Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 682 The double-edged sword of oil prices

"The two best-selling SUVs in the world are Toyota's RAV4 and Honda's CR-V. The most important markets are in the United States. If you say you don't want to compete directly with Japanese cars, who will believe it?"

Qu Li was stunned. He really didn't target anyone. All decisions were made based on the company's own development needs.

"While cooperating with Mitsubishi, you have repeatedly targeted Mitsubishi. Do you have a prejudice against Japanese cars?"

In the face of investors' doubts, Qu Li didn't want to explain. It's impossible to have prejudice or something, and he can't say it.

"The technical foundation of Qiancheng CS6 comes from Mitsubishi off-road vehicles, but they don't seek improvement and cannot keep up with our actual needs, so they must cut it..." Qu Li explained

"Then what you have done is very successful, why do you still want to cooperate with Mitsubishi?"

"This company is not a threat to us, and Changfeng Cheetah wants it." Qu Li said that the Huxiang government leaders came to Qiancheng Geometry this time and expressed their concern for Cheetah Auto, which may be because Qiancheng Geometry often interferes with Cheetah Auto. I have some opinions on the operation.

Perhaps because of the success of Geometry cars, Qiancheng's management is a little blindly optimistic. In the communication with "outsiders", Qu Li noticed some details. Now, Future Geometry seems to be learning German cars, playing Japanese cars, and ignoring Korean cars.

Regardless of whether it has the strength or not, and regardless of whether the German or Japanese models are stronger or weaker, Qiancheng Motors is just so "tsundere".This is definitely good for improving the brand image of Qiancheng, but it is certain to offend big Japanese brands.

But surprisingly, Aisin did not put pressure on them. The two parties signed a long-term cooperation, guaranteed purchase, and a cooperative development agreement, so that Aisin's 6AT/8AT gearboxes can be adapted to the future CMA architecture.

Qiancheng Motor also negotiated with Aisin to establish a new gearbox factory, and may cooperate with GAC to increase the chance of success and reduce the risk of cooperation.After all, there is still a very considerable profit for a guaranteed purchase order of 20 a year?

"In our plan, Qiancheng CS6 and CS8 will be transplanted to CMA architecture, replaced with 7DCT gearbox, and exported to Europe..." Qu Li

"Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"

"We will strictly limit the number of fuel vehicles, unless the development of electric vehicles is too slow."

If possible, Qu Li is even willing to incorporate all fuel vehicles into the CMA framework to save costs.In addition, international oil prices have fallen, consumers have become less sensitive to fuel consumption, and SUV models have gained more favor around the world.

比如2014年国内SUV销量约400万占比不到20%，到2018年就接近1000万了国内占比接近60%，米国占比40%。国际油价降低显然有助于SUV车型的销售，而且主要集中在紧凑型和中型跨界SUV……

The level of oil prices has a great relationship with the success of a new car. The Qiancheng Lantu coupe is expected to be launched in the second half of next year. At that time, the international oil price will be lower than US$50 a barrel, and it will remain within this price range until 2018.This shows that at least three years after the listing is the golden period for the sales of Qiancheng Lantu.

Qiancheng also has a car with a CVT gearbox, which is used to compete with Nissan Sylphy, Volkswagen Lavida, and Toyota Corolla. The sales volume is not sure.Anyway, it is impossible for Quli to sell a car with less than 10 yuan. To ensure the quality, there must be trade-offs. If the spare parts are not more particular, how can we make excellent products?

"What's the name of this car?"

There is no prototype of the car, what name do you want?Daily use should not have too much personality, or it should be called Lantu, the coupe is called Lantu (Bajun), and the family car is called Lantu (Xingyun).The nebula, through luck and luck, can also be derived from the starry sky, the galaxy, the sea of ​​stars...

After several twists and turns and adjustments, many things about Qiancheng Motors have probably been settled, delaying the development of new fuel vehicles. After the success of the CMA structure, they will develop hybrid vehicles. Qu Li even has the idea of ​​​​giving up on hybrid vehicles.

During the development of hybrid vehicles, the Qiancheng team further verified the fact that the safety risk of hybrid vehicles is more than double that of electric vehicles, and the actual use value does not seem to be high. As long as there are home charging piles, hybrid vehicles are just a decoration , Only when the charging facilities are not perfect, and you often go to high speeds, plug-in hybrids are valuable.

It is conceivable that the combination of the two systems of plug-in hybrid is extremely difficult, and it is only natural that it is easy to break.

After adjustments, Qiancheng now has four fuel vehicles, CS6/Plus and CS8/Plus, CMA architecture and behind it Lantu (Bajun), Lantu (Xingyun) and plug-in hybrid Saab X1.

In addition to the G9, Geometry Auto also has the Y9 that is currently under development. The other is the construction of charging piles and charging stations, as well as the establishment of national charging standards. This cannot be rushed.

Qu Li signed various documents with peace of mind, and all kinds of things about the future were finally done.

The sales volume of Qiancheng CS7Plus increased rapidly in July. The sales volume of CS6Plus in August finally fell below 8. The price difference brings many differences. If it exceeds 1, it will be difficult for domestic independent brands to sell. The CS20Plus extended version of the 8AT gearbox should be able to Support this business.

"Our fuel vehicles have been sold to Canada, and the North American market has opened to us. The sales of GF01 are very good, and the rest is to wait..." Xia Mingfei said that Qiancheng Geometry is not treated differently in the North American market, and the dealers are very good. North America There are more voices discussing domestically-produced cars in the region.

"We have received feedback from dealers on GF03, and overall they are optimistic." Xia Mingfei said

The 8AT gearbox has not yet been popularized on a large scale. The extended version of CS8 should perform well in the United States, but the GF03's outstanding cost performance is a bit too much.It is also necessary to do the tuning of the chassis suspension and other aspects.

"The sales volume of Geometry pure electric cars in foreign countries exceeds that in China. The monthly sales volume exceeds 1500 vehicles, and the domestic sales volume is about 1200 vehicles per month..." Xia Mingfei introduced the situation of Geometry cars in various places:

"The production capacity of our Saab car factory in Sweden has not been fully utilized. Now that oil prices are falling, consumers who buy our pure electric vehicles in order to save fuel may not be as expected. Advanced driver assistance capabilities..."

The drop in oil prices is a double-edged sword for the future. Fortunately, Qu Li has arranged for people to short-sell. This wave is purely for making money, earning more than ten times, so as to facilitate subsequent research and development.Fortunately, both Glory and Qiancheng Automobile are under his control, so he can research whatever he wants, and there is no need to worry about the progress of the power battery.

In addition, in the electric vehicle market, Li Bancheng's children in Xiangjiang bought Fisker electric vehicles in the United States, and Wanxiang acquired A123, a world-leading lithium iron phosphate power battery company. The two companies seem to intend to cooperate.This is what deserves attention. Who knows if they will pull out any "big event" that will cause a global sensation

Li Charlie went to Tesla and Geometry Motors successively to visit and study. I don’t know what he learned, but Qu Li is not afraid of Xiangjiang Li’s joining. The electric car industry has obvious domestic advantages, and Li Charlie has never had one until now. I have considered building a factory in China, but I am not brave enough in all aspects, especially if I am unlucky and encounter the sharp drop in international oil prices...