Chapter 452 Chen Xing only Needs to Show a Little Bit, and the Bosses in the Car Industry Can Hardly Catch up with Him

After the full parameters of the "Super Wear 1st Generation" tire were exposed, Chen Xing pressed the remote control in his hand and said: "For a tire of the same quality like this, let's take a look at the price of our competitors."

After the voice fell.

The LED screen showed a comparative quote.

Bridgestone TURANZA4, market price 5,000 yuan.

Michelin Pilot Sport EV, market price 6,000 yuan.

Pirelli PZERO 5th generation, market price 7,000 yuan.

Super Wear 1st Generation Max, market price? ? ?

"As a high-end racing tire, our Super Wear 1st Generation Max version is priced..."

Chen Xing did not keep the suspense, and directly pressed the remote control to announce: "2,999 yuan."

"???"

"Fuck!!!"

"Less than three thousand, is it really a racing tire?"

"This price is too low!"

"Is there a daily replacement?"

The audience exclaimed continuously, and everyone was shocked by the offer of 2,999 yuan. You know, this is a racing tire.

The CEOs of the car companies at the scene were still calm. After all, they did not have any tires, but purchased from other companies.

But tire manufacturers around the world were confused. No one expected that the three joint ventures of Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company would be the first to reshuffle the cards, not the car companies, but their traditional tire companies.

"Chen Xing!!!"

Michel Lorier's eyes widened, and he was completely uncalm, with veins popping out of his clenched fists.

Ordinary people may not have a cognitive concept of 2999 yuan racing tires, but if they were replaced with mobile phone quotes, they would understand.

It is equivalent to the era of 6000 yuan mobile phones. Chen Xing launched a 2999 yuan replacement mobile phone, and the paper configuration is not inferior at all.

How to play?

What does this make tire companies play?

Not only Michelin's CEO was broken, but the CEOs of Bridgestone and Goodyear were broken one after another.

But who was the most broken was not the tire company, but Saito Ii of the FSA Financial Services Agency and the senior management of the island country.

You should know that Bridgestone is the leading tire company in the island country, and it is also a major taxpayer in the island country's current domestic economy. It is also the tire manufacturer second only to Michelin.

In addition to Bridgestone, the island country has four major tire companies, Sumitomo Rubber, Yokohama, and Toyo Tire. These five tire companies alone pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the island country every year.

Now you say that racing-grade tires only cost 2,999 yuan, so do other tire companies still want to survive?

"Still targeting, Chen Xing!"

Saitoi gritted his teeth.

He understood why the West called Longxing Group a "cancer". This company is here to disrupt the market order.

"Standard tire price, 599 yuan." Chen Xing's voice came out again.

Compared with friendly tire companies, the standard model of 599 yuan is still half cheaper than the same quality, and the cheers on the scene have never stopped.

The audience in the live broadcast room has roughly calculated the conservative price of Linghang 001 based on the tires.

"Standard tires are all 599 yuan, which means that the positioning of Linghang 001 is in the mid-range price range, which may be between 200,000 and 500,000 yuan."

"Not necessarily, 2999 yuan racing tires can also be optional, I estimate that it will start at at least 700,000 yuan."

"No more talking, I'm going to blow my dad's gold coins!"

"The car's wheels are also beautiful, this car is more beautiful than my girlfriend."

"Girlfriend: Break up! Break up immediately!"

When the bullet screen in the official live broadcast room of Longxing Group was constantly refreshed, the general manager of Bridgestone, Nitta Noriyoshi, who did not pay attention to the Linghang 001 press conference, was urgently informed of the situation by his secretary.

"What?"

"Racing tires are 500 US dollars?"

"Standard ordinary tires are less than 100 US dollars?"

Nitta Noriyoshi's eyes widened, and he was deeply unbelievable. At the same time, he didn't straighten his breath. He suddenly rolled his eyes and slid from his office chair to the ground.

"Chairman!"

"Chairman, how are you?"

"Ambulance! Ambulance!!!"

The secretary's shouting attracted the attention of other vice presidents, and they quickly made a phone call to call an ambulance to save people.

However, what they didn't know was that Nitta Noriyoshi no longer wanted to live.

Although the US dollar interest rate hike in recent years has caused the economies of countries around the world to shrink, Bridgestone's revenue has not been greatly affected, and it has even earned more than in previous years.

Why is this so?

It's very simple.

Tires are hard currency.

As long as you are an industrial society, you will definitely have vehicles, and if you have vehicles, you will definitely need to change tires.

In addition, there is a superpower next door, so Bridgestone has no worries about sales.

But now Longxing Group has come to disrupt the situation, which is equivalent to cutting off Bridgestone's financial path. How can it play?

Don't look at Japanese companies showing off their power, but in fact they are extremely dependent on the Longguo market.

…

Chen Xing, who was far away at the Shenzhen International Speed ​​Racing Circuit, didn’t know that the polymer tire repair he made with Kunpeng and Dami to save the cost of making the car would almost kill Nitta Noriyoshi, who was thousands of miles away.

“We have discussed the price and technology of the tires. Now let’s talk about the appearance of the car body and the clever design.”

Chen Xing pressed the remote control again, and new PPT content appeared on the LED screen.

“Because it is the first car for young people, our idea is to take into account certain sports performance while being beautiful.”

"After sufficient tire conditions are provided, how can the sports performance be improved?" Chen Xing asked and answered himself: "Then the drag coefficient has to be mentioned."

"The earth we live on is full of gas, and now we are surrounded by gas. Everyone must know this."

"The drag coefficient, also known as the air resistance coefficient, is a mathematical parameter determined through wind tunnel experiments and sliding experiments. It is used to calculate the air resistance of a car when driving. This coefficient represents the resistance experienced by an object when it moves in the air. The larger the coefficient, the greater the air resistance.”

"For example, if a thin person competes with a fat person in a running race without considering physical fitness, the thin person will definitely win. Because the fat person is larger, the area under stress will be larger than that of the thin person, and the air resistance will also increase. How? Reducing air resistance is a challenge that every car company encounters when building a car.”

After explaining the wind resistance coefficient, Chen Xing continued to explain the vehicle lane:

“After in-depth research and design by dozens of top aerodynamics experts, we lowered the front windshield of Pilot 001 to 29°, and has a large 18° back. For the rearview mirror, we also used frameless water droplets. Type design, the windward area is reduced by 20%!”

"In addition, the front face of the car also adopts a wind-breaking design, which can better break up the wind resistance. The streamlined concave design on the side of the car is not only more beautiful, but also can continue to reduce the wind resistance value, so the final wind resistance coefficient is..."

After a half-second pause, Chen Xing solemnly announced: "0.197!"

“0.197???”

"Wind resistance is 0.197???"

The moment the values ​​were announced, the bosses of the car industry were not calm.

BYD Wang Fu frowned secretly, looked at Ren Guofei and Rebus beside him and said: "The drag coefficient is 0.197. If I remember correctly, among mass-produced models, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has maintained the drag coefficient of 0.221 for 6 years. One, how did you achieve 0.197?”

Don't underestimate this 0.024 difference. You must know that this numerical difference is enough to save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars in power costs every year.

"Didn't Mr. Chen say that the car body has been redesigned?"

Ren Guofei smiled and said.

Rebus also smiled and responded: "This is the benefit to designers, it can greatly reduce wind resistance."

"That's not enough to reduce it by 0.024!"

Wang Fu retorted categorically.

He has been playing with cars for more than ten years. If appearance design alone could reduce the drag coefficient by 0.024, then BYD would have been fighting for the first place, and would it be Mercedes-Benz's turn to occupy the throne?

"0.197, which third-party organization conducted the drag coefficient test?" Chen Hong suddenly raised her voice, as if she heard the conversation between Wang Fu, Ren Guofei, and Rebus.

"hehe."

Zeng Hong also sneered twice.

He finally understood that when these three "laymen" came to build cars, their emotions were just like those in the mobile phone circle, and they deliberately exaggerated the paper data. He did not believe that the drag coefficient of any car could be reduced to less than 0.2, which Mercedes-Benz could not do. .

Not only the bosses of domestic car companies have questions, but also the CEOs of foreign car companies are whispering that they can't believe this value.

"How can the wind resistance coefficient be increased so much? Even if the front windshield is reduced by another 1%, it can't be done!"

"It feels like fraud!"

"Mr. Olaf Wright, what do you think of the 0.197 drag coefficient of Pilot 001? This involves your Mercedes-Benz's professional field."

For a while.

All eyes were focused on Olaf Leiter.

Olaf Wright did not pretend to be the first person, nor was he stupid. Someone wanted to use him as a gun user, so he simply said vaguely: "Maybe there are other designs for Pilot 001 that have not been announced. Let's not rush to a conclusion."

Although there is no direct statement, the sentence "Maybe there are other designs of Pilot 001 that have not been announced" has implicitly stated that changes in the appearance of the vehicle cannot achieve a drag coefficient of 0.197, and there must be other changes.

BMW Group CEO Nagel and Audi Group CEO Dusmai both laughed and said nothing. They all agreed with Olaf Leiter's remarks.

Only those who have built cars know how difficult it is to reduce the drag coefficient.

A low drag coefficient means low energy consumption and high battery life.

The whispers of the bosses in the stands and the cheers of the audience made it clear to Chen Xing that the business partners did not believe that the drag coefficient of Pilot 001 had reached the level of 0.197.

He was already prepared for this.

“Perhaps some friends may now be wondering, can the wind resistance coefficient be reduced to 0.197 just by relying on vehicle design?”

"Actually, there are still changes." Chen Xing smiled lightly and pressed the remote control button again: "That is, we abandoned the traditional car-making process and adopted high-pressure integrated die-casting, which makes the aluminum alloy body lighter and tighter. Well, the air will also flow smoothly according to the preset trajectory.”

When the concept of integrated die-casting was proposed, car company bosses came to their senses one after another.

It turns out that the secret to reducing the drag coefficient of the Linghang 001 car is integrated die-casting, which is equivalent to reducing the weight of the car.

Anyone who knows about integrated die-casting knows that this technology can not only reduce the number of welding points in the vehicle, but also improve the overall structural strength of the vehicle, with basically no shortcomings.

“When it comes to integrated die-casting, I have to dig deeper.”

Chen Xing still smiled and continued to explain the characteristics of Linghang 001:

"In the past, automobile manufacturing generally used traditional welding technology, which is not only limited by the operator's skill level, welding parameter settings and other factors, but also the quality of the weld is prone to fluctuations, which may lead to defects such as insufficient welding strength, pores, and slag inclusions."

"But integrated die-casting has too many advantages. It can not only reduce material waste, but also minimize welding points, and also streamline the components."

"For example, if the rear floor of Linghang 001 is not made by integrated die-casting, it will be welded from 77 parts. With integrated die-casting, it only has 1 part, and the number of welding points has been reduced from 944 to 50, greatly reducing the weight of the car."

"And with integrated die-casting, the car is closer to integration, and its body strength will be higher. The body strength of our Linghang 001 has also reached an astonishing 2000 MPa."

"Hiss!"

Even in an open-air venue, when the 2000 MPa body strength was said, all the guests on the scene took a breath of cold air.

What is the concept of 2000 MPa?

The strength of ordinary steel is only 300-500 MPa, and steel with a strength of more than 600 MPa is high enough to be classified as high-strength steel.

"What kind of steel is this?"

"2000 MPa is too scary, isn't it walking sideways on the road?"

"Rolls-Royce's ultra-high tensile strength steel is only 1800 MPa, wouldn't the 2000 MPa Pilot 001 be able to smash Rolls-Royce?"

"Is this a car or a tank?"

"So safe..."

The live broadcast room kept flashing barrages, and the announcement of the 2000 MPa strength body surprised all the audience watching the press conference.

Who dares to imagine that a coupe can have a body frame with a strength of 2000 MPa.

What do veteran drivers care most about in a car?

Without a doubt!

Two words, safety!

To put it bluntly, how many people who drive frequently have never had a car accident? It's just a matter of size.

The 2000 MPa body structure may not be useful at ordinary times, but at critical moments, it is a more critical life-saving charm than airbags.

Those who have watched rally races will have an impression that racing cars often roll down a slope of dozens of meters due to cornering errors.

If an ordinary car rolls for ten meters, let alone dozens of meters, the body will be severely deformed and the driver will basically be dead.

However, the body steel structure of the rally car has been strengthened to ensure that the vehicle will not deform under rolling and collision, which can protect the driver's safety to the greatest extent.

"The 2000 MPa steel structure is really a big investment for the Pilot 001." Masike finally couldn't help commenting.

Now he is very glad that he did not take the lead in holding a new car launch conference for Tesla.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the steel body structure strength of the model sold by Tesla in Longguo is only 1400 MPa, which is completely unable to catch up with the paper data of the Pilot 001.

However, this can be adjusted, and Masike did not care.

However, in the eyes of Chen Hong, the CEO of SAIC Group, the 2000 MPa body steel strength is too exaggerated and the cost expenditure is too high. He secretly cursed Chen Xing for breaking the rules.

The body strength of vehicles on the road now is 1500 MPa, which is enough to cope with most vehicle use scenarios.

2000 MPa?

Isn't this just increasing costs!

Not only Chen Hong complained in his heart, but representatives from Toyota Group, Honda Group, Ford Group, and General Motors Group all complained in their hearts that Chen Xing was breaking the unspoken rules of the car circle.

Now that the 2000 MPa body structure standard has been released, other car companies have to follow it, and following it will increase costs. They can only curse Chen Xing in their hearts for being ignorant and coming into the car circle to disrupt the situation.

However, Chen Xing can't read minds. They scold them and he talks about his.

"The 2000 MPa strength of the car body steel is not only a manifestation of the maturity of the automobile casting process, but also our improvement of steel. Your safety is the direction of our efforts."

"Of course."

Suddenly, Chen Xing changed the subject and continued to ask himself: "Maybe many newbies who don't know much about cars may ask, why do luxury cars break into pieces when they are hit? They can't afford high-strength steel?"

"Not really. Luxury cars break into pieces when they are hit. This is a way of dissipating energy, similar to the tail-breaking of geckos to save lives, which can protect the driver from being injured by impact to the greatest extent."

"Our Pilot 001 also has a similar design, called wheel-losing to save lives. This is a situation that only occurs in extreme accidents. If it is an ordinary accident, our car should still be able to crash."

"Pa Pa Pa——"

Warm applause suddenly broke out at the scene.

The fact that it can crash alone has attracted the interest of many people.

This is like a mushroom egg. I can usually do without it, but I can't do without it. It is a guarantee of life safety.

If it is like a Korean car, the body structure is as brittle as a paper shell, then it is really scary to drive on the road.

But if you drive a Volvo that sells safety as a selling point and whose body steel structure basically reaches 1800 MPa, it can save your life even in an emergency.

When the applause subsided a little, Chen Xing pressed his hand and continued, "Vehicle driving safety is our most persistent pursuit, so we also built a Huaxia chip into the Linghang 001 and designed a set of active avoidance programs based on it. Let's take a look at the actual vehicle demonstration."

When the voice fell, the audience, including the CEOs of friendly companies, were stunned. They actually had to demonstrate the actual vehicle?

"It's over, it's over, Mr. Chen really stole the evaluation work!" Lin Xiaolong suddenly frowned, how could he use the traffic?

Chen Xing did not play tricks and walked directly off the podium and came to the car of Pilot 001. The cameraman in charge of filming also quickly sat in the back seat and transmitted the footage to the backstage director.

At this time, the LED screen at the press conference also showed the inside of the car.

"Before testing the active avoidance program, let me introduce to you how to start and drive our Pilot 001." Chen Xing pointed to the first button on the center console and said:

"To start a traditional vehicle, you need to insert the car key into the keyhole and then turn it to turn on the power or ignition, which is very troublesome."

“While retaining the mechanical start, our Linghang 001 also has one-button start. You only need to put the key in the induction area on the center console, then step on the brake to power on, and press the first button on the center console. The button is our one-touch ignition, now let’s press it.”

Chen Xing stepped on the brakes. The moment the power was turned on, the dashboard in the driving area flipped over. Then he pressed the ignition button, and Pilot 001 immediately vibrated slightly.

"The instrument panel flips over, so we can start successfully. Because it is driven by electric energy and has no engine, there will be no roar when starting. In addition, electric vehicles do not have a clutch. After we successfully shift the gear, the handbrake will automatically release. This Please pay attention.”

"Now after igniting the fire, we need to shift into gear. Since it uses a paddle-shift design, we need to re-understand the overall layout of the vehicle buttons."

"On the left side of the steering wheel are the turn signals and wipers, and on the right side are the paddle shifters. If you want to shift into drive gear, press the brake. Pull the paddles down to enter the D position."

Chen Xing now looks like a driving school instructor, showing tens of millions of students how to shift a paddle-wheel vehicle into gear.

Don’t think it’s superfluous, it’s actually very necessary.

Because 98% of the vehicles in Longguo use clutch gears or button gears, and rarely use paddles.

The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but be secretly surprised when they saw this scene.

"Isn't this how a sports car is put into gear? Last time I rented a Lamborghini, it was put into gear like this!"

"This car is so exciting!"

"Mr. Chen may not understand women, but he definitely understands men. He's so handsome!"

"My heart is beating again, damn it!"

Paddle-type gear shifting and one-button induction ignition may be trivial details, but for young people who like to play with cars, these are the details that determine success or failure.

"Now we put our foot on the accelerator pedal and start the vehicle slowly."

Chen Xing was still teaching patiently. While he was teaching, the staff had moved the dummy to a section of road hundreds of meters away.

As the vehicle accelerated to 30 yards, he continued to explain: "The acceleration of our car from 0 to 100 mph is 2.81 seconds. It will drive very fast, so everyone must pay special attention."

"2.81 seconds?"

BYD CEO Wang Fu was stunned again.

What kind of motor is this?

The result is 2.81 seconds, which is faster than the Mercedes-Benz Maybach!

BMW Group CEO Nagel was also stunned for a moment. He looked at Olaf Leiter, the Mercedes-Benz Group CEO next to him, and asked uncertainly: "What did he just say? Acceleration from 100 meters to 100 meters in 2.81 seconds?"

"Well...it seems so."

Olaf Leiter nodded.

Although I can’t believe it, I’ve tested it on a real car, so it shouldn’t be fake, at most it’s just a little exaggerated.

"If it's 2.81 seconds, that's the starting speed of a supercar." Honda Group CEO Otaki Kazuki's eyes showed fear. No one expected that the performance of Pilot 001 was so abnormal.

"It's a bit scary." Toyota Group CEO Saikawa Takahiro couldn't help but say.

When all the foreign car company bosses were surprised, only Masik remained silent. He didn't expect Chen Xing to be so perverted and actually accelerate the car from zero to 0-60 seconds within 3 seconds. This is already in the echelon of high-end coupes.

If he was lucky at first that his Tesla did not hold a press conference before Pilot 001, now he is pessimistic because he doesn't know how to adjust it.

Car tires, repairable.

Frame steel, 2000 MPa.

Acceleration from 0 to 100 mph in 2.81 seconds.

Now there is also the so-called automatic avoidance, and he already doesn't know how to improve it so that he can compete with Pilot 001.

Others who feel the same way as Masik include Chen Hong, CEO of SAIC Motor, Zeng Hong, CEO of Guangzhou Automobile Group, and Wang Fu, CEO of BYD...

When the 0-100 acceleration time of 2.81 seconds was announced, almost all the CEOs of domestic car companies chose to remain silent.

Do you want to strike later?

They directly make it difficult for you to compare!