All round car designer

Chapter 452 Secret Exposure (1)

Discussions are still going on.

Regarding the specific structure of the charging station, and even the subsequent assembly issues, basically a conclusion has been reached, which will be of great benefit to Tesla's future promotion.

"In terms of the power supply of the super charging station, I still have a bold idea. Can I not rely entirely on the power support of the national grid, can I try to use solar charging to power the charging station?" Zhou Fei suddenly With a sudden inspiration, he said so.

Since it is a new energy vehicle, why not also reflect the keyword "new energy" in the charging method?
"I think you can give it a try, Lao Tian, ​​is there any technical difficulty?" Ma Huafu nodded first.

"Technically, there is definitely no problem. Now the solar technology is very mature. The main thing is how to connect the solar energy to the charging station system. I have been thinking about it. There should be no problem, and I think that we can launch it later. Pure solar charging station, get rid of dependence on the grid!"

Tian Hong replied excitedly.

The 10 minutes of chatting with Zhou Fei felt more useful than working hard for weeks!
In the following time, Zhou Fei chatted with Ma Huafu and Tian Hong for a long time, mainly about the follow-up development of electric vehicles. After more than an hour, several people came out of the meeting room .

"What stage is the Tesla Gigafactory in Shencheng?" Zhou Fei asked as he walked.

"Due to the relatively long planning period of the factory, it is still in the foundation laying stage. The main body of the factory is expected to start construction in July." Ma Huafu replied.

"Will you not delay the release next year?"

Zhou Fei intends to release the two Tesla cars around October to December next year. Now that the construction of the factory has fallen behind, Zhou Fei is worried that there will be no way to release them on time.

"I have confirmed with the construction party, no, it will be put into use around June next year. The problem now is that the supply chain has not been fully formed. I plan to go to the United States next week."

Ma Huafu shook his head and said.

"When will you go to the United States, I will go with you at that time, and I will also go to Munich, Tesla's agent in Europe and the United States, I decided to hand it over to Mercedes-Benz." Zhou Fei said with a smile.

Said to be an agent, in fact, the role played by Mercedes-Benz this time is more like a partner than an agent in the traditional sense. Mercedes-Benz also has its own technical characteristics in the development of electric vehicles. Zhou Fei intends to let Tesla partnered with Mercedes-Benz.

In fact, in the previous life, Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, was one of Tesla’s investors, and the design features of Mercedes-Benz can be seen on Tesla’s models, and Zhou Fei happened to be able to Take this opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and the company.

"Mr. Zhou is sure you want to cooperate with Mercedes-Benz?" Ma Huafu asked in surprise.

Zhou Fei had only mentioned this matter to Ma Huafu before, and Ma Huafu was not aware of the actual relationship between Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-Benz, so he was a little surprised by Zhou Fei's decision.

"Well, I'm sure." Zhou Fei nodded, "Mercedes-Benz is now the third largest car manufacturer in Europe and the United States after Dafeng and Futong. Tesla is circulating in the European and American markets."

What Zhou Fei said was second only to Dafeng and Futong did not refer to sales volume, but to corporate value. After all, Mercedes-Benz is a luxury car, so it is impossible for sales to reach the level of Futong and Dafeng.

"Ever since I entered into a joint venture with Futong Motors, I have never seen Mr. Zhou care so much about a company."

"Mercedes-Benz is different from other companies. Since they are willing to take a share of electric vehicles, I don't mind sharing this cake with them." Zhou Fei laughed.

"It seems that the relationship between Mercedes-Benz and our Mercedes-Benz company is indeed different. This should be a favor and reward." Ma Huafu said with a smile.

"It's really unusual, Mr. Ma will understand in the future." Zhou Fei said with a smile.

They were originally a family, and the relationship between Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-Benz was not comparable to that of Forton.

After confirming all this, Zhou Fei went to Shanghai the next day to inspect the construction of the super factory, and then returned to the headquarters that afternoon.

Although the company has gradually focused its work on electric vehicles, it does not mean that traditional vehicles will be ignored. At least in the next 15 to 20 years, traditional vehicles will still be the mainstream of the automotive market, and electric vehicles will replace them. Traditional fuel vehicles will be a very slow process.

After all, traditional fuel vehicles have been developed for more than 100 years, and it is impossible to eliminate electric vehicles that have only been developed for more than ten years at once.

Before electric vehicles are fully popularized, the production and sales of traditional cars will still be the main source of profit for Mercedes-Benz, and the main business of Mercedes-Benz will still be traditional cars.

So at least for now, electric vehicles can only be used as a sideline business of Mercedes-Benz, and if they want to achieve profitability, electric vehicles also have a long way to go.

No matter which aspect you look at, the business of traditional cars must continue to grow bigger and stronger.

Therefore, the current Feichi company is only engaged in the development of electric vehicles by a dedicated group of people, and the production of traditional vehicles is still an issue that Zhou Fei is very concerned about.

Considering that he was going to Germany next week, Zhou Fei arranged the relevant work before leaving, and then flew to the United States together with Ma Huafu to meet with a local battery plate supplier. Negotiations took place.

Zhou Fei and Ma Huafu went out together. After two days, the two parties finally reached an agreement on the relevant cooperation details. Afterwards, Ma Huafu stayed and signed a contract with the other party, while Zhou Fei came to Munich alone. , ready to discuss specific cooperation details with Mueller.

After a day's rest in Munich, Zhou Fei met Mueller at the Mercedes-Benz headquarters the next day.

"How is Professor Müller doing with regard to Tesla's factory site in Munich?"

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, they quickly got to the point.

"It's still in the current industrial park, but are you sure you want Mercedes-Benz to represent Tesla's business in Europe and the United States? Will this arouse suspicion from others." Mueller asked worriedly.

Regarding this matter, Zhou Fei had already talked with Muller on the phone last month, so Muller had already made preparations.

"It's nothing. Anyway, Mercedes-Benz is also going to launch an electric car model. This is an ordinary business cooperation. Mercedes-Benz needs our technology, and we need Mercedes-Benz's market. It's as simple as that, so don't worry so much."

Zhou Fei shook his head with a smile, and didn't think there was anything wrong.

(End of this chapter)