Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant

Title "Building a Factory in the United States"

While Qu Li was in Xingsha, a major earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province. Chen Danlin used to help, but now it is less severe than that in 2008. The key is that the emergency response speed of relevant departments is not the same, and Jumei has only started An emergency response team assisted and delivered a batch of relief supplies.

Perhaps the natural disaster at this time is not a big deal in Qu Li's mind. For some reason, Jumei Glory has encountered many difficulties in the development of Southeast Asia, including Qiancheng Geometry's plan to export and build factories in Southeast Asia.

When he came to the headquarters of Qiancheng Automobile, Qu Li got a headache seeing all kinds of troubles. Although he has the buff of "whatever he wants", he never does things smoothly. Can't he be allowed to enjoy life happily?

If the already aggressive production capacity expansion plan cannot be successfully opened to overseas markets, wouldn't most of the production capacity be left idle? Well, Qu Li has no time to think about this issue for the time being, he thinks more about selling the product to the world.

Geometry Auto has 10 or 20 stores around the world, and now there is only one Geometry pure electric car, which is a bit of a waste. Anyway, they all have the "Butterfly Wing" logo. In other words, should the two brands be separated or should they be together?

"There is no need to think so much. As long as the quality of our cars passes the standard, it is not difficult to enter the North American market." Deng Weijiang said that they have done research on the North American and European markets. The joint venture cars are sold well abroad, and the price is cheaper than that of self-owned brands. .

Geely wanted to enter the U.S. market in 2006, perhaps because it was frightened. The reason for the difference is also due to taxation. The domestic price includes value-added tax and consumption tax, while the price in the U.S. is before tax. Another unfavorable factor is that direct car sales are illegal in some states in the United States, and the business model of Future Geometry is a bit sad.

Fortunately, Qu Li is a rich man with a promising future. He doesn't need to advertise. He is a star brand in Europe and the United States. With the flagship store of Honor as a sales platform, there is no shortage of talents who understand international law and finance.

Musk SpaceX has the magic power to make people bring their own dry food to work. Even if Qu Li is close to it, he will become the top of the domestic auto industry. He has a halo of talent attraction. Bragging is a skill. In ancient times, this is a "Mingjun" The phase ah. Of course, what Qu Li understands, there is a cultural gap in ancient times, so it is impossible to brag about Ming Jun to create momentum.

Going back to the sales of Qiancheng Geometry in foreign countries, pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids don’t need to be considered. Only a few companies such as Tesla can play in the world. Fuel vehicles are a bit troublesome, but the problem is not that big. One costs 100,000 yuan About 35,000 domestic cars cost about 35,000.

Let’s count 40,000 yuan for Qiancheng CS6. The 2.5% import tariff in the United States is directly ignored. The comprehensive cost in the United States is definitely 70,000 yuan. The price of the benchmark Honda CR-V in the United States is about 24,000 US dollars and 150,000 soft sister coins, and Qiancheng CS6 is priced at 20,000 US dollars. The price advantage is very obvious.

While Qu Li was discussing these matters with them, GM arranged for people to go to Xingsha to purchase the power battery of Honeycomb Energy. They had already purchased some of them in small batches and returned to the United States for testing. After a long period of verification, their Battery performance is indeed outstanding.

"Go to the United States to build a factory? No!" Qu Li refused without even thinking about it: "It's already a shame to be able to sell batteries to you..."

Americans are also concerned about the financial situation of Future Geometry. They know that this new auto company has lost more than 1.5 billion US dollars in four years. If Qu Li did not pay for it, it would probably go bankrupt. Needless to say, Honeycomb Energy is also excellent. The power battery of Qiancheng Automobile, including the battery management system, is world-class!

Regarding the problem of mass production of honeycomb energy, GM is very clear that no company in the world can solve this problem. The cooperation between Tesla and Panasonic still has limited production capacity, and the evolution of technology and technology requires time and investment.

Originally, GM wanted to have more in-depth technical cooperation with Qiancheng Geometry. For example, Arima Automobile, controlled by Honor, authorized its three-electric system to GM to build their pure electric brand. GM gave Qiancheng Geometry certain technical support in the development of fuel vehicles.

It was originally a win-win situation, but GM’s investment in China basically cannot be bypassed by Magic Automobile. The chairman of Magic Automobile, who knew the news, went straight to Qu Li and prevented them from cooperating. So ah, great people never hate for no reason.

Now GM purchases motors from Arima and batteries from Honeycomb Energy. The reason why Qu Li is so generous despite limited production capacity is of course that they have had PY transactions. Qu Li's reputation is still very good, and some small things can be settled by verbal promises.

The ternary lithium square battery cannot be built in the United States, but the 21700 battery can. The nickel-cobalt lithium manganese oxide 21700 battery developed by Honeycomb Energy has excellent chemical properties, and the energy density is about 280Wh/kg, which exceeds the 250Wh/kg of Panasonic’s 18650 battery. not come down.

"The main advantage of our battery is that mass production is relatively easy. Compared with Tesla's 18650 battery, it can reduce the weight of the cooling system of the battery box and reduce the difficulty of battery management..." Qu Li bewitched them

His purpose is to cooperate with GM to build a factory in North America. The 21700 battery is just a transition. The square battery can pass the acupuncture test, which seems to be safer. As for the future solid-state battery, it is even harder to say, a product that is destined to be abandoned , Why do we need to develop it, of course it is for the US market.

Although there are risks, Future Geometry will inevitably go to the United States to build a factory, just like Glory knows that the Indian market is risky, but it will inevitably set foot in this market. A large multinational company often has no choice, just like BYD. It is impossible for the market to really beat Tesla.

GM quickly arranged for experts in battery technology to visit Xingsha. Honeycomb Energy does not yet have a 21700 power battery factory. Joining at this time, GM can become a shareholder, including the possibility of building a factory in the United States.

"Qiancheng will definitely go to the United States to build a factory in the future. If the power battery company that cooperates with GM can survive, it will strengthen our will." Qu Li and the others explained that the United States is a fully competitive market, and Qiancheng's entry will have the greatest impact. It should be a Japanese and Korean car company, so GM should not mind helping him if necessary.

From last year to this year, Qiancheng Geometry and GM seem to have started cooperation, but in fact there is no cooperation at all. This time is a good opportunity, and it depends on whether GM takes the bait.

Qu Li was busy working with General Motors in Xingsha, and new news came from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Wuxi invited him to acquire Suntech Power, which was undergoing bankruptcy and reorganization, and Hangzhou City invited him to participate in the reorganization. The blacklist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Yangtze River Bus whose production qualification has been suspended, what do you think it is... (End of this chapter)