With a group of people, Zhou Yujie and Deputy Wang Chuan walked into BYD's R&D center. A group of people visited many of the R&D center's achievements, including various testing equipment, the latest R&D technology, etc. However, Zhou Yujie also knew that he was only looking at the technologies that had been announced. It is definitely impossible for outsiders to see what they are actually developing.

After watching the R&D center, Zhou Yujie, Deputy Wang Chuan and several assistants came to a luxurious office on the top floor of the 18th floor.

"Mr. Wang, what aspects did you mean by the new energy track before?" Zhou Yujie asked straight to the point.

Deputy Wang Chuan said: "The most controversial things in the world are electric vehicles and hydrogen energy vehicles. Some countries are still developing ethanol vehicles. Although it seems that you and I are optimistic about electric vehicles, no one can be sure of this kind until the end. Maybe one day, we will lose all the bets."

"Only Japan is gambled on hydrogen energy vehicles, but let alone whether hydrogen is suitable for energy. It is impossible for them to monopolize patents to popularize hydrogen energy vehicles around the world." Zhou Yujie shook his head and said.

There is always one problem with Japanese auto groups, who like to swallow all profits, and the same is true for hybrid technology.

In order to control its oil demand and environmental issues, the Chinese government decided to find ways to introduce advanced overseas technologies to reduce fuel consumption. Toyota and Honda's hybrid was the best choice.

However, Liangtian has too great ambitions. They even want to monopolize the Chinese automobile market and are unwilling to sell hybrid technology at all. Therefore, the Chinese automobile industry chose German turbines and tended to emit small power in the purchase tax. This has caused a large number of domestic cars to start using turbines, and hybrid cars cannot even get green license plates.

When the new energy field was in the field of new energy, when the United States and Europe bet on electric vehicles, Japan was fully betting on hydrogen energy and controlled some patents. If the bet was won, then theoretically, Japan's automobile industry would quickly become the world's largest giant company.

But other countries are not that stupid. Since you like to develop hydrogen energy, you can develop it yourself. We develop electric vehicles, so two different tracks are moving further and further.

However, judging from the data before Zhou Yujie's rebirth, hydrogen energy has basically been abandoned. Hydrogen is too easy to explode, with high transportation costs, and there is no technology for large-scale production, while electric vehicles are blooming in a variety of ways.

"I hope we are right." Wang Chuan said with a smile: "There is also the choice of battery direction and the choice of electric mode."

Zhou Yujie asked: "I heard that BYD is going to replace the ternary lithium battery?"

That’s right, BYD, which mainly produces lithium iron phosphate, is ready to install ternary lithium batteries on its own cars.

Mr. Wang Chuan did not deny it, saying: "Some high-end cars have this plan. The energy density of lithium iron phosphate batteries is still insufficient, and there is nothing wrong with admitting.

I heard that Mr. Zhou, your first car, planned to use lithium iron phosphate batteries?"

"Yes, my first car is not going to take the high-end route, and the battery life will not be very high. However, I will invest in the charging infrastructure field to make up for this shortcoming." Zhou Yujie nodded and said.

The beam is the brand name Zhou Yujie gave for his electric car. This brand was a joint venture between Great Wall Group and BMW Group in later generations, but the results in later generations were barely average, but Zhou Yujie liked this name very much. The acceleration of electric cars is just very fast, suitable for the word "speed of light".

"This is OK. Only if you are rich and powerful can you play like this. I planned to set up a charging station at the beginning, but the amount of funds consumed is too much, and I can't stand it." Deputy Wang Chuan shook his head and said helplessly.

The cost of charging piles themselves may not be too high, mainly because infrastructure is too expensive. The charging station cannot be built in too remote places and the area cannot be small, because charging cars require a lot of space at the same time. Just buying land is a big cost. Coupling factors such as power grid laying, labor costs, etc., it is unlikely that car companies with insufficient funds will build too large.

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "The more charging piles, the more it is not only good for me. The entire electric vehicle industry will have great benefits."

"That's true, but I, BYD, may not be so generous." Wang Chuanbain said with a smile: "There is one thing I don't quite understand. Whether it is Tesla or NIO, they will take the high-end route in the early stages. This entrepreneurial route is right. When people slowly accept new cars, they will slowly reduce prices and then start to popularize on a large scale.

You know, it is easier to penetrate downwards, but it is very difficult to turn upwards."

Zhou Yujie shook his head and said, "My requirements for beams are not required to become a high-end brand among citizens. The most practical thing is to focus on making products that are closest to users' needs. Another thing is that I don't have the initial problems of NIO or Tesla."

Wang Chuan laughed and said, "That's true. I heard that the beam is preparing to build a production base with an annual production capacity of 120,000 vehicles. This investment is even more radical than that of some old car manufacturers."

While designing the beam car, the entire production base is also being prepared. At present, cities such as Shanghai, Hefei, Yanjing, and Jinling are all intending to undertake this project. The specific location for building a factory has not been decided yet. The labor cost in first-tier cities is too high. In other cities, it may face difficulties in recruiting talents. This depends on the support of local governments. Although there is no shortage of money, the benefits that should be given will not be given up.

New companies like Light Beam start building production bases before they even built their teams. It is very rare. You should know that even traditional manufacturers like Volkswagen Toyota enter new energy, they usually use existing production lines to carry out OEMs. They will only build separate factories after the products are mature and accepted by the market.

Zhou Yujie said: "Time is more important to me, and the risk of a little loss is still tolerated."

Even if you lose, it will only cost about tens of billions of yuan, and this amount of money can still be afforded. In the future, Toutiao's industries will be listed and can cash out a large amount of funds. These funds are just a number in the financial field, and investing in technology or industry is the value.

Wang Chuan smiled and said, "That's true. Your beam is trying hard to poach people. Many of my talents have been poached by you."

"This is normal, it's just a flow of talents, it's a small matter." Zhou Yujie said: "Mr. Wang, this time I come to BYD, I hope we can reach a cooperation."
Chapter completed!