Monster Factory - 700

The video conference is not long, only tens of minutes.

The three giants informed each other about each other’s situation. Martin and Raytheon’s president Bertram, in a worried tone, told the Secretary Aklan that plasma batteries have great potential in both military and civilian applications.

At the same time, Director Aklan also told them a piece of news that could not be obtained from normal channels.

Giant Animal Industry collects the rare metal element Dysprosium everywhere. Because of their actions, China’s Dysprosium metal is already very tight. In the coming days, the market price of Dysprosium metal will definitely increase substantially.

Dysprosium metal?

Tesla CEO Martin is no stranger to this kind of metal. Director Aklan is telling them two points in a tactful way. If their company also needs this kind of metal, they must quickly increase their inventory in advance.

In addition, dysprosium metal is definitely one of the important raw materials for plasma batteries.

Martin is an expert in batteries, he knows that in some special batteries, metal dysprosium is really needed. But that amount of addition is not too much, it just serves as a catalyst for the material.

In fact, it is not difficult to determine the type of material of the lightning battery.

Taking a few samples of the liquid energy storage material inside, using powerful accelerator mass spectrometry detection technology and spectral detection technology, all the material components in the liquid material can be analyzed.

In fact, this test has already been done, and Tesla quietly bought four lightning sample vehicles and shipped them to the headquarters. One of the plasma batteries was violently dismantled and taken for analysis.

However, the analysis results left Martin and the technical team in doubts.

Those materials cover the three major elements of metals, non-metals, and chemistry. These substances have different melting points, and their reactions at room temperature are also different. But what finally appeared in front of Martin was a plasma battery that turned into liquid and was exceptionally stable at room temperature.

Tesla is currently one step faster, and is working on a copy of the battery. It’s just that the technicians collect these materials together, no matter what technology is used to process it, it can only be a piece of solid metal.

It can’t even store electricity…

Martin understands that Tesla has ushered in the biggest crisis in history.

Regardless of plasma batteries, even a smart assistant can sling them.

This feeling is indescribably bad. It’s like an invincible cowboy who has been in the West for many years. Suddenly, he was shot down by an unknown junior.

He didn’t even have a chance to draw a gun, and the beautiful and hot girls around him were also robbed.

Crazy, depressed, aggrieved, angry, and helpless.

They have been focusing on electric vehicles for 20 years, but what about the giant beast industry?

They just developed it easily.

Whenever he thinks of the sales report submitted by the president of Huaxia District last week, Martin has the urge to find the General Judgment of the Giant Beast Industry.

Last month, Tesla’s monthly sales in China dropped by 80% from the previous thousands of vehicles.

China is not the main battlefield of Tesla, but it is the high-quality potential market that Tesla values most. This can be seen from the steady increase in sales in the past.

As China’s major cities have become more stringent in controlling the number of fuel vehicles, Tesla has optimistically made market estimates. In the next three years, China’s Tesla market will increase by 400%, becoming Tesla’s overseas market. The largest market base.

Now this beautiful dream, in front of the ruthless facts, was like a beautiful soap bubble, bursting out with a bang.

After the meeting, Martin couldn’t calm down for a long time. They haven’t researched any clues yet, but Behemoth is going to launch a remote driving function again?

The layman didn’t understand the meaning of this function, but Martin was able to discover it and was deeply frightened.

Thinking of this, Martin picked up the phone with some annoyance and called Gabler, the president of China Region.

It should be ten o’clock at night in Huaxia, and Martin knew that the other party must have not slept. Sure enough, the call was connected before the third waiting tone sounded.

“BOSS, what’s your order?”

“Do you have more news about the remote driving function of the Thunderbolt?”

“BOSS, most of China’s science and technology news and on the Internet are showing unfavorable trends. Many people think that this feature is a bit of a taste, and it can’t be achieved technically.” The voice of China President Gabler is very spiritual, and at the same time I also didn’t care about this feature and thought it was a publicity stunt.

“Talk about your own opinion.” Martin leaned on the chair, his tone erratic.

“I’m not very optimistic about this feature, BOSS. Haven’t we also studied the upgraded version of assisted driving before-autonomous driving? Although we have not successfully developed this feature for the time being, the assisted driving function of our Tesla car is still in trouble. Before Lei appeared, he was always number one in the world.”

“Today, the remote driving developed by Jilei Auto is like a compromised version of autonomous driving. They have no technology and move all the electronic hardware required for autonomous driving to the Jilei Auto. They use remote connections in disguise. To solve the problem.”

“Then what do you think is the market prospect of remote driving?” Martin continued to ask.

“I personally feel that the prospects are very unclear, because at present, the giant animal industry adopts a mileage-based fee system for this function. Who buys a car, will waste money to save driving time? Everyone can experience this novelty at most The function was later found to be impractical, and soon left it in the cold and complained loudly.”

“With this energy, it is better to develop autonomous driving. It is an intelligent assistant, which makes me feel a great sense of crisis.”

“Hehe~” Martin sat up straight again, with a hint of regret in his smile, “Gabler, your judgment has disappointed me a little. Is the sales falling like a cliff blinding your eyes?”

“In my opinion, remote driving is a great invention that can be compared with smartphones.”

“If it can be achieved.”

Gabler, President of China Region, quickly lowered his posture and listened to Martin’s words.

“You have to understand that autonomous driving and remote driving are two unrelated technologies. The former is used for the laziness of drivers. The presence or absence of this function does not affect the driving experience.”

“The latter is driving remotely, in fact, for those potential consumers who do not have a driver’s license.”

“Let me ask you, how many people have a driver’s license in Huaxia?”

“Three hundred million.” Gabler said without hesitation.

“The problem lies here. We have a population of more than 300 million people in the United States, and more than 200 million people have driver’s licenses. But China has 1.4 billion people and only 300 million people have driver’s licenses. There are 1.1 billion people who don’t have driver’s licenses.”

Martin’s voice became erratic again, “In the United States, nine out of ten people in the U.S. have a driver’s license. The remaining 100 million unlicensed people are mostly concentrated in minors.”

“But in China, among 100 people aged 50, only ten have a driver’s license at most.”

“Dear Mr. Gabler, what do you think is the purchasing power of these middle-aged and elderly people in China?”

“powerful……”

“Not so strong.”

Gebler convinced: “Aunt China’s ability to buy, buy, and buy is world-renowned. Among young people in China, 60% of them are paid by their parents, and the same is true for buying houses.”

Martin grumbled in agreement: “This is why I said the concept of remote driving is no less than a smartphone.”

“The core of remote driving is that Behemoth Industry assumes the responsibility of being a’driver’ and provides protection for those undocumented personnel. As long as the Chinese government approves this project, a new, huge blank market that has never been developed will be left alone. Picked by Giant Animal Industry.”

“I…I see, BOSS.”

The voice of Huaxia District President Gabler has a trembling of fear, “As soon as this feature comes out, those who don’t have a driver’s license and would never consider buying a car before will also have the opportunity to buy a car. Behemoth Industry from a long distance Professional drivers transition to remote supercomputer driving. They want the perfect solution without increasing the cost of buying a car.”

“Yes.”

Martin paused and sighed: “The price of a lightning car with its own supercomputer is destined to miss 99% of consumers and become a toy for the rich. It will also take up a lot of car space and consume more space. Cars need extra energy.”

“China’s aging population who may not even be able to play with smartphones are even less likely to switch to supercomputers.”

“The ambitions of Behemoth Industry are unimaginable. They don’t plan to make toys. They want to change the way the Chinese people travel. They set their goal on a huge blank market that all of us have never thought of or dared to imagine.”

Martin hit the nail on the head and broke through the core elements that countless people could not see clearly, “Remote driving not only solves the cost problem, but also completely solves the concerns of consumers. Because there is a traffic accident, it will always be the responsibility of Behemoth Industry. , And will be paid by the Giant Monster Industry.”

“I pray that they will not be able to complete this project within 20 years. I also pray that the China Transportation Department will never approve this project if it uses its lazy policy to its limit!” Gabler pleaded piously.

“I also hope…” Martin sighed, “Let’s not discuss this. How is our Tesla sales in China at present?”

“B…BOSS, on… Didn’t I just submit a sales report last week?”

“I want to know the new data this week after the sales report.”

“One…none.” Gebler said in a sad tone: “In fact, last month, we were able to sell two hundred cars, all of them were customers who had already paid a 50% deposit and couldn’t apply for a refund. This For a week, we didn’t have a new sales order…”