Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 234 Hailan Automobile Release - Redefining the Automobile
The second Friday in April, the 13th.

In the large exhibition hall of Shenzhen Hailan Automobile, many invited industry insiders, partners and a large number of media personnel arrived and entered the venue one after another.

The influence of Hailan Automobile is naturally not comparable to that of Zhiyun Technology. The reason why there were so many people at this press conference was mostly because of Xu Shenxue.

Xu Shenxue is going to release his company's first electric car. This is big news and the media reporters are very interested in it.

You should know that last month, Nanmen Aerospace Company under Xu Shenxue gave the world a huge shock. The news about the reusable rocket made headlines in media around the world, making many overseas countries marvel at Xu Shenxue's magical power.

At the same time, the last time Xu Shenxue attended a press conference for his company was last year's consumer-grade drone. Although it was very niche, the high-tech features it displayed still attracted the attention of countless people.

And this time, people are also looking forward to what black technology Xu Shenxue can bring to people!

Especially this time, what Xu Shenxue is going to release is not a very niche drone, nor is it a reusable rocket that has nothing to do with ordinary people and is too far away.

But it is the car that is closely related to people’s lives!

Not only ordinary people are paying attention to it, but people in the automotive industry are paying more attention to it!
Xu Shenxue has proved with his many successful experiences that he can really subvert an industry!

After the success of the reusable rocket, the launch fees quoted by Nanmen Aerospace were only 70% of those of traditional aerospace companies or institutions.

In addition, South Gate Aerospace announced that they are continuing to reduce costs and hope to reduce the launch price to half of that of traditional rocket launches in three years.

Even with this, Nanmen Aerospace Company is still making huge profits!
It can be seen how low the launch cost of Nanmen Aerospace Corporation is.

Not to mention that in the previous mobile phone industry, the rise of Zhiyun Technology directly made a large number of traditional mobile phone companies become history, and its disruptive effect on the industry is huge.

Now, Xu Shenxue starts playing with cars again!
This made many people in the automotive industry very worried. They were afraid that Xu Shenxue would come up with another car that would revolutionize the industry and then send these automotive giants into the dustbin of history.

Therefore, many senior executives from traditional car companies attended today's press conference, just to see with their own eyes what kind of black technology the world's richest man Xu Shenxue has come up with, what impact it will have, and how they should respond in the future.

Just looking at pictures and watching videos is not as good as going there to see it in person!
With this mentality, many traditional automobile manufacturers, both domestic and foreign, have come here.

HaiLan Automobile was not afraid of them seeing it and sent them invitations openly. As a result, the press conference was attended by executives from major automobile manufacturers in the world today.

Cars like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and the like are all here.

CEOs of a number of domestic joint venture manufacturers also came to see it, and CEOs of several private automobile companies were also present, such as BYD, which is also based in Shenzhen.

When it comes to electric cars, BYD in China is a serious pioneer. They have already launched pure electric buses and cars into the market, but they are not very successful commercially. In people's minds, BYD is still a domestic automobile manufacturer that makes low-end cars.

A large number of CEOs or senior managers from the automotive industry gathered together just for the first product released by a newcomer in the automotive industry.

If you say this to others, it will seem very exaggerated.

However, if you say that this car company is owned by Xu Shenxue, and that Xu Shenxue is going to host the press conference himself, then people will think it makes sense.

Could the electric car that Mr. Xu made be a simple electric car? It's impossible.

Since it is not a simple electric car, it is normal for major automobile manufacturers to be treating it as a serious threat.

As people entered the venue and took their seats, media reporters set up their cameras, especially several video media outlets who set up their live broadcast equipment.

This press conference has begun.

After a simple warm-up by the staff, Xu Shenxue, wearing black casual trousers, a white shirt, and still wearing the black leather strap watch on his wrist, slowly walked onto the stage.

"I believe many of my friends already know me, but I still have to introduce myself. I am Xu Shenxue, the chairman of Hailan Automobile Company."

“I am very happy to see so many friends come to the launch of our first generation of Hailan electric vehicles!”

"Believe me, you will not regret attending today's press conference, because we will bring you a revolutionary car, a car that is different from any other car in the past, a car that only existed in science fiction novels or movies and TV dramas!"

"Some people may say that there is nothing much to say about sedans. It is just a car shell with a few wheels."

"Even electric cars are no exception. Just put a battery in, a motor in, and four wheels on it, and you're done! Even some toy factories can make one!"

"Is this electric car worth bragging about?"

As Xu Shenxue was talking, the big screen behind him continued to change. He continued, "Of course, such an electric car is not worth me standing here in person to introduce it to you!"

"And what kind of car is worthy of my introduction to you?"

"I have thought about this problem before and discussed it with my car R&D team. First of all, it must be environmentally friendly. The climate problem of mankind is already bad enough, so I told the engineers that this car should use batteries to reduce carbon emissions and make some insignificant contribution to the climate problem!"

"But this is still not enough. There are many cars using batteries, and it seems that there is nothing to brag about. So we used batteries with large enough capacity and specially developed super fast charging technology, which is enough to charge 70% in one hour."

"But... this is still not enough, so we conducted extreme research on battery safety, tested repeatedly, found the safest solution, and used a lot of space and weight for safety design, so our battery is the safest lithium battery in the world!"

"After integrating many technologies, we finally developed the epoch-making 'Starfish Energy Management Solution', which includes a huge battery pack with a capacity of 75 KWH. The battery pack adopts a very unique safety structure. To ensure its safety, we conducted needle penetration tests, crushing tests, and collision tests, and finally found the safest structure, making this battery pack extremely safe."

"The Starfish energy management system can support fast charging, discharging technology, and energy recovery technology!"

"Ultimately, a car equipped with this energy management system can easily achieve a range of 400 kilometers."

"With this advanced energy management system, we customized a complete motor solution for it, which uses dual-generator four-wheel drive technology and has amazing power."

"With a wind resistance of only 2.3, our new car can easily accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds during testing, with a maximum speed of 190 km/h. You know, this is a family coupe, but it has amazing acceleration performance. With it, you don't even need those expensive performance sports cars to enjoy the extreme speed experience."

"More importantly, it not only has huge kinetic energy that allows people to experience extreme speed, but it also has a comfortable driving mode that is as gentle as a spring breeze. In this mode, our SEC starts and accelerates smoothly, and the system automatically adjusts the suspension to give the driver and passengers a very comfortable riding experience. When you use the comfort mode and travel with your family, your family, especially the children, will not even feel the bumps of the vehicle."

“We firmly believe that cars are a tool to bring people a better life experience, so while pursuing ultimate performance, we also pay more attention to the actual driving experience.”

“Of course, when you want to experience extreme speed and have strong enough driving ability, you can also turn on the super performance mode!”

"To ensure safety, we have equipped the vehicle with three major safety systems: anti-lock braking, body stability control, and traction control. At the same time, we also use the automatic lane keeping, collision avoidance warning, automatic braking and other functions in our intelligent automatic assisted driving system to provide drivers and passengers with safety that exceeds that of any other car!"

"At this point, you should have noticed that I just mentioned the 'Intelligent Driving Assistance System', and this system is what I want to focus on introducing to you today." "So what is the Intelligent Driving Assistance System?"

"Many people should know that my company Zhiyun Technology Research is working on driverless cars. Of course, there is still a long way to go before truly driverless cars can be developed, but we have still made great technological breakthroughs, which have been integrated into the Zhixing automatic assisted driving system."

"This is a revolutionary driving system that most people have never even thought of."

"So, what exactly is this driving system? As the saying goes, words are not enough to prove anything, so I'll let it show itself to everyone!"

As he finished speaking, a deep space gray coupe with smooth and soft lines, which looked extremely comfortable at first glance, slowly drove out from the aisle at the rear.

At first people thought it was normal and just thought the car was pretty.

But soon someone noticed something was wrong... This car had no driver!
What is going on? A car has no driver. Many people immediately thought of the driverless car that Xu Shenxue had mentioned in many public occasions before.

Oh my God, could it be that Xu Shenxue has invented a driverless car?

Many large companies are exploring driverless cars, and they have actually developed them?
This is impossible!

Soon, some people began to suspect: Is there someone controlling the system from behind the scenes?

But he quickly dismissed the idea. This wasn't a performance, but a serious launch of a mass-produced car. There would even be a media test ride after the launch conference. If he used a remote control, it would be exposed in no time.

It is impossible for Xu Shenxue to do such things with his status and position.

But what was happening before their eyes?

They can't understand!

Xu Shenxue continued: "What you see now is the first generation of pure electric coupe SEC developed by Hailan Automobile."

"Now everyone can see that there is no driver in this car!"

“It is now driving with the Intelligent Driving Assist System!”

After the ESC demonstration vehicle slowly came onto the stage, it slowly drove along the markings on the stage which were not clearly visible to the audience, then accurately found the marked parking space, started to reverse, and parked!
This is actually the automatic parking function in the automatic assisted driving system, but the whole process is a bit mysterious.

Before the demonstration, many tests had been conducted, using the lidar and high-definition cameras on the vehicle to sense and record the environment.

During the demonstration, all you have to do is operate your phone to make it park automatically.

However... it looked completely different on the spot.

What people saw was that the car drove up slowly by itself, and the passage was curved. It steered by itself and always maintained a very stable speed, and finally stopped accurately in the center of the stage.

The visual impact of this scene is so strong that many people don’t believe it is real.

Xu Shenxue looked at the expressions of the crowd, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. You were scared by just an automatic parking function. When the actual on-site demonstration is done, I will directly use automatic driving, and you will be scared silly!

This is why Xu Shenxue came to host the press conference in person. This car is shocking enough, and Xu Shenxue likes to see the dazed expressions on people's faces after being shocked.

Xu Shenxue continued: "This is just a small demonstration of the parking function of our intelligent automatic assisted driving system. Next, you can follow the camera to see something more interesting!"

As he spoke, a test drive staff member opened the car door and got in.

At this time, the scene inside the car appeared on the big screen. Xu Shenxue said: "What you are seeing now is the real-time picture inside the car. You can also look out the glass window to the test site outside."

"You can see that our driver's hands are not on the steering wheel. He is using the in-car AI voice assistant 'Xiao Hai' to set the navigation route."

Xu Shenxue glanced at the audience again and said, "Now is the time to witness a miracle!"

As he finished speaking, the driver confirmed the navigation route, and then the SEC car slowly started and left the stage, heading towards the passage.

At the same time, the central control screen inside the car continuously displays the surrounding 3D real-time scene.

After the vehicle exited the channel, it began to accelerate into the test site, which simulated an ordinary winding road with vehicles parked on the roadside.

However, this SEC flexibly maneuvered on this winding road, with the steering wheel turning automatically and quickly. It even slowed down on its own when passing a simulated intersection.

People were shocked at first, then stunned...

The media reporters went crazy and ran to the balcony to take photos and videos of the SEC car on the test field below. However, in the media's high-definition cameras, the test driver's hands were never on the steering wheel, and he didn't even perform any operation during the whole process. He just acted as a safety officer.

Until the car stopped steadily at the designated location.

At this time, Xu Shenxue said to everyone: "As you can see, we have redefined the car!"

"Then I want to tell everyone that a brand new era of automobiles has arrived, whether you like it or not!"

An elderly executive of an overseas automobile company saw this scene and heard these words. He finally couldn't stand and fainted on the ground, causing a group of his followers to exclaim!

The CEO of a domestic automobile manufacturer watched this scene for a long time without coming back to his senses. He just murmured: "The automobile industry is about to change!"

There are also executives of automobile companies who are still full of doubt: "This is fake, right? Self-driving? How is this possible? Am I dazzled, or is this world crazy?"

The media reporters behind them, especially those from online media, have begun to send out articles frantically.

Every minute of delay means a huge loss of traffic!
It didn’t take long for a portal website to report a shocking piece of news: “Xu Shenxue released the unmanned self-driving car Hailan SEC, which frightened the CEO of a famous car company to death on the spot!”

“The automotive industry will usher in a complete transformation!”

"Xu Shenxue said the era of autonomous driving has arrived!"

"Xu Shenxue: I redefine the car."

(End of this chapter)