Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

When Ford Motor is internally discussing whether Venus Technology's Starlink satellite system will include China's mainstream independent brands, and everyone is promoting a new generation of Starlink-based vehicle-machine systems, General Motors is certainly not idle.

President Ed Whittaker called everyone from design, sales, and purchasing together for a half-day meeting.

In the end, I feel that in order to maintain GM's number one position in China, GM will definitely consider purchasing vehicle engine systems from Nanshan Auto Parts for some future models.

To this end, General Motors arranged for Cao Yang's old acquaintance Austin, the former purchasing director and current general manager of Shanghai GM, to communicate directly with Cao Yang on the phone.

Their strategy of taking the high-level route is obviously faster.

"Mr. Cao, the vehicle engine system produced by Nanshan Auto Parts will be considered for use in our main models of Modu GM."

"Approximately when will you be able to provide mass production products?"

Austin and Cao Yang were very familiar with each other. After a few brief greetings, they got down to business.

There is no need to beat around the bush at this time, just tell the truth directly.

"The first-generation Starlink vehicle-machine system is planned to be launched in the second half of next year. At that time, only a certain range of tests will be conducted for China."

"However, although it is a first-generation product, we will reserve the OTA upgrade function to ensure that these products will not become feature phones after subsequent system upgrades."

Now that we are ready to promote the Starlink vehicle-machine system to the outside world, there is naturally nothing to hide about some information.

Even Cao Yang wanted everyone to have a good discussion.

"OTA upgrade?"

It’s not like Austin has never heard of the word OTA.

OTA is the abbreviation of Over The Air, which means that the car can upgrade software through the wireless network.

OTA technology first appeared in Japan in 2000, but it has not been adopted in the automotive industry. Currently, software upgrades through OTA are widely used in smartphones.

In 2009, GM mass-produced the remote update function of the in-car entertainment system through the famous OnStar service.

However, this function is not fully developed, and its practical significance is not very great.

In 2012, Tesla Model S implemented OTA of the vehicle's main functions including chassis power software.

This is considered a relatively big breakthrough, but in the end this function was not perfectly implemented on the Model S. It was not until the Model 3 era that it truly exploded in power.

Now that Nanshan Auto Parts' Starlink vehicle system is ready to be promoted through OTA upgrades, Westin still feels a hint of threat.

"Yes, in the future, when designing our car-machine systems, we will fully consider the needs of subsequent OTA upgrades and reserve enough memory and chip computing power."

"Ensure that after our models are launched, they will not fall behind within at least five years."

Cao Yang didn't dare to speak too fully.

If it is still top-notch ten years later, then let’s not talk about it.

No one believed it even if I told him.

Which automobile company or parts company dares to say that its products will still be first-class ten years from now?

Some electronic devices are destined to be updated quickly.

"I heard before that Venus Technology's Starlink satellite system plans to complete the preliminary layout within the next three years and complete the comprehensive layout within five years."

"Then can it be understood that within the next three years, the Starlink vehicle-machine system will be able to reach a more satisfactory level of experience in China?"

The impact of this matter is relatively large, and Austin feels that he still needs to confirm it clearly.

"This is what we expect, but there are still some variables later."

Ford is talking to itself about the Starlink vehicle computer system, and General Motors is also talking to itself about this.

It seems that the news made by Venus Technology’s Starlink this time has really caused a big shock in the global automobile industry.

After all, although Venus Technology has been saying that Starlink will be connected to the vehicle system in the future, it has not been paid much attention by companies.

The situation this time is different. All China's mainstream independent brand car companies have been included as shareholders.

But China is now the world's largest automobile market.

As for the global automobile giants, as long as they can afford it, they all have business operations in China.

In this way, even if everyone wants to ignore it, it won't work.

Because that will make your car completely uncompetitive in China in the future.

This is certainly not a situation those auto giants want to see.

"At that time, I will ask Pan Asia's design director in charge of electrical appliances to connect with Nanshan Auto Parts. If there are any parts that need to be matched or jointly developed in the future, we can communicate well."

Among the domestic joint venture car companies, Pan Asia is relatively strong, and it has done something real.

For many models of Modu GM, some related development work is completed in Pan Asia.

Now that Austin has asked Pan Asia to connect with Nanshan Auto Parts, it can be considered that this matter has officially begun to be implemented.

Cao Yang naturally had no objection to this.

And when auto giants such as Ford and General Motors are worrying about the Starlink vehicle system, Tesla can't pretend that nothing happened.

After a certain period of investigation and preparation, Tesla is preparing to enter the Chinese market.

Therefore, they are also more concerned about the dynamics of China's automobile market.

The most important thing is that this time the Starlink vehicle system is closely related to the Space Exploration Technology Company's Starlink satellite system, which naturally caused greater repercussions within Tesla.

"Max, do you think we need to ask the Space Exploration Technology Company to integrate Starlink with our vehicle-machine system?"

Although Musko has a great mind, he really didn't think much about connecting the Starlink to the car-machine system before.

Of course, this is also related to the rush on their Starlink system.

Musko may not have fully thought out the relevant arrangements.

"It's definitely necessary."

"Especially the electric vehicles we are producing now focus on intelligent driving and Internet of Vehicles services."

"Integrating the vehicle-machine system with Starlink is very beneficial to improving our competitiveness in this area."

"Besides, so many car companies in China have done this. If we don't have it, it will be more difficult for future models to sell well in China."

Max gave his reply with certainty.

That’s what we need to do!

Of course, he also knew that it was not that easy to do well.

After all, the first satellite of the Space Exploration Technology Company's Starlink has not yet launched.

All plans are still on paper.

"What you said makes sense."