After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 247: First place is not only an honor, but also a responsibility
In November, Internet forces began to enter the market. 360 joined hands with Fang Yunzhou of Chery to establish Hozon New Energy Automobile and set up the sub-brand Nezha.

Alibaba invested $2 million to acquire a stake in Xpeng Motors, and Baidu announced loudly that it would not rush in this time and invested $ million to acquire a stake in WM Motors and develop its own driverless technology.

The sales of Wuling Hongguang mini are so good, which has boosted the sales of BYD and Tesla. The era of new energy vehicles seems to have arrived.

Internet giants are also considered new forces. They do not have the psychological burden of traditional enterprises. After all, new industries are nothing more than investing money.

Others have invested, but they haven’t. If the new energy market really takes off, they will be eliminated by the market.

If others are investing, they will invest too. If the market fails to take off, everyone will lose money together, which means no one loses money.

Sometimes, the market is not about who does better, but who does worse, and you are relatively not that bad.

Li Bing could no longer hold back, and hurriedly found Lu Liang to inquire about the development progress of Tianxing OS.

The launch of their new car, NIO, has been put on the schedule for November 11, before Double Eleven.

Last year, Taobao’s Double Eleven transaction volume reached 912 billion yuan, and this year it will definitely be heading for 11 billion yuan. As long as the single-day transaction volume exceeds billion yuan, it is estimated that late November will be filled with Double Eleven news.

NIO has been silent for too long, and there are even rumors circulating online that they are going to withdraw from the competition.

Li Bing couldn't bear it anymore.

"ES8 is out?" Lu Liang asked with a smile.

"It came out a long time ago."

Li Bing was impatient and took out a scaled-down version, a 1:300 replica of the model, weighing a full eight kilograms.

They also informed that they plan to start launching a battery replacement solution to solve the problems of slow charging and scarce charging stations.

Battery swap stations are a large investment. NIO has one more expense than Ideal and needs more capital injection.

"Let me ask."

Lu Liang knew very well that research and development could not be rushed, so he never asked about the situation in the capital.

Through a phone conversation, we learned that the 1.0 version of Tianxing OS, which was derived from Hammer OS, has been completed.

Compared to when Ideal One was released, the system is more mature and stable, but it is still under testing.

Li Jiahui couldn't help but mention a little more that the design of Hammer OS is very ingenious, as if it was born for car computers, and its voice execution capability is even more amazing.

In addition to the conversation, he also recorded a short video and sent it to Lu Liang. The system carrier was still Ideal One.

Although Ideal One has not yet been mass-produced, just like NIO EP9, each co-founder has one.

Lu Liang's machine was left in Beijing for use in experiments at Li Jiahui's research institute.

"Ideal classmate, open the sunroof shade, passenger seat massage, air conditioning at 23 degrees, playing "Nanshan Nan"."

Li Jiahui issued four instructions in one breath, and the intelligent voice central control system executed them in an orderly manner without any lag.

"Boss Lu, that's enough."

Li Bing opened his eyes wide and drooled.

It's worth the money, and they even brought down Hammer. It's much better than their own research and development.

Moreover, the current car system has a simpler, smoother and more beautiful interface than when Ideal One was released.

Although Tianxing OS has been authorized to Ideal and NIO for use, no one knows about it except these two companies.

The new version of Tianxing OS, which was derived from Hammer OS, is more like a brand-new car system.

Once it is installed on the NIO ES8, if the wake-up word is changed, as long as he does not mention it, others will mistakenly think it is their self-developed system.

This is also a gimmick.

The new forces in new energy vehicle manufacturing are not afraid of being called exaggerated and pretentious, but they are afraid that no one will pay attention to them.

Lu Liang couldn't help laughing, and told No. 8 that NIO ES8 decided to announce it in advance, and asked how long the system testing would take.

Li Jiahui pondered for a long time: "It takes three days to debug the system, and there are only four days for testing. Some bugs may not be detected."

Lu Liang asked a stupid question: "Are there any other bugs?"

"I don't know." Li Jiahui didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had to test it to know whether there would be any conflicts in the instructions.

Lu Liang repeated the original words.

Li Bing coughed a few times and said, "Mr. Lu, these are just minor issues. I can recite them according to the script."

Command conflicts are still being tested, but he can highlight some commands that have been tested, such as the one in the video.

Lu Liang bowed his head and said, "Okay, I'll tell them and send the car over for testing when Wei arrives."

Next, he asked about mass production. After all, among NIO, Xiaoli, and Weilai, NIO is ranked first.

Although the mass production of the car was confirmed later, the Luzhou factory has been under construction and should be the brand that can be put into mass production the fastest. Li Bing pondered for a long time: "Mr. Lu, this is also the second reason why I came to you."

The first phase of the factory will be completed by the end of the year, and JAC is ready to go. They decided to follow the example of Hongguang mini and release and launch it on the market.

Lu Liang frowned: "Collision test, safety test, can it be passed in such a short time?"

NIO ES8 is different from Hongguang mini. The reason why Hongguang mini can be launched so quickly is because of the experience of Earthlight.

Moreover, they are very clear about the positioning of their product, which is an advanced version of Laotoule, with a maximum speed of 80 km/h.

Lu Liang has driven it before and also stepped on the accelerator to the floor. It started to drift when the speed exceeded 70 and it was a bit difficult to drive any higher.

But the NIO ES8 is different, with a maximum power of 400kW, a maximum horsepower of 544, and can reach a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.

At speeds above 120 km/h, any small problem can result in vehicle crash and death, so safety performance testing is absolutely necessary.

"If we follow the normal process, it will take at least two years to complete."

Li Bing didn't want to wait any longer. No matter what, he wanted to take the title of the first company to mass-produce cars.

There may be safety risks in this attempt to promote NIO's name, but he is willing to take the risk.

"Mr. Li, this is a car, not a cell phone."

Lu Liang's face gradually turned cold.

Last month, Samsung Note7 exploded and was banned by aviation departments of many countries. However, the most that would be caused by the explosion of a mobile phone would be burns to the hands and face.

Cars are different. Even if they were traveling at only 70 km/h, it would be enough to kill someone. Li Bing actually wanted to gamble on performance with human lives.

Although accidents can happen with any type of car, they are low-probability events that occur after safety testing.

Lu Liang couldn't accept that Li Bing did it on purpose. He could have done it, but he didn't do it just to rush and get first place.

The main reason is that we are now in the stage of developing the market, and there is a possibility that a single bad apple will spoil the whole barrel.

"Being first is not only an honor, but also a responsibility." Lu Liang said in a deep voice: "Boss Li, please reconsider it."

Li Bing was about to say something, but when she saw Lu Liang's cold eyes, she swallowed it back: "Okay."

After chatting for a while, Li Bing left. He was going to lead the team to Beijing to debug the car system.

Lu Liang raised his head and lay in his boss chair, sighing faintly: "It seems that too fast market development is not a good thing."

He recalled that when he first met Li Bing, in order to promote the new energy market, he unconditionally recommended Ningde Times to him.

We hope to use Luliang’s fame to let more people know about this industry and expand the market, which will benefit all practitioners.

First is not only an honor but also a responsibility. Li Bing cannot be unaware of this, but he still wants to do it.

This shows that the high pressure caused by the rapid development of the industry in the past year forced him to forget his original intention and choose to take risks.

"Li Bing has this idea, so do Li Xiang and He Xiaopeng have the same idea?"

Lu Liang frowned. Ideally, he had shares in the other two companies of Wei Xiaoli and should be able to stop them.

But Xiaopeng and the various newly emerging forces were completely beyond his control.

"Troubled times."

Lu Liang was swaying in his chair and suddenly thought of Lao Wang from BYD, who was the vice president of the New Energy Vehicle Association.

I called him and told him my concerns: "Mr. Wang, a healthy market development is good for all practitioners."

He hopes that Lao Wang can come up with some suggestions next year, such as tightening approval procedures and enforcing periodic safety testing.

Being first is not only an honor, but also a responsibility. This also applies to Lu Liang.

He has worked so hard to promote new energy, and many people accept new energy vehicles because of their trust in him. He also has to bear part of the responsibility for market supervision.

Lao Wang frowned. If Lu Liang has the responsibility to supervise the market, then BYD has even greater responsibility.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Lu, why don't you take some time to come to Shenzhen? I recommend you to join the club."

The headquarters of the New Energy Vehicle Association is in Beijing, but its main office is in Shenzhen, because Shenzhen is not only a key testing city for new energy, but also home to BYD.

BYD has begun to contract rail transit in Shenzhen and is expected to completely replace fuel-powered buses in ten years.

BYD can be said to be the ruling party, and Luliang can be said to be the opposition party, and both parties are making efforts at the same time.

Senior management must also consider this carefully.

　It’s over tonight, and I’ll start updating it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)