taken up by driverless taxi companies.

After China's welfare security system in Chongqing was extended to the whole country, the national level's support for the driverless taxi industry has significantly accelerated.

By 2027, human taxi drivers will be the first to be eliminated, and then the proportion of Didi's traditional human drivers will also decline rapidly.

According to Didi’s 2026 report, human drivers account for less than % of Didi’s total workforce, falling below % for the first time.

Not to mention the other driverless taxi companies that have emerged. They were aiming for unmanned operation from the start and have never had human drivers from the beginning to the end.

With such convenient driverless taxis to choose from, Chinese residents are not particularly interested in owning their own cars.

Buying a car ranks very low on young people's life list.

Li Xiande's anxiety that it is difficult to make a new energy vehicle that will impress consumers is not without reason.

Everyone’s smart driving is very easy to use, and cars of various design styles and design languages ​​are emerging in an endless stream.

Previously, Musk announced at Tesla's WE, ROBOT launch conference in October 2024 that he would build a Robotaxi car without a human driver, but Huawei and Wuling built it first.

The first vehicle produced by Huawei and Wuling was called Candy Duoduo, which was famous for its various colors. It had a total of four seats and no driver. It was mainly operated in first- and second-tier cities.

The reason for this name is that it implies that after workers sit in it, they can start every day's work in a happy mood, which can be as sweet as candy.

As a result, consumers naturally don't buy it. How can I feel good when I go to work? I feel like dying when I go to work every day, especially on Mondays.

Netizens have often complained about the candy on social media, saying that it makes them angry when they see it on the street because of the ridiculous name.

Are you angry?

After Candy Duoduo was launched last year, it performed well in first- and second-tier cities. After the model of Huawei being responsible for intelligent driving technology, car design, and specific operations, and Wuling being responsible for car manufacturing, was successfully implemented, they launched a new product: HC in the first half of this year.

"Mr. Lin, have a look." Li Xiande took out everyone's cell phone and handed it to Lin Jia.

Lin Jia knew what this thing was at a glance. It was the HC made by Huawei and Wuling, but only this thing had six wheels.

HC is operating on the road as a driverless taxi, and Lin Jia has seen it on the road many times.

"I know, HC."

HC naturally continues the style of the previous Candy Duoduo, with only seats but no driver. To put it bluntly, it is a driverless taxi.

“Boss Lin, HC is different from their previous Candy Duoduo car which can seat four people. HC can only seat one person, and it has six wheels, which means the user can lie down in it.

The entire vehicle is equipped with air bags to ensure that the user is adequately protected in the event of an accident while lying down.

The six wheels are designed to minimize the discomfort caused by turning and uneven road conditions when you, the passenger, are resting inside.

The goal is for passengers to fall asleep as soon as they get in the car, and feel relaxed after getting off the car."

Huawei named this design concept HC, which stands for As comfortable as home, hoping that users can feel as comfortable as at home.

It’s just that this thing looks too much like a coffin when you lie down in it. Previously, netizens liked to joke that Ideal’s MEGA was a coffin, and this time Huawei really made a similar thing for you.

Netizens were really shocked and complained:

"Huawei is too bad. HC can indeed be understood as As comfortable as home, but coffin is also C, so tm can also be understood as Huawei coffin."

"You know what, it's true. In European and American culture, there are usually six coffin bearers. I think the design of these six wheels is intentional."

"Don't you like to tease me about how I feel like dying when I have so much candy? This time, the real coffin is coming."

"Will you die if you try?"

The price per kilometer of HC is about three times that of Candy Duoduo. Although netizens scolded it after it was launched on the market, the car was still very honest. The overall data performance was very good, far exceeding the internal estimates of Huawei and Wuling.

Netizens curse with their mouths but their bodies are very honest.

But this is easy to understand. After all, there is only one product in the entire market that can provide a standard bed, allowing you to fall asleep directly and without stress as soon as you get in the taxi.

After running for a period of time, HC even went so far as to provide long-term night rental services, which means that you can make an appointment for 8 hours at night, for example, from 12 o'clock to o'clock the next morning.

Then HC will take you to the parking spot and deliver you to your reserved location on time at 8 o'clock the next morning.

This is no longer about competing for the business of new energy vehicles and taxis, but about competing for the business of express hotels.

Although it only has air conditioning and beds, but no hot water or toiletries, the cheapest hotel would cost a hundred, but it only costs 50. It's as easy as spending five dollars to buy a bottle of mineral water.

If you need to go to the toilet, there are toilets around the parking lot.

The only downside is that its parking lot is in a very remote place, and the entire lot is full of HCs. Living in it makes you feel like you are a corpse parked in a coffin.

Since the launch of this service, it has been frequently checked in by various up-hosts. They took aerial photos of the entire parking lot at night, and after posting the photos, they were nicknamed the Deserted Village Cemetery.

HC is the abbreviation of Deserted Village, and the remote parking lot is indeed no different from a deserted village.

But it still can't be stopped, that is, there are many people with similar needs, and the user group of this type of service has always existed. HC definitely solves the biggest pain point of the target customers.

Therefore, people on the internet joke that HC is a coffin and living in HC at night is like living in a cemetery. However much the internet trolls try to slander it, they cannot resist the explosive revenue brought by HC, which is the most eye-catching data in Candy Smart Travel’s financial report.

For example, if you live in Kunshan at night and go to work in Lujiazui during the day, or live in Yanjiao at night and go to work in Yanjing CBD during the day, for these extreme commuters, HC is simply a necessity.

Even because of the emergence of HC, many people who used to spend thousands of dollars to rent a pigeon cage can now rent a place an hour's drive away from the company, and the two-hour round-trip commuting time can be easily spent with HC.

This is also quite black humor. A driverless car company named Candy has developed a product called HC.

Regarding HC, the biggest demand now is to make the seats more comfortable. Compared with lying down, the seats are not comfortable enough.

There is also a call for the next car to be embedded with a new generation of human hibernation technology, which would put you into hibernation mode as soon as you get in. When you wake up after a night of hibernation, the coffin would turn into an ice coffin.

The success of HC has also led to a large number of driverless car companies planning to follow suit. What's wrong with bad public opinion? MEGA's bad public opinion has been affected by black fans, which directly affected its sales. However, for a product like HC, bad public opinion and a lot of black fans are actually a good thing.

Will black fans help it break out of the circle quickly and let more people know about this thing?

Then those who want to pay will still pay. Anyway, I am just using it once, not buying the car.

According to the background data, the average daily revenue of an ordinary Candy Duoduo is about 400 yuan, so HC's revenue easily exceeds 800 yuan, because it has monopolized this part of the market.

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"Mr. Lin, if car companies' innovations are to be considered, then whether consumers will accept them is important. After all, they are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the bill, so the opinions of consumers are very important.

These companies that make driverless taxis are really reckless when it comes to innovation. A combination like Huawei and Wuling can give you a concept car like HC that is absolutely impossible to be put into mass production. Will other companies that make driverless taxis follow suit?
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are still competing in the field of driverless taxis.

Wouldn't they make similar innovations?
The overseas automobile market is a fierce battle between new energy vehicles and traditional gasoline vehicles, with everyone competing with each other. In China, the competition is between new energy vehicles and driverless taxis.

With so many innovations, no matter what product Guangjia Aerospace makes, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of "that's it."

This is also the fundamental logic behind Li Xiande’s point of view.

As a new car manufacturer, Guangjia Aerospace is not prepared to respond to the expectations of the Chinese people for the Guangjia brand. The expectations are too high.

"Okay, Mr. Li, I will definitely consider your suggestion seriously. Don't worry, I, Lin Jia, will definitely not be the kind of person who would let people be convicted for their words." Lin Jia felt a headache and was under great pressure.

Li Xiande said, "Mr. Lin, who are you? We have worked together for so many years. I am absolutely sure that you will not embarrass me because of such a small matter. Your character is well-known throughout the company."

"Okay, stop it, go ahead, I'll think about it."

"Oh, it's so difficult." Lin Jia sighed while lying on the sofa after returning home. It was so difficult that she didn't even have the energy to post on Xiaohongshu to annoy her haters.

It would be fine if what Li Xiande said didn't make sense, but the problem is that what the other party said made a lot of sense.

Due to the entry of driverless taxi companies, the Chinese automobile market has become so cruel that even the word "monster house" is not enough to describe it.

On YouTube, China's driverless taxis are a must-see attraction for foreigners traveling to China, even surpassing China's high-speed rail.

When Laos and China opened up a 144-hour visa-free transit policy, the traditional art of foreign YouTubers was to get off the plane and sigh, "This place is so clean and not like India at all," then take a taxi to the hotel and then run to the hotel window to take pictures of the night view of Shenhai, which is so cyberpunk.

The next day, I got up and took a high-speed train to Hangzhou. On the train, I shouted and screamed about how fast it was and how stable it was. I also lamented that the ticket price was too cheap and complained about the poor quality of my country's railways.

It's nothing more than this routine repeated over and over again, and now there's one more item added, which is that you can shout and scream as soon as you get in the driverless taxi, and you don't have to wait until the next day to get on the high-speed rail.

Especially after the release of HC, a lot of foreigners came to experience it, and almost all of them praised it highly, asking if it could be sold in America. If it was available in America, they would definitely not buy Tesla.

Then I sighed that the Chinese are too cunning. No wonder they have developed so fast in recent years. We don’t sell the most advanced products to them, but only the products of the previous generation.

This question is not only held by YouTubers or netizens, but also by European and American lawmakers. During their questioning, they asked the heads of overseas branches of Chinese car companies why these truly driverless cars cannot be sold overseas.

The reason is that they do not allow these cars to enter their market, and secondly, Europe and the United States do not have quantum computers to provide quantum encryption services for these driverless taxis.

The difficulty that driverless cars are likely to face is being hacked. Who will be held responsible if hackers cause a safety accident? Especially after China has the basic quantum computer Haohan-I, they are even more hesitant to open up the driverless taxi business on a large scale.

In California, the taxi driver union and some stakeholders have been using this as an excuse to block Tesla from launching their driverless taxi Robotaxi.

However, these driverless taxi companies in China have all purchased corresponding quantum encryption services from China.

“It’s so difficult to respond to consumers’ expectations. The more I think about it, the more I feel like this is it.
The cars we are making in the lab now are really not worthy of the Guangjia brand." Lin Jia was very distressed. At this time, she needed Chen Yuanguang to give her some advice.

Maybe Chen Yuanguang will have a solution.

After listening to this, Chen Yuanguang also felt that what Li Xiande said made sense: "Li Xiande, a senior executive who started out as a B-side enterprise key customer management executive, actually has such a deep understanding of brand building.

It’s really rare.”

Lin Jia said: "Isn't this normal? He has always been dealing with rich people, and his friends all drive Porsches and Rolls-Royces. He naturally knows what these people think.

Including after Guangjia Aerospace, he has the title of Vice President of Guangjia Aerospace. The people he can contact outside can reach a higher level. As long as his observation ability is meticulous enough, it is not surprising that he can have such an understanding intentionally.

It’s just that it’s rare that he dares to say it directly.”

"Indeed." said Chen Yuanguang.

When everyone holds the same opinion, it is difficult for you to raise objections or to object upwards.

It has nothing to do with management style, it's human nature.

Chen Yuanguang then asked: "So what was your original design for Space?"

Lin Jia said: “We originally planned to use the best suppliers for all parts.

When they heard that it was us who wanted the goods, they were willing to offer the most favorable terms and provide their most advanced technology.

Then, for some core components, such as motors, electric drives, and batteries, we look for suppliers to do self-research, including the perovskite batteries in the car body and the on-board batteries, using the next-generation technology developed internally by Guangjia Aerospace.

This includes technologies like aerial imaging and amphibious operations to ensure good control.

For the car logo, we plan to put a statue similar to the Rolls-Royce flying man on the front of the car. This statue will be made of space ore to enhance its overall tone.

Now that I think about it, it really cannot meet consumers’ expectations for the brand of Light Armor.”

(End of this chapter)