Rebirth of the Wild Age

The activities on the first day of the Bib Gourmand Challenge are mainly to conduct vehicle safety and environmental protection tests. Not only electric vehicles, but also fuel vehicles can participate. The test contents include noise, energy consumption, acceleration, snaking, carbon dioxide emissions and on-site exhaust pollutant emissions.

The most nonsensical thing is carbon dioxide emissions, known as the from oil well to tire calculation method, which covers the entire process of production and transportation of this car. Anyway, at the level of a liberal arts student like Song Weiyang, after looking at the calculation formula for a long time, he didn't understand how it was calculated.

Moreover, the calculation data produced by Michelin has become the environmental protection standard of the automobile industry.

A total of seven test items, Tesla performed well, got two a, four b and a c. As for the hydrogen energy vehicle Beyond No. 2 funded by the state and developed by Tongji, it directly got five a's and two b's, which made it proud in front of its peers all over the world.

The main event on the second day was the International Symposium on New Energy Vehicles. The president and vice president of Michelin came, as did the executives of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Nissan and other companies. The Vice-Chairman of the EU Energy and Trade Commission, the former President of the European Parliament, and political figures from the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Brazil and other countries participated.

On the Chinese side, leaders from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Environmental Protection Administration, and the Foreign Trade Corporation, as well as local officials from Shenghai, several major state-owned car companies, and the CEOs of Two Barrel Oil attended the meeting. The meeting was held at the Automotive College of Tongji University.

Even though Song Weiyang is the richest man in China, he is a small player in the auto industry and can only sit and listen with the president of Tesla.

Everyone is unanimously optimistic about the development prospects of new energy vehicles in China. The executives of companies such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz all believe that China will definitely lead the world in the market for new energy vehicles. This is not flattery, but out of practical considerations, because China's car ownership is very small, and China's car supporting services are not perfect, which is conducive to the promotion of new energy vehicles.

No one would have thought that before new energy vehicles were launched in China, traditional fuel vehicles would already be popular. You can buy a car with a down payment of a few thousand yuan. No one will believe you now.

On the third day, hundreds of passenger cars and concept cars were placed on the Shenghai International Circuit for guests and media friends to test drive.

Finally it's Tesla's turn to shine!

Previously, people's focus was on the new energy vehicles of BMW, Nissan and GM.

What Nissan brought to the exhibition was an suv, with a clumsy shape, square and square with a hard-core feel. It is a hydrogen-powered car with a top speed of 145 kilometers per hour and a theoretical range of 350 kilometers.

What BMW brought to the exhibition was a concept car, similar to the three-seater design of a sports car, but the appearance makes people want to complain, and there is no slot. The body can be said to have no bright spots at all, it is just an ordinary car, not as good-looking as Nissan's suv. The lithium-ion battery car has a top speed of 135 kilometers per hour and a theoretical range of 300 kilometers.

GM directly took out three new energy vehicles, a bus, a sedan, and a pickup. The appearance of passenger cars and pickups is the same, no different from ordinary fuel vehicles, and cars are so ugly that they explode—Wuling Hongguang cut off a third of the car's buttocks, and you can imagine what it looks like.

These three companies are mainly here to demonstrate technology, so they didn't pay much attention to the appearance design, so they gave the Tesla sports car a chance to stand out.

Except for technology and car manufacturers, 99% of test drivers are ordinary people. They don't care what transmission technology you use, or what fuel cell you use, the first thing is to look better than anyone else's car. This led to a long queue of more than 20 meters in front of Tesla's booth, waiting to get on the car and experience it.

Hu Gang is a reporter of Commercial Vehicle magazine. After entering the venue, he went straight to the BMW booth, and then went to the Nissan and GM booths to learn about the situation. The so-called understanding of the situation is to get a leaflet with the basic data of the car on display, and then take a few photos of the car.

After walking around for a while, Hu Gang saw the people in the queue, and immediately trotted over to ask about the situation: Dude, what brand booth is this, why are you all queuing up?

What kind of Tesla is it? It looks very cool. The other party replied.

Several large circles had been surrounded in front of the booth, and Hu Gang squeezed in with difficulty, and found that Tesla employees were introducing the situation to several leaders: Our car doors use electronic induction technology. Once you pull it, the door will automatically lift up. Of course, you can also use the key to remotely control it. Leaders, please watch my operation.

The employee stretched out his hand to the handle of the car as he spoke, and after a soft, inaudible sound, he held the handle and pulled it lightly, and the vertically opened door immediately moved upward automatically. The employee took out the key and took a few steps back. With a random press, the door automatically dropped and closed again.

Wow!

There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd, they all felt that this car was so sci-fi and high-end.

Hu Gang felt a little speechless. This technology was adopted by sports car manufacturers many years ago. As far as electronic induction is concerned, have you seen the automatic flushing in the toilet? The basic principle is the same.

Today other manufacturers are demonstrating advanced technologies, and many of them are concept car technologies that cannot be mass-produced. Only Tesla came to show off its appearance, showing off its electronic sensor doors, and it actually attracted the most people to come and join in.

As for Tesla, Hu Gang knows that Song’s richest man’s toy car is a scam that only the nouveau riche and the second generation of rich people sell.

One of the leaders probably had a background in technology, so he looked a little impatient and asked directly, Does this car have any advanced technology?

Of course, the Tesla employee laughed, Our battery pack management control system, as well as our unique motor technology, have applied for patents in China, the United States and other countries. This Tesla belongs to the third generation of products , the acceleration from 100 kilometers is only 5.9 seconds, the theoretical endurance is 500 kilometers, and the top speed is 145 kilometers per hour.

The leader was surprised: What kind of battery do you use? It can run 500 kilometers.

The Tesla employee replied: BYD lithium iron phosphate battery.

The lithium iron phosphate battery can't provide that much energy. The leader wondered.

Of course one battery will not work, but we use 8,000 batteries to form a battery pack, the Tesla employee said with a smile. We have a battery pack control system developed by ourselves. It will affect the work of the entire battery pack.

The leader didn't know whether to laugh or cry: You guys are...you're playing tricks, but you seem to have great wisdom.

A Tesla employee said: This is the method that our chairman Mr. Song Weiyang came up with.

The leader asked: According to your previous introduction, Tesla is already in commercial use?

We've sold exactly 40 so far, the Tesla employee said.

Small workshop, the leader asked with some disappointment, Do you have a car production license?

Yes. The Tesla employee replied.

The leader stopped questioning immediately. A company as big as Wanxiang Group launched the electric vehicle project four years ago, and has not yet obtained a production license. Song Weiyang can get a license with a small workshop, but he must have lost his relationship, and the relationship is very strong.

After Hu Gang received the flyer at the booth, he planned to wander around in other places. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but come back to take pictures. The main reason is that the appearance of this car is very cool, it looks like a super sports car at first glance, how can men not like this thing.

It happened that someone came back from a test drive, and Hu Gang immediately went to interview: How do you feel about Tesla?

It's awesome, it's awesome, the man gave a thumbs up, I can't hear any noise, it runs very smoothly, and the interior is super luxurious, and I can play music with an MP3! I have no money, but I have money. I will definitely buy it, I heard that the price of this car is 8 million!

As soon as he heard that he was a layman, Hu Gang simply ran to line up for a test ride.

The queue for the test drive was very long, and there were only a dozen or so in the test drive line. Hu Gang waited a long time and finally sat in the passenger cab. He has to admit that Tesla's interior is really beautiful, and it has an indescribable sci-fi feel.

After searching for a long time, he couldn't find the gear. Hu Gang buried himself in the information on the leaflet, only to find that Tesla didn't have a transmission at all, only a reducer was used.

As a sports car, this is not qualified!

Brother, this is a sports car, try to accelerate it at full speed. Hu Gang said to the test driver.

The test driver immediately slammed on the accelerator pedal, and a strong feeling of pushing his back came over him. The man stepped on the brakes and said, Fuck, I'm scared!

Hu Gang continued to read the information and found that the third-generation Tesla adopted a dual-motor design to achieve a 5.9-second acceleration from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers. This data is crazy. BMW’s new energy vehicle needs 10 seconds to accelerate from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers—Tesla has gone crazy in order to cater to the pursuit of speed by the rich second generation, and has also reduced the weight of dozens of kilograms. .

The test driver parked the car on the side of the track and said to Hu Gang: Friend, come and drive, I will try other functions.

Okay. Hu Gang got out of the car immediately.

The previous test driver sat in the co-driver's cab and began to fiddle with the electronic screen on the driver's platform, and soon said excitedly: It's amazing, there are also car navigation, car mp3, and full-color touch screen operation! This car is too high-tech It's worthy of being the toy of Song's richest man.

A few years ago, the error of car GPS positioning was still very large. But since 2000, the United States has canceled the interference to civilian GPS, and the accuracy of vehicle-mounted GPS has reached within 10 meters. Since then, vehicle-mounted GPS has begun to develop rapidly.

But in China, car GPS is still a very new gadget, only available in a few relatively high-end models. Song Weiyang also enlarged the Shenzhou handheld computer and put it on the Tesla sports car. Not to mention the full touch screen operation, you can also listen to mp3 with a USB flash drive.

After running around for a while, Hu Gang deeply felt that the third-generation Tesla might be very popular with local tyrants! This also made him very speechless. A brand that has only sold dozens of cars in total has developed the third generation... In fact, on the basis of the previous generation, it continuously reduces the weight of the car body, corrects minor problems encountered by users, and adds Various high-tech equipment, and then integrated into dual motors to improve acceleration.

Counting from the first year of the Chinese company in 1984, this year happens to be the 20th anniversary, so various forums and gatherings continue.

In late October, there will be a Chinese Entrepreneur Forum to be held, and well-known private entrepreneurs across the country will participate. Song Weiyang received the invitation and gave an opening speech. He planned to drive the third-generation Tesla there, and fool those local tyrants who got rich first to pay for it.

Add bookmark for easy reading