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Chapter 269 The Classic Trolley Problem

Yang Yunsheng didn't want to say much about the Spring Festival Gala.

This seems to be a taboo topic; bringing it up too much will make one appear foolish.

Upon returning from the CCTV building, Yang Yunsheng immediately threw himself into his busy work.

Soon, both good news and bad news arrived.

The good news is that Douyin Mall has seen a significant boost in development, and its revenue has surpassed that of advertising.

The bad news is that Guoke Car has encountered a major problem.

That is, technically, it cannot meet the standards and requirements of foreign trams.

When Yang Yunsheng heard the news, he was very shocked. How could he have encountered such a situation?

It's worth noting that the engineers at Guokeche were Xiong Fu's old classmates, and they were poached from a foreign electric vehicle company with high salaries.

Although he had considered returning, he would probably still be hesitant if Guokr hadn't offered him a large sum of money.

Without hesitation, Yang Yunsheng flew directly from Beijing to Jiangbei Airport.

Even though it was very late when he arrived in the mountain city, Yang Yunsheng still went directly to the headquarters of Guoke.

Upon arrival, Yang Yunsheng was picked up by Xiong Fu, while Xiong Zheng was on a business trip abroad at the time.

Upon meeting Xiong Fu, Yang Yunsheng went straight to the conference room and asked Xiong Fu to bring his old friend along.

Xiong Fu's old friend is Li Guangqiang, a graduate of Caltech who previously worked at Tesla and is now fifty years old.

Li Guangqiang has wanted to return to China for the past few years, but because China has not yet entered the era of electric vehicles, he has not been able to get a suitable opportunity.

When Guokeche was established some time ago, Xiong Fu, at Yang Yunsheng's request, immediately extended an olive branch to his old friend.

Li Guangqiang did not agree immediately, but thought about it.

He knew very well what the original Guoke Car was like, and he also knew why it had collapsed.

He has a question he's unsure whether he should bring it up.

That is, even before the electric vehicle era has begun in China, Guoke Auto dared to make plans to develop electric vehicles ahead of time.

If the government doesn't open up the electric vehicle policy, then for Guokr, the money burned every year will be astronomical.

But after much hesitation, Li Guangqiang decided to come back.

He felt that Guokeche was an idealistic and ambitious car company. When people in China were still skeptical about electric vehicles, someone had already started making electric vehicles. Even if he only worked there for two or three years, he was willing to give it a try or help domestic companies develop in the electric vehicle industry.

A week later, Li Guangqiang returned to China with his family, including his hometown of Shancheng, and joined Guokr.

With his involvement during this period, Guokeche has indeed solved many problems.

But soon, the biggest problem arose.

That means that the current performance of the Guoke car is not as good as that of electric cars abroad.

If it is produced, or if the national policy is released, then Guoke Car will have no advantage and will fall into the same predicament as Lifan Motors.

Yang Yunsheng met Li Guangqiang in the conference room.

The current president of Guokeche consists of two senior engineers: two bears and one strong.

They can be called Big Bear, Little Bear, and Bald Qiang.

Logically, such a combination should be invincible, but it has encountered a major problem on Guokr.

In addition, Li Guangqiang is fifty years old, but his hair is already gray, making him look like he is sixty.

So don't always think that the grass is greener on the other side. Foreigners may be handsome or beautiful when they are young, but they tend to age and their appearance deteriorates. However, Li Guangqiang has an eleven-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter, and his wife is only thirty years old.

Don't find this kind of older man-younger woman combination strange.

A man like Li Guangqiang must have a net worth of at least several million, and in US dollars at that.

Is it strange that someone with such a family background has a young wife?

Li Guangqiang was also surprised when he met Yang Yunsheng. He did not expect Yang Yunsheng to be so young. It seems that he must be a rich second-generation young master. Otherwise, how could he have such great wealth?

Yang Yunsheng could not possibly tell him that he possessed so much wealth not because he was some kind of rich young master.

When Yang Yunsheng met Li Guangqiang, she tried her best to remain gentle.

"Please have a seat, Mr. Li!"

After Li Guangqiang and Xiong Fu sat down, Yang Yunsheng asked, "Engineer Li, what is the general situation of the Guoke truck now? What aspects are causing the problems?"

When Yang Yunsheng asked, Li Guangqiang said, "Mr. Yang, the biggest problem with Guoke Car right now is the battery technology, energy density and range, and the last difficulty is the charging speed."

Yang Yunsheng nodded and calmly said, "Please explain more clearly, Engineer Li!"

Li Guangqiang said, "First of all, there's battery technology. Battery packs are currently the most expensive component of electric vehicles. Although I have mastered some of the technology, Guoke's current technology is not enough to develop the kind of electric vehicle batteries that are used abroad."

"Secondly, energy density and driving range. Within a limited space, we cannot store more electricity per unit weight or volume. In other words, if we were to produce electric vehicles now, gasoline cars could travel 700 to 800 kilometers at a stretch, while electric cars could only travel about 400 kilometers, which does not match the range that electric vehicles can currently achieve abroad."

"The last one is charging speed. We can't make electric cars charge in minutes like gasoline cars. We also have to consider battery chemistry, heat dissipation, and grid load."

"In short, it would be extremely difficult for us to manufacture electric vehicles directly at present. Even if the country opens up electric vehicle policies, it would still be a very difficult challenge for us at Guoke Car."

Yang Yunsheng remained silent. In his previous life, he had driven a gasoline car, but never an electric car.

But trams were not unfamiliar to him.

Even by 2025, the charging speed problem has not been solved.

The reason is simple, just like fast charging for mobile phones.

Even if you're the fastest, it still takes time.

But it's different with gasoline cars; you can just add it directly.

As for the other two issues, they didn't seem to be problems in my previous life.

Thanks to the battery technology for electric vehicles, this problem has now been solved abroad, allowing electric vehicles to travel more than 700 kilometers on a single charge.

Therefore, Yang Yunsheng knew that Li Guangqiang must have a way to solve the problem.

Yang Yunsheng then asked, "Engineer Li, is there any solution at present?"

Li Guangqiang nodded, confirming Yang Yunsheng's thoughts.

"There are ways, the first is joint venture, turning Guoke Car into a joint venture."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Fu realized that Yang Yunsheng would definitely not agree.

As expected, Yang Yunsheng refused without even thinking.

"Joint ventures are out of the question. My original intention in acquiring Lifan Motors and renaming it Guoke was to carve out a path for domestic cars among foreign-invested and Sino-foreign joint venture car companies. On this point, I will absolutely not allow foreign capital to interfere in Guoke's affairs."

Li Guangqiang had actually guessed that Yang Yunsheng wouldn't agree.

He then said, "Then now, there's only one way!"

(End of this chapter)