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Chapter 378 Glory bets again

The performance of Qiancheng's pure electric engineering vehicles is pretty good, but this does not mean that it will be mass-produced immediately. The electronic control system of this vehicle is only usable, which does not mean that it is stable.Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology were invited just to enhance understanding, deepen cooperation, and prepare for attracting talents and obtaining various policy supports in the future.

Tesla and BYD both entered the automobile industry in 2003 and announced that they would build pure electric vehicles. The two companies have embarked on different development paths.

BYD started building cars with the goal of making money, and then continued to invest in iterating its products.The advantages of doing this are obvious, that is, the risks are small, but the disadvantages are equally obvious, that is, BYD continues to bring immature products to the market, and its early reputation is not very good.

If you say BYD has a bad reputation on Weibo and headlines, you will definitely be ridiculed. After the blade battery came out, BYD stepped up its "word-of-mouth marketing."It is clear that the pure electric vehicle industry is not yet mature, and there will definitely be various problems, but they refuse to admit it. As long as BYD cars are said to have problems, they will be slandered as foreign slaves who have been kneeling for a long time, and will be attacked by groups. They are the two biggest incompetents on the Internet. Brands under attack.

Tesla is different. Starting from the high end, the first Tesla cars definitely gave consumers an experience that exceeded expectations and formed a good reputation, which is a positive response. Musk and SpaceX added.Some brainless fans brag that Musk’s rockets can reach the sky, but how can he build cars?

There seems to be nothing wrong with this statement. Even the domestic aerospace department admits that SpaceX is awesome, but the technology of rockets and pure electric vehicles has a far-fetched relationship.If this can be connected, then building a large aircraft is not much more difficult than building a car. Can Airbus and Boeing dominate the world?

Tesla used to be awesome, but as the technology in this industry continues to advance, the advantages of the domestic industrial chain are becoming more and more famous.Although I dare not say that BYD will definitely surpass Tesla in the field of pure electric vehicles, there are definitely domestic companies that can do it.After adding autonomous driving, the situation is very unclear. Google, Baidu and many companies have not entered the game and can only guess, which is meaningless.

Most consumers do not have long-term memories of things that have nothing to do with them.BYD has hired trolls, and Tesla may have crazy fans, but they can only affect the market for a period of time, and the market will eventually return to rationality.

If we only consider the domestic market, Qiancheng Motor's patriotic marketing in a few years should be the simplest and most trouble-free option with a very high success rate.But does Quli have a choice?Honor has been a multinational company since the beginning, and it has already established a strong reputation. If it gives up its brand advantage and starts from the low end and looks up to Tesla BBA, it will become a second-rate product.

Qu Li’s only worry is: Will anyone say that he has been imitating Musk all his life, building cars and rockets...

Probably not. Quli, Jumei, and Honor Mobile are serial entrepreneurs who are more awesome than Musk.Perhaps letting consumers form an almost religious brand belief similar to iPhone is what he should be more concerned about.

This idea is a good one, but the road must be taken step by step. The electronic control of pure electric vehicles is not yet mature. However, senior executives such as Lei Jun, Li Yinan, Zhang Yaqin, and Chen Jingqiu saw hope and agreed to increase their investment in Qiancheng Motor. Invest.

"We want to increase the shareholding ratio to more than 51%." Chen Jingqiu said. At Honor, he finally understood what product iteration is and knew that pure electric vehicles can make progress through continuous iteration.

“Honor’s most advanced technologies can be integrated into cars.”

"The vehicle system is a big problem..."

The infotainment system of Qiancheng pure electric vehicles is Kunlun KOS. The bottom layer that involves power control uses a real-time operating system, which can be considered as the microkernel mentioned by Juhua Factory. Currently, the most used system by international brands is the QNX system acquired by BlackBerry.Of course it cannot be used with Honor. This system is not open source and is not suitable for pure electric vehicles, let alone future autonomous driving.

Zhang Yaqin must shoulder the heavy responsibility in this regard and develop KOS and microkernel systems suitable for Qiancheng Motors.The heavy workload made Zhang Yaqin lose weight after coming to Glory.

Zhang Yaqin previously spent too much energy on optimizing the Android system in the AOSP open source project. With the release of Honor G4 this time, the operating system was once again renamed KOS.Because Honor has made a lot of contributions to AOSP and applied for various patents, such as sliding down the notification bar to view weather and information, various sliding gestures for full-screen, fingerprint and retina unlocking, etc.Let them try out any function that Qu Li can think of. Even if it cannot be mass-produced for the time being, they must apply for a patent. When the time comes, it will be able to play a role in both defense and offense.

When these things are put together, the existing team is not enough. In 2010, there were definitely not many programmers in China who could develop operating systems, at least much less than after 22, so some tasks had to be arranged by Honor's team in Silicon Valley. To be responsible, we have to recruit and train people from major universities.

Fortunately, there is Zhang Yaqin. He is a genius with a good resume and can control the situation. Just like in martial arts fantasy novels, it is difficult for a sect to survive without top masters. Zhang Yaqin is a living sign. The height of the CTO of an Internet company can determine The technical upper limit of this enterprise.

In the later stage of corporate competition, it is the competition of talent teams. The average salary of Honor is slightly higher than that of Juhua Factory, and Jumei is on the same level as Baidu, Ali, and Echang.In the long run, the income of Jumei employees will not be lower than that of Chrysanthemum Factory.With generous remuneration and huge development prospects, Glory Jumei is very attractive in this year's school recruitment.

Qiancheng Motor's Beijin Research Institute also needs to recruit people, and it will be put together with the Honor Automobile Department, which feels a bit deceptive, but building pure electric vehicles really requires the best talents.Qiancheng Automobile has put together seven or eight thousand 18650 batteries this time, while BYD's prismatic battery pack only has one or two hundred. The difficulty of battery electronic control is not on the same level.

The 18650 battery used by Qiancheng Automobile is a transitional one. Let’s practice the technology. It is clear that square batteries and cylindrical batteries have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the difficulty of electronic control is very different. Why choose the more difficult and not necessarily the right path?

To put it simply, Qiancheng’s pure electric vehicle produced with 18650 batteries is a product used to train the team, accumulate technology, brag to the outside world, and enhance the confidence of all parties. It will definitely not be mass-produced. After further optimization, we will see if it can reach sales Request, let’s talk about it when the time comes.

After Honor acquires more than 51% of Qiancheng Motor's shares, they will work together to create a truly disruptive pure electric vehicle that can be mass-produced, from smart cockpits, ternary lithium power batteries to a dedicated production line for pure electric vehicles.

After Lei Jun went to the United States, Qu Li didn't know what he was busy with. He felt like he was messing around every day. The exterior design of Qiancheng Automobile could not meet his requirements. There were not many outstanding car designers in China, but Qiancheng, a small company, What should I do if I can’t hire a great person and it’s too late to train myself?

We had no choice but to use our financial capabilities again and invite an independent European car design team to participate in the design.Anyway, the EU is caught in the European debt crisis, and the rich domestic car companies can become their bosses.