Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant

After staying in Yangcheng for a few days and leaving, Qu Li flew to Xingsha to learn about the situation. The relevant departments officially approved Tesla to settle in Shanghai as a wholly-owned subsidiary. There is also relatively certain news that the United States will impose a 25% tariff on domestic automobile exports.

This means that it is difficult to export cars from Tesla's Chinese factory to the United States, and it also means that the price of pure electric vehicles in the United States will rise. Yes, Qu Li is not prepared to bear all the rising costs himself. Consumers must pay. Anyway, the price of Geometry G9/Y9 has been reduced. Even if Geometry Y6 sells for US$60,000, it is still attractive.

Xia Mingfei said: "We have gone all out in the past few months and have shipped 35,000 Geometry Y6, 5,000 Geometry Y9/G9, and 60,000 fuel vehicles to the United States..."

One ro-ro ship can carry about 5,000 vehicles, and 100,000 vehicles requires 20 ro-ro ships. The key is to change other people's routes, which will have a lot of negative impacts on operations. Even Jumei Logistics cannot afford it now. You can spend more money and coordinate more.

Xia Mingfei continued: "At this time next year, the Mexican factory should be able to fill the demand for fuel vehicles in the US market, but prices during this period are difficult to control."

Fuel vehicles with huge future prospects can only be cost-effective products. If you dare to raise prices, consumers will dare to vote with their feet, destroying the good development status currently established.

Qiancheng's two fuel vehicles and two sedans have entered the American market. The prices are very attractive at less than 30,000 US dollars, and the quality has withstood rigorous tests and won the trust of American consumers. The two best-selling SUVs are of course the two SUVs. As for the two sedans, both use CVT gearboxes, including the Honda Civic's Lantu Chase. Because the 6AT gearbox consumes a lot of fuel and Americans don't like dual-clutch, they only use CVT gearboxes. It could be a CVT, and the optimization capabilities of Qiancheng's engineering team have been significantly improved.

The Honda Civic sold more than 30,000 units in the United States in one month. It is natural that Lantu cannot sell the Honda Civic in pursuit of sales, but the monthly sales of the four Qiancheng cars this year have exceeded 10,000.

Fortunately, Qiancheng has the off-road vehicle Lantu Qibing, which has been put on sale. It has received "rave reviews" in China. The monthly sales volume in July exceeded 5,000 units. The sales volume of Lantu Starlight MPV is not good, but there are still 5,000 units. Considering that 10 The price of tens of thousands is considered a bargain.

The emergence of off-road vehicles and MPVs has barely made up for the decline in domestic sales. Saboian's two hybrids, especially the plug-in hybrid with a price of US$50,000 and a range of 55km, have the highest sales. People buy them and drive them as gasoline-powered vehicles. Although the power is not strong, it is extremely energy-saving and has a battery life of 1,000 kilometers.

However, Saboian also has problems. In winter, charging efficiency and cruising range will be reduced, and fuel consumption will increase, so the driving experience will remain as good as ever. So much so that it affects the impression of some consumers that a car with a lot of promise is easy to drive, but other aspects are so-so.

Oh, and there is also car intelligence. Geometry’s software capabilities far exceed Tesla’s. Tesla is a rough house, while Geometry is finely decorated. It should be more expensive than Tesla.

"Saab's sales this year can exceed 200,000 vehicles..." Xia Mingfei continued. Qu Li does not pursue the explosive growth of Biradi. Sometimes he will control the domestic shipment speed and reduce some irrational demands, also because of production capacity issues. .

To concentrate hybrid vehicle production in coastal cities, foreign market demand must also be considered. It is not a super factory. Different countries have different standards and subtle differences for the same car, so it cannot be produced on the same production line.

"The current monthly production capacity of Xingsha Super Factory 2.0 exceeds 10,000 vehicles and can be increased to 30,000 vehicles by the end of the year. If necessary, it can be increased to 40,000 vehicles next year..."

"Beijin wants us to build a factory, and the land has been arranged..."

Originally, Qu Li did not want to build a super factory in Xingsha. After all, it is not suitable for exports. However, Beijin and Shanghai are very arrogant, and it is difficult to obtain land in first-tier cities. Moreover, they have tricked Changfeng Group and Mitsubishi Motors several times, and they always have to do it. Let’s give the provincial government an “explanation”.

In his last New Year's Eve speech, Qu Li expressed his gratitude to Beijin, Yangcheng and Xingsha, talked about the ever-changing business strategies of the future, and thanked the local governments for their tolerance.

Now Beijin has taken the initiative to let them build a factory, and the product they will produce must be the Geometry G6. Since the Geometry Y6 was opened for ordering, the accumulated orders in half a year have exceeded 300,000 units, and the new cars delivered one after another have also exceeded consumer expectations. In many aspects Both surpassed the previous two cars, so that the sales of G9/Y9 continued to decline.

The Geometry Y6 is a good car, but it cannot be delivered on time. Some consumers even waited for half a year. There are not many people who scold them online for hungry marketing, and most of them are not car owners.

Regarding the delivery issue, Qu Li once again explained that this is a problem of the entire industry chain. From the application of integrated die-casting technology to the production of various spare parts, what they have to do is not only do their job well, but also help the entire industry. Supplier business growth.

"Now is the time to lay the foundation for a promising future. I don't want to choose to make do with it just to make quick money. It is difficult to establish corporate culture and credibility, but it may only take one wrong decision to destroy it. I would rather go slower and reduce the possibility of making mistakes in order to This has earned everyone’s long-term trust…”

"Becoming a great company is an inevitable choice for CMEF! So we will not leave any shortcomings for ourselves..." Qu Li said this because CMEF invested in Tianqi Lithium Industry in Sichuan Province and won the He has acquired a partial stake in Australia's largest lithium mine and is now going to Chile to acquire the lithium mine. Although the money spent is not much, his intention to control the upstream and downstream of power batteries is very obvious.

The market value of Qiancheng Geometry currently does not exceed 200 billion. It is not without reason. Another reason is that the soft sister currency has appreciated to 6.3. However, in August, the Ruanmei currency depreciated rapidly to 6.9, and the company's stock price rose a lot. Once the sales volume of Geometry Y6 is released, the situation should be reversed.

Selling cars is not enough. There will definitely be value-added packages for self-driving cars. Once this business model takes hold, the future will be bright for making money.

Qiancheng Geometry's self-driving capabilities have not been verified. In fact, after the release of the Google Transformer model, including chip design and algorithms, they have made major direction adjustments. In other words, previous accumulation can only be discounted and promoted. The analogy must be to Tesla’s enhanced version of the automatic assisted driving function package, but it can realize the two functions of lane centering assisted driving LCC and automatic parking in the parking lot.

This value-added package is priced at 19,800 yuan domestically and 3,000 US dollars abroad. It is not expensive, but it can greatly enhance consumers' awareness of the attributes of geometric technology. It just so happens that these two functions are very versatile and basically do not require special optimization and adaptation.

Qu Li was experiencing their autonomous driving capabilities around Huxiang. Although they were destined to give up and even open source them, it did not prevent Qu Li from cultivating the most powerful autonomous driving team in the country.

You talk about Baidu, what they are doing is driverless, and autonomous driving requires someone to control it. Shiguang Jumei is also working on driverless driving, but it mainly focuses on trunk logistics and closed scenarios. As for delivery robots, their appearance is greater than their actual value, so they have not invested resources yet.

After actual experience, Qu Li has a certain degree of trust in Geometry's autonomous driving capabilities, and soon opened up the purchase of this value-added package. After purchasing, consumers can upgrade through OTA upgrades at home or at directly-operated stores.

As for Qu Li, he once again embarked on his "journey" of poverty alleviation inspections