All round car designer

Chapter 444 Determining the Model
Speeding company headquarters.

Today is the first day of the official establishment of the company's electric vehicle project team. All the members of the project team are also gathered together at this moment, and Zhou Fei is giving them a lecture.

"...everyone here is a leader in their respective fields. Today we can gather everyone together because we have the same goal calling us, that is to jointly develop an electric vehicle with excellent performance!"

Zhou Fei paused, and continued, "I hope that in the next time, everyone can cooperate sincerely. Whether it is batteries or traditional structures, they are an indispensable part of electric vehicles. The technicians on both sides We also need to communicate regularly…”

With the end of Zhou Fei's speech, there was a burst of warm applause in the entire conference room.

Subsequently, Ma Huafu and others also made speeches one after another. In this way, the Tesla electric vehicle project team was officially established.

On the afternoon of the day when the project team was established, Feichi Company also officially issued an announcement, announcing that the company will enter the electric vehicle industry and develop the electrification strategy as a key project of the company.

For a time, this decision of Feichi Company also received the support of many people.

"Actually, I think Mercedes-Benz should have developed electric vehicles as a key project long ago!"

"As soon as a Nikola was released abroad, Mercedes-Benz immediately announced its entry into the electric vehicle industry. As expected, the domestic automobile industry depends on Mercedes-Benz!"

"Nikola in the United States has been able to achieve a cruising range of 400 kilometers. Mercedes-Benz started so late and has little experience in batteries. I don't know if it can make an electric car."

"I believe that since Zhou Fei has made this decision and announced it in a very high-profile way, I believe that they must have prepared for a long time, looking forward to the electric car of Feichi Company!"

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Amidst the heated discussions among netizens, Tesla's project team also held the first formal meeting and began to discuss preliminary technical solutions.

At the same time, Dafeng Automobile headquarters in Germany.

Fred naturally knew about the news that Mercedes-Benz announced its entry into the electric vehicle industry. At this time, he was facing the computer screen, lost in thought.

To be honest, Fred mustered up a lot of courage when he invested 1000 million in Nikola. After all, the concept of electric vehicles was not fully defined at that time, and not many people were willing to invest in such start-ups. .

But the current facts have proved that Fred's original investment was very correct. During the four years, the original 1000 million has become the current 23 billion, and the return on investment can be called heaven-defying!

This is not a big deal, Nikola's market value will not stop at 100 billion US dollars, and the company's market value will definitely rise further in the next few years. More importantly, Fred sees the limitless potential of the electric vehicle market. Business!
In the past, he sneered at electric cars, thinking that this kind of car could possibly replace the current fuel car, but Nikola's development in the past two years really made Fred's eyes shine, and he was able to get the support of the capital market. Unanimous praise is enough to prove the future development prospects of this industry.

Who in the world has a better sense of smell than those on Wall Street?
Especially now, even Feichi has announced its entry into the electric vehicle market, which further proves that the future prospects of this industry are infinitely broad. Otherwise, how could Zhou Fei engage in electric vehicles with great fanfare?

Originally, in the past few years, Dafeng Motors had been suppressed by Mercedes-Benz, and it was almost powerless to fight back. Fred even had the idea of ​​retiring. If he continued to fight Zhou Fei like this, he would have a myocardial infarction sooner or later.

However, the rise of electric vehicles gave Fred new hope.

Now that Nikola's first electric car is about to be released, Nikola has already been at the forefront on the road of electric cars, and it is unknown how many years ahead of other companies.

Now that Mercedes-Benz has officially announced its entry into the game, Fred admits that Zhou Fei is really good at designing traditional cars, but electric cars are different. Without advanced battery technology, what can Zhou Fei do with electric cars?
Nikola can make the cruising range of electric vehicles reach 400 kilometers, and Mercedes-Benz can't do this in a short period of time!

It is foreseeable that with the entry of Mercedes-Benz, more capital will pour into the electric vehicle industry in the next few years. This industry is about to usher in its first stage of prosperity, and Dafeng Motor just happens to control the electric vehicle industry. Gula, this is simply God's favor!

For Dafeng Motor, which holds a unicorn in the industry like Nikola, he now has the capital to wrestle with Mercedes-Benz in the field of electric vehicles!

"It seems that we are really rivals for life!" Fred couldn't help but whispered while watching the report on the computer about Mercedes-Benz's entry into the field of electric vehicles.

Afterwards, he picked up the phone and called the company's investment department, "Increase investment in Nikola, I hope that before Nikola's official listing, our Dafeng Automobile can become the largest shareholder of Nikola." !"

Fred was still hesitating before whether to increase his shareholding in Nikola, but this announcement from Mercedes-Benz strengthened Fred's determination to do so.

Nikola has become the last battle between Dafeng Motor and Mercedes-Benz. Fred decided to put his last hope on electric vehicles. At least he can win against Mercedes-Benz once before he retires.

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After setting up a special project team, Zhou Fei put the development of electric vehicles on the agenda. As before, Zhou Fei still plans to design the structure of the entire car first, and then the project team will be responsible for the rest. Work.

So now the choice Zhou Fei is facing is, which Tesla car should he develop?

At present, Tesla's models on sale mainly include model 3, model S, model X, and model Y. In addition, supercars like the Roadster have not yet been released.

Among them, Model 3 and Model S are ordinary cars, and the positioning of these two cars is not low at all, corresponding to medium and large cars such as Audi A4 and Audi A6, so the price will naturally not be very beautiful.

This is also a common problem of many electric vehicles. The price of slightly better electric vehicles starts at 30 yuan, which also limits the popularity of electric vehicles to a large extent. After all, there are many alternatives at the same price, and not many people are willing. Spend this much money on an electric car.

In addition to two ordinary sedans, Tesla also has two electric SUVs like Model X and Model Y, and even in Tesla's plan, there are models like pure electric pickups.

For Mercedes-Benz, which entered the electric vehicle industry for the first time, the positioning of the model must be cautious, especially in terms of price, let alone choosing too high, otherwise it will seriously affect the popularity of the model, which is the same as the first time Breaking into the luxury car market is the same.

So after some thinking, Zhou Fei finally chose Model 3 and Model Y!

(End of this chapter)