America's Road to Fame

Chapter 471
On May 5, after more than two and a half years of construction, the Russian side finally completed the first phase of the Luwa nuclear power plant. A nuclear reactor with an installed capacity of 20 megawatts successfully generated electricity and was connected to the grid.

It is expected that another set of 35 megawatt nuclear reactors in the second phase of the Luwa nuclear power plant will be completed in a year. By then, the Luwa nuclear power plant alone will be able to provide Atlanta with 70 megawatts of electricity.

In the past, the power consumption of Atlanta and the affiliated Hermi Islands was provided by a natural gas power plant with an installed capacity of 30 megawatts aided by Huaguo. Normally, the power of this power plant supplies the current Atlantis The population of Orchid Island is more than enough.

However, because Atlanta has continued to undergo large-scale construction, and with the construction of various industrial factories, as well as the construction of "Streamer Grass" and "Vitality Ball" planting plants, the demand for electricity continues to rise.

In addition, the data center on the island of Atlanta is also a large consumer of electricity.

The most important thing is that Atlanta is a super-large economic zone on Malus Island, where industrial manufacturing has a more urgent demand for electricity, and the shortage of electricity is also the main factor restricting the scale of the Malus Island economic zone.

After all, at the beginning, there were not many industries in Malus Island, and the resident population was only more than 2, so the power facilities were not very complete.

Now that the Luwa nuclear power plant is connected to the grid, the electricity there can not only provide electricity to Atlan Island, but also can be sent to Malus Island through submarine transmission cables to solve the power shortage problem in the economic zone there.

Luwa Island is about 23 kilometers away from the nearest end of Malus Island, which is fully achievable for submarine power transmission.

After increasing the 35 MW power generation capacity of this phase of the Luwa nuclear power plant, for Atlanta, whether it is Atlanta or Malus, there is still a surplus to provide electricity for it.

For this reason, William Chen plans to, in addition to continuing to expand the scale of the Atlanta data center, also start to build a "digital mine" that is currently the world's largest at the southern tip of the Atlanta Island near the direction of Lowa Island. ".

It is worth mentioning that after the official release of Tesla's Model S, the 1000 basic Model S electric cars ordered by the taxi operating company in Atlanta have begun to arrive one after another.

These electric cars will be put into the taxi operation on the island of Atlanta. Later, the island of Atlanta also plans to cover charging piles throughout the island and use policies to encourage the purchase of electric cars.

In addition to protecting the environment of the island, it can also consume the current sufficient electricity on Atlanta and reduce dependence on oil.

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On June 6, Zero Smart, headquartered in Atlanta, announced the acquisition of 1% of the shares of the Rimac brand, a Romanian electric supercar company, at a price of US$2.5 million, thereby completing the holding of the company.

Rimac was established in 2009. The founder is Mate Rimac, born in 1988, the same age as William Chen.

At the age of 18, Matt bought an old BMW 3 Series (E30) and used it to drift and participate in races.

Unfortunately, not long after, the engine of this BMW E30 broke down. At this time, Matt had a whim and installed a motor and battery for this 3 Series.

After several years of repeated adjustments, the performance of Matt's electric antique car has become stronger and stronger, and even broke 6 FIA records.

At this time, he came up with a bold idea: he decided to build his own car company like Koenigsegg and Pagani.

Although Rimac was established in 2009, before 2011, Matt had been the commander in chief.

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011, Rimac released the first model - Concept One (C1).

At that time, the C1 was still a concept car. Its performance was astonishing. It was driven by four motors (non-hub motors), with a total power of 1241 horsepower, a total torque of 1600Nm, an acceleration time of 2.6 seconds, 0-200km/h in 6.2 seconds, and 0-300km/h 14.2 seconds, the top speed is limited to 356km/h.

The C1 at that time was equipped with a 90kWh ternary lithium battery from Sony, with a cruising range of 349 kilometers, a carbon fiber body, and a vehicle weight of 1850kg.

Interestingly, Tesla's Roadster had also come out at that time, but its performance was a younger brother compared to Rimac C1.

As the world's first pure electric supercar, Rimac C1 is well-deserved.

It's just that so far, this car has not achieved mass production, only a concept car has been produced.

Because Matt, the founder of Rimac, has never had enough funds to complete the final mass production of this model.

In order to survive, Rimac has been more like a technology company these years, providing technical support to other automakers, manufacturing and developing prototypes.

For example, the battery pack and power distribution system used on the Koenigsegg Regera were jointly developed by Rimac and Koenigsegg; at the same time, Rimac can be found on the Aston Martin Valkyrie and Jaguar E-type Zero models. Technology.

The reason why Matt finally agreed to the acquisition of Zero Smart is also because Zero Smart will provide assistance to Rimac in the field of smart technology and fund the establishment of Rimac's R&D center in Atlanta for the development of the latest electric supercar.

And provide funds to help Matt improve the existing Concept One electric supercar, let it enter the civilian car market, and complete mass production.

The positioning of the Rimac brand itself is a luxury brand similar to Koenigsegg and Pagani in the field of electric vehicles. It is not a brand for the public like Tesla, which has a high demand for production.

Even if mass production is achieved, each model will be produced in a limited edition, so it is very suitable for industrial cultivation in Atlanta at this time.

And Zero Smart has obtained the technology of Sony's automated industrial robot factory. After the construction of the smart robot factory, by digesting these technologies, it will also build the Rimac company's electric supercar assembly plant.

It is worth mentioning that a technology research and development center has gradually been built near Atlanta University, including artificial intelligence research and development centers, biotechnology research and development centers, etc., are all established nearby.

And related industrial incubation bases are also under construction, and laboratories of companies such as Zero Smart, AT Skin Care, and Streamer Paint will also be set up nearby.Even the data center on the island of Atlanta is not far from there.

In the plan, this will be the science and technology center of Atlanta in the future.

In the earliest days, Atlanta was positioned as one of the world's entertainment centers, so the first two urban areas were the Marvel District and the G District.

Later, the goal of a financial center was gradually established. The current technology field is only being cultivated, and breakthroughs have only begun in certain fields, such as artificial intelligence, such as biotechnology.

Only after there are achievements in individual fields can we continue to use points to show the surface.

(End of this chapter)