Chapter 345 Comments

Chapter 345 Comments

Chapter 345 Comments
Yu Xing's enthusiasm for participating in the exhibition was not affected by the behind-the-scenes stories about the Great Wall.

However, the recruitment of Wang Fengying was not without reason. Carbon Silicon Group currently lacks a senior executive who can take charge of daily work. Even with Bai Xiaosheng studying the recruitment market, such a person is not easy to find.

Yu Xing focuses a large part of his attention on the supply chain. He also needs to build a team, determine the direction, and decide on the budget. In comparison, because he has the potential support of Shanfeng Fund behind the scenes, he does not have to spend much energy on looking for funds.

However, a car company faces a wide variety of affairs in all aspects, and still needs senior people who have been immersed in the industry for many years to help. The old factory director Pang Ruiyang is too old, and the people he talked to from several domestic car companies have an inexplicable arrogance. They don't want to find foreign deputies in this regard, as they will easily suffer from acclimatization.

This time, I met Wang Fengying, the second-in-command of Great Wall. She has a resume of working her way up from the grassroots in sales, and has the ability to deeply connect with the supply chain. In fact, she is quite suitable, but I basically have no hope after saying this.

Because Haval H6 was just released last year. This product, which has been the SUV sales champion for 100 consecutive months, will surely bring harmony to Great Wall both internally and externally.

"Well, this is BMW's i8 concept car. We should really let Bange come and take a look at it this time." Hu Zhengnan walked to the BMW booth and pointed to the BMW plug-in hybrid i8 that was separated above.

"The actual car looks OK, better than I imagined." Yu Xing looked up at the lights, "Is it because of this light that the color looks textured?"

Hu Zhengnan took a few photos with his mobile phone and said with a smile: "Mr. Yu, do you think BMW's hybrid i8 will be successful?"

Yu Xing shook his head slightly. "I heard it's at least 200 million. It's too expensive. The Model S that Tesla delivered this year only costs 5 US dollars. Although the i8 is a hybrid, its pure electric range is only 50 kilometers, while the Model S has already reached 400 kilometers. When it goes into mass production, it will have to face the improvement of batteries."

Hu Zhengnan nodded, agreeing with this evaluation.

The mass-produced version of the i8 may not be available until 2014. Battery technology will certainly improve significantly in these two years, which is also a consideration of Silicon Carbon Group.

When we arrived at BYD's booth, we saw the Qin equipped with the second-generation DM system.

Hu Zhengnan took photos first, then asked, "Mr. Yu, what do you think of this generation of Qin? BYD has been in a serious decline in the past two years."

Yu Xing probably knows when BYD's phenomenal car will shine, and he also knows where the pain points are based on the current situation.

He shook his head. "This second-generation DM is not good enough. One reason is the battery life. A few dozen kilometers is too short. In addition, this 'oil-electric parallel connection' really takes the shortcomings of oil cars and electric cars. The battery life is short when using electricity, and the speed change is jerky when using oil. Well, we still need to accumulate experience."

Hu Zhengnan smiled and said, "Boss Yu, don't you have Boss Wang's phone number? You can talk to him."

Yu Xing thought for a moment and said, "I think I still have his WeChat. I wonder if he came this time. Anyway, this DM system is still using the traditional dual-clutch transmission. When they use electric motor drive, it should be very good."

BYD's second-generation DM system is both oil and electric. When DM-i is launched, it will be mainly electric and auxiliary engine. It will no longer use the traditional gearbox, but an electronic continuously variable transmission. The power output brought by the latter is as linear as pure electric.

Carbon Silicon Group wants to make an extended-range vehicle, which still has an engine, but the engine is used to generate electricity, and then only the motor is used to output power. BYD's DM-i has multiple modes, including motor output, engine and motor joint drive, and engine drive at high speeds, with the motor serving as an auxiliary.

But whether it is the extended-range or DM-i, both have abandoned the traditional gearbox that uses a mechanical gear set to switch fixed gear ratios.

Hu Zhengnan suddenly took out his phone and pretended to write down a sentence: "Mr. Yu said BYD still needs to accumulate."

Then, he immediately pointed to the Roewe booth in front and said, "Mr. Yu, let's go and see Roewe's hybrid car."

Roewe is a brand of SAIC, and this time the booth has the plug-in hybrid Roewe 550.

Yu Xing walked over and looked at the product of this carbon silicon neighbor.

In fact, he has not only seen the finished product of Roewe 550 Hybrid, but also visited the workshop to see it on the production line, because SAIC's Lingang is an important production base of Roewe.

Yu Xing pondered, "The pure electric range we are talking about is a common problem now. The Roewe car... is actually the same as the Qin, and it does not put 'electricity' in a primary position. Oh, yes, it may have a problem. Mr. Hu, I wrote my answer on my phone. Now let me ask you, in addition to the range and the oil-electric system, what problems do you think the Roewe 550 hybrid will have?"

Hu Zhengnan watched his boss write down his ideas on his phone and smiled: "I feel that this car does have a pain point that is likely to come true."

He took two steps closer to Mr. Yu and was about to give his answer when he suddenly noticed that someone next to him was also moving. Upon closer inspection, he found that this person seemed to have been around at the previous booth.

Hu Zhengnan became alert and almost stuck close to his boss's head, whispering, "The gearbox is a big problem."

Yu Xing was a little puzzled as to why he said that, but then he showed the screen of his mobile phone, on which were clearly visible the words "gearbox".

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Roewe's hybrid 550 is also different from BYD's second-generation DM Qin, which is both oil- and electric. Its gearbox uses the EDU gearbox independently developed by SAIC. It uses two sets of clutches and a two-speed transmission to achieve power switching, and uses a series-parallel structure.

In one sentence, the evaluation is that the structural complexity far exceeds that of traditional gearboxes.

Both pure electric vehicles and extended-range vehicles have abandoned traditional gearboxes. BYD's DM-i aims to greatly simplify the gearbox. Even the current second-generation DM system uses a traditional dual-clutch gearbox with a pure parallel structure.

Roewe is really awesome, they connect and parallel them all, fearing that the problem is not complicated enough.

This complexity may not only lead to problems of whether it is easy to use or not, but also the problem of easy failure. Yu Xing, Hu Zhengnan and others continued to visit the booth in front.

At this time, Hu Zhengnan looked carefully and found that the stranger who was next to him just now was also hanging around nearby.

He asked in a low voice: "Mr. Yu, do you know the man in brown clothes in front of you on the right? He seems to have been following us for a while."

Yu Xing took a look and replied, "I don't know him."

Hu Zhengnan was still trying to figure it out when he heard his boss raise his voice.

"Oi, hello, what's up?" Yu Xing greeted the stranger.

"Uh, hey, Mr. Yu, hello, hello." The stranger did not hide the fact that he knew Yu Xing and stretched out his right hand. "Mr. Yu, I'm Cui Zhiyu from Great Wall, and I'm currently the vice president in charge of the company's strategic planning. I saw you over there just now and was a little curious. It just so happened that I hadn't seen this place yet, so let's go for a walk together."

Yu Xing didn't expect that he was still from Great Wall. He shook hands and said with understanding: "Okay, President Cui, then we will go to the right."

Cui Zhiyu obviously heard some of the previous comments and said with a smile: "Mr. Yu, you haven't mentioned Zotye's cars yet?"

"Let's not talk about Zotye." Yu Xing shook his head. "What people want is cost-effectiveness, which is different from low price and low quality. Zotye still needs to do a good job of quality control."

Zotye’s booth is Zotye Z300, which imitates Toyota Allion.

Yu Xing couldn’t remember whether there was any problem with this car, nor did he know whether Zotye’s body rust appeared on this car. But overall, although the same Baosteel steel was used, the problem of body rust could occur. Its galvanizing, cavity wax injection and other processing steps obviously had great deficiencies, which reflected the inevitability of Zotye’s “dishonest car manufacturing” strategy.

Cui Zhiyu showed full interest and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Yu, just now at the Roewe, what problems do you think its hybrid will have?"

He was eavesdropping, but he didn't overhear.

Hu Zhengnan was a little displeased. After being exposed, he was still asked in person like this?
Yu Xing thought about it and didn't think it was too sensitive. He simply said: "We think its gearbox will be a hidden danger. The structure is relatively complicated, but this is just our idea. It doesn't mean that it will really have such a problem."

Cui Zhiyu was satisfied with the answer and immediately said, "I understand, Mr. Yu, I won't tell anyone!"

Yu Xing stretched out his right hand, and asked, "Mr. Cui, are you coming to Carbon Silicon Group? I have time tonight and can give you an interview."

Cui Zhiyu's right hand, which had just been stretched out, stopped in the air and he laughed dumbly: "Mr. Yu, do you know our Haval H6? We are very confident in it, and the market feedback is also very good. I am looking forward to the big performance this year."

Yu Xing raised his hand, shook hands, and asked, "Do you have any stocks in Great Wall?"

Cui Zhiyu frowned and said, "I do think that electric cars will be a trend in the future, but gasoline cars are the mainstream now. I have contributed to the development of Haval H6."

Yu Xing nodded: "Do you have any stocks in Great Wall?"

Cui Zhiyu's expression changed. "The company raised our salaries a lot last year and this year. Mr. Yu, what do you mean? Do you think you can poach people like this? Is this the level?"

Yu Xing opened his mouth, but this time he didn't ask.

Cui Zhiyu has already said: "I promoted the transformation of Great Wall from pickup trucks to SUVs. Stocks cannot represent anything. I don't have any, but what can it mean?"

Yu Xing nodded and pointed to the front right: "We are going over there, President Cui, we can talk when we have a chance, or we can come to Lingang to see our Carbon Silicon Group."

Cui Zhiyu returned to his normal expression, nodded and left.

Soon, he returned to the Great Wall booth and met Wang Fengying who had just finished communicating with President Wei.

Cui Zhiyu chatted for a while and suddenly thought of Yu Xing’s evaluation of the Roewe 550 Hybrid, so he turned to ask Mr. Wang the same question.

"Roewe's hybrid is an exploration, but I think there are some problems." Wang Fengying is familiar with the industry and said after thinking for a while, "Roewe's car uses its own gearbox, but that gearbox is too complicated. It has a clutch that needs to be engaged for a long time, so it has to withstand the dual torque impact of the motor and the engine. The friction plate must wear faster than normal."

"The processing accuracy and material strength of the clutch and gear set supplied domestically are still a little weak. This transmission will probably need a lot of repairs later, and its reputation is likely to suffer."

Cui Zhiyu's face slightly changed. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Boss Wang, why don't you have company stocks either?"

Wang Fengying frowned: "The pay is the same for everyone. Are you shortchanged?"

Cui Zhiyu originally thought that they were all the same, but now he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)