All round car designer

Chapter 451 Super Charging Station

Ninghang City, Tesla electric vehicle development project team.

Since Shencheng's headquarters and factory are still under construction, Tesla's project team is still located in Ninghang City for the time being, so that it can use the complete facilities and equipment in Ninghang City to conduct corresponding tests.

Inspired by Zhou Fei, Tian Hong led the current battery development team to carry out a series of innovations and tests on the battery pack, and finally made a major breakthrough in June. The main body of the battery pack has basically been developed. , Tian Hong is currently reporting to Zhou Fei.

"...After our tests up to ten times, this battery pack can theoretically have a cruising range of 523 kilometers. Compared with lithium battery panels with the same function, the cost has been reduced by at least 50.00%!"

Tian Hong proudly introduced to Zhou Fei that he had never felt such a sense of accomplishment since he started working.

"The theoretical cruising range is only more than 500. What I want is that the actual cruising range can reach this level. Can you raise the theoretical cruising range further?" Zhou Fei looked at Tian Hong and asked.

If the theoretical cruising range is only more than 500, in the actual operation of electric vehicles, the cruising range will definitely not reach such a level.

"Yes, this is definitely possible!" Tian Hong nodded quickly, and he didn't just want to express his opinion to Zhou Fei, but he could really do it.

Through further optimization of the internal components of the battery pack, the cruising range can be improved to a higher level, and in theory it can even reach more than 900 kilometers!
Of course, Tian Hong needs time to continue to explore, not to say that he will get it soon.

"Okay, what I want is that before the end of this year, the theoretical mileage of the battery should be at least [-] kilometers. At the beginning of next year, we will conduct a real car test." Zhou Fei nodded, and then looked at the Vehicle Architecture Team,
"The requirements are the same for you. The development of all components must be completed this year to ensure the smooth progress of the actual vehicle test next year."

"By the way, how is the patent application for the battery pack going?" Zhou Fei continued to ask after thinking about this.

"Relevant materials have been submitted to the Patent Office, and the results are expected to be available soon." Tian Hong replied hastily.

"Okay, let the others go back first, Mr. Ma and Lao Tian will stay alone for a while." Zhou Fei glanced at everyone and said.

As the others left one after another, only Zhou Fei, Ma Huafu, and Tian Hong were left in the conference room.

"Old Tian, ​​do you have any ideas about the super charging station I mentioned to you last time?" Zhou Fei looked at Tian Hong and asked.

As the saying goes, "before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first." For electric vehicles, the battery life is an important factor that determines whether an electric vehicle is favored by consumers, and the popularity of charging stations is another decisive factor.

The reason why pure electric vehicles have not been recognized by consumers is because traditional cars have developed to the present, and gas stations can be seen almost everywhere, but pure electric vehicles rely on electric energy to maintain endurance. If you want to replace traditional cars, then super charging The number of stations must reach the order of magnitude of gas stations!
Only in this way, people will not worry about the embarrassment of having to call a towing service because there is no place to charge when driving.

In terms of popularizing charging stations, Zhou Fei has already discussed with Ma Huafu and adopted the method of offline cooperation with large enterprises, but no matter how good the popularizing method is, there must be charging stations that can be installed.

Therefore, Zhou Fei mentioned the design of the super charging station to Tian Hong as early as last month, and asked him to pay attention to the progress in this area.

Nikola, which is controlled by Dafeng Motor, has already built its own charging stations on a large scale in the United States and several European countries. However, Nikola's charging stations are relatively simple. E-bike express charging stations are similar.

Zhou Fei hopes that Tesla's future super charging station can be more perfect in function.

"At this stage, the super charging station I envision is composed of several charging piles. Each charging pile can only charge one vehicle at the same time. The specific composition of the charging pile includes a charger, a regenerative energy storage battery , battery maintenance machine, billing control system, cable power distribution system, etc..."

Next, Tian Hong drew the preliminary form of the charging station on paper while explaining.Because the design of the charging station has been conceived for a long time, Tian Hong's explanation is relatively detailed.

Although Tian Hong is inferior to Xu Chaoyang in terms of knowledge reserve, he has also worked in electricity for decades, and he is still very clear about the basic principles of charging stations.

"...The specific working principle is that firstly, the grid power charges the regenerative battery through the primary primary side charger, and if electric vehicles need to be charged, then the secondary secondary side fast charger quickly charges the electric vehicles. , so that when charging, it will not interfere with the normal operation of the grid equipment."

As Tian Hong said, he carefully observed Zhou Fei's face. He didn't know whether such a design plan would satisfy Zhou Fei.

However, Zhou Fei did not show any dissatisfaction. After all, he is not an expert in electricity, as long as he can be similar to Tesla's super charging station in his previous life.

"For the design of the charging station, you should continue to improve it first. It is best to give a design manual, but now the optimization of the battery pack is still the main thing. The charging station can only be done with it. I will not give it this year. You have a specific time point, and next year, your work focus will gradually shift to the charging station." Zhou Fei smiled and nodded.

"I understand this. Regarding the structural design of the charging station, I will further optimize it. Please rest assured Mr. Zhou."

After getting Zhou Fei's affirmation, Tian Hong couldn't help showing a happy expression.

"In addition, regarding the construction of the charging station, do you think it is better to adopt the assembly method, or to directly fix the construction like a gas station?" Zhou Fei continued to ask.

"I think the way of assembly is better, which can facilitate subsequent maintenance and disassembly, and can greatly reduce our cost." Ma Huafu answered first.

It is not Zhou Fei's original idea to lay the charging station in an assembled way. Tesla in the previous life also used this method.

After adopting this method, the charging station can be moved at any time, instead of like a gas station, once it is built, it can only be fixed in place or dismantled directly.

The way of assembly can maximize the life of the charging station.

"I also think the way of assembly is better." Tian Hong on the side also said.

This proposal is still very forward-looking.

(End of this chapter)