Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 311 Left to Right
West Continental League, Hans House Wolfsburg.

Volkswagen Group World Headquarters.

"Mr. Dior, this is an invitation letter from General Motors." Secretary Barbara handed an email to President Dior.

Dior was not surprised by GM's invitation.

"Barbara, go and inform some vice presidents to come over for a meeting."

"Okay, Mr. Dior."

After a while, the three vice presidents came to the president's office.

"General Motors invited us to visit their battery factory in Texas next Monday. What do you think about this matter?" Dior said with his chin in his hands.

The three vice presidents immediately knew that this was General Motors' plan to win over the Volkswagen Group.

Chief Operating Officer Marcus frowned and said: "Their battery price is too high. The price of 300 US dollars per kilogram can only be used in mid-to-high-end products, and the profit is not high. We must consider it carefully."

"And we can't guarantee whether the Super 500 has any safety hazards. If the safety performance is not up to standard, it will be a blow to the Volkswagen brand. I agree with Marcus's opinion." Chief Technology Officer Frank echoed.

Another vice president also said that he should consider it carefully.

Dior doesn't know that the use of general-purpose Super 500 needs to be carefully considered. This thing has not passed safety certification. If it is as cheating as Panasonic's battery, the public will not have the courage to take risks with its own corporate brand.

However, since last year, Volkswagen's sales in Dongtang have plummeted. In the first and second quarters of 2019, Volkswagen only sold 3.7 joint venture vehicles in Dongtang.

In addition, the global market is also facing the impact of Dongtang and Gaoli electric vehicles. Although there is no loss, this year's profit must be negative growth, and it may be a serious loss next year.

If you can catch the ride of General Motors and enter the electric vehicle industry, you may be able to reverse the decline of the Volkswagen Group.

"Marcus, Frank, you represent the Volkswagen Group to visit Texas, and ask General Motors to provide us with battery samples for testing." Dio thought for a while and ordered.

"Mr. President, do you want to cooperate with GM?" Marcus asked.

Dior nodded: "Cooperation is a must. As long as their batteries do not have serious safety hazards, we will cooperate with them."

"I see." Marcus understood.

After all, they all understand that Dongtang and Gaoli electric vehicles equipped with Raytheon batteries are now conquering cities all over the world and crowding out the fuel vehicle market.

If the Volkswagen Group wants to survive, it is an inevitable choice to enter the electric vehicle industry.

If you don't cooperate with General Motors, you can only go to Raytheon Group with harsh conditions, or Panasonic batteries with serious safety hazards.

First of all, there is no need to consider Panasonic batteries. Dior and the others will not take risks with the Volkswagen Group brand.

As for Raytheon Group's batteries, the performance and safety are very good. The problem is that the conditions are very harsh, and they are also very easy to be restrained by the other party.

Now the emergence of GM batteries is a good thing for the Volkswagen Group.

After all, a monopoly is a seller's market, and the seller has the final say on prices and conditions.

Now that there is competition between Super 500 batteries and Raytheon batteries, buyers like them have more choices, at least they will not be clamped down by Raytheon Group.

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The Audi company of the Hans family, the Ford Motor Company of Mi Li's family, the Peugeot company of Gaul, and the Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi companies of the Sun Country also received invitations from General Motors.

Hans’s Audi company, Mi Li’s Ford Motor Company, and Gaul’s Peugeot company made similar decisions to Volkswagen. They all decided to cooperate with General Motors to compete with Raytheon Group, Dongtang, and Gaoli.

However, the four major car companies in the Sun Country are somewhat hesitant at this time.

When it comes to the four major car companies in the Sun Country, one has to mention the Mitsubishi Foundation, the Mitsui Foundation, the Sumitomo Foundation, and the Fuji Foundation (there are also the Sanwa Foundation and the Quanyin Foundation, but they do not have a car business).

The Mitsubishi consortium is composed of 28 large enterprises, and it is one of the largest enterprise groups in the Sun Country.Its core enterprises include: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Honda Giken, Kirin Beer, Asahi Glass, etc.

The manager's meeting is called "Jinyaohui" (Jinyaohui, a gathering on the second Friday of each month, and Friday is "Jinyaokai" in Japanese).

The Mitsui consortium consists of 25 large companies.Its core enterprises include Sakura Bank, Mitsui & Co., Shin Oji Paper, Toshiba, Toyota Motor, Mitsukoshi, Toray, Mitsui Fudosan, etc.

The manager's meeting is called "Two Woods Club" ("Two Woods Club", a gathering on the second Thursday of every month, "Wood", Thursday in Japanese is "Thursday").

The Sumitomo Foundation consists of 20 large companies.Its core large enterprises include Sumitomo Bank, Sumitomo Metal, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Corporation, Panasonic, Solar Electric (NEC), Sanyo Electric, Asahi Beer, etc.

The manager's club is called "White Water Club" (White Water Club, the word "Spring" of "Izumi House" originated from the Sumitomo Zaibatsu was split into "White Water").

The Fuji Consortium, the sun people call Mount Fuji "the peak of Furong", so the Fuji Group is also called the Furong Group, consisting of 29 large companies.

Its core enterprises include Fuji Bank, Nissan Motor, Sun Steel Pipe, Sapporo Beer, Hitachi, Marubeni, Canon, the largest manufacturer of bearings "Taiyo Seiko" and the largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery "Kubota".

The manager's club is called "Furong Club" (Furong Club, named after "Furong Group").

In other words, Toyota belongs to the Mitsui consortium, Honda and Mitsubishi belong to the Mitsubishi consortium, Nissan belongs to the Fuji consortium, and Panasonic battery belongs to the Sumitomo consortium.

The Mitsui consortium held a temporary manager meeting.

As the core enterprise of the Mitsui consortium, Toyota Motor has a very large say in the consortium, so Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, sits next to Mitsui Hiroo, president of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

"Akio, what do you think of GM's Super 500 this time?" Hiroo Mitsui asked slowly after taking a sip of tea.

"Put the cart before the horse, they are seeking their own death." Akio Toyoda sneered.

"Oh? Why do you think so?" Hiroo Mitsui was very surprised.

Akio Toyoda explained with a heavy tone: "They thought they had won, but they didn't know that they were being led by the nose by the Galaxy Consortium."

"You mean that the Galaxy Consortium has batteries with higher energy density?" Hiroo Mitsui asked, raising his eyebrows.

Akio Toyoda nodded:

"Dongtang people always like to keep their hands on things, and I find that every time Raytheon Battery launches a new battery, it is always better than the market. If it can be said to be a coincidence, then every time it happens, it can't be a coincidence."

"They are deliberately guiding other companies to follow up on research and development, and then wait until the other party has researched it, and then immediately launch new products to suppress it. In this way, they will continue to weaken the opponent." Kudo, the founder of Sakura Bank, found Raytheon Group routine.

"These Eastern Tang people are too insidious."

"It's a good thing we didn't follow up."

"Panasonic batteries are dying."

Akio Toyoda asked another question: "Do you still remember the airship and launch vehicle of the Galaxy Consortium?"

"Is there any problem with this airship and launch vehicle?" Hiroo Mitsui asked in a daze.

"The problem inside is big. From the information gathered from various channels, we can know that the opponent's airship uses hydrogen airbags." Akio Toyoda said an unbelievable thing.

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