Chapter 912 Disintegrating the Foundation of Petroleum Hegemony (Fourth update, please subscribe)
Now is the best time to promote electric vehicles!
Why now?
Because European countries will support electric vehicles, not only because it is a cheap travel tool that can meet the needs of Europe's poor.
And cars need gasoline, which requires imported oil, and imported oil requires foreign exchange. For European countries that are not rich in foreign exchange, they will be more welcoming to electric vehicles that do not require imported oil. After all, the coal industry in European countries is still very developed in this era, and it has not yet clipped its wings like in the other world.
And what will happen next year?
Suez Canal Crisis!
This will cause tankers to detour around the Cape of Good Hope, causing freight rates to surge and oil prices to rise sharply in European countries.
Isn’t this the best time to promote electric vehicles?
If Laotou Le, no, electric cars enter the European market next year, and then be fully rolled out in Europe, then when the oil crisis breaks out, the electric car market will be basically mature, and it can be launched naturally. Are there real new energy vehicles?
Seeing that Your Excellency fell into silence, Zuo Xiaohan said after thinking for a while.
"Your Excellency, according to Nanyang's industrial plan, the automobile industry is a key industry for our development. It will bring millions of jobs in the future, and it..."
Pointing The electric car designed by Your Excellency. Zuo Xiaohan's expression became a little solemn after he paused. In fact, from the beginning, he was opposed to this kind of electric car deep down in his heart. Even if he is not an automotive engineer, he can see that its technology can be described as rudimentary. And this is the scariest part about it.
"It is the biggest enemy of Nanyang's development of the automobile industry! From this point of view, the development of this kind of electric vehicle is not in our interests!"
Li Yi'an responded with a slight frown.
"Oh, really?"
Zuo Xiaohan nodded and said.
"Your Excellency, if the car still has certain technical limitations, then it does not have any technical difficulty at all. It is just an iron case, plus a motor and a battery. As long as any country with a little industrial foundation , can manufacture it, and officials from various countries will obviously support it. This is obviously against our direction of promoting the development of the automobile industry. It will engulf the automobile market in large quantities and deal a blow to the automobile market, which will seriously affect the development of our automobile industry. "
Zuo Xiaohan's judgment is obviously correct. After all, in another world, the rise of Tangshan's new energy vehicles and overtaking in corners have beaten traditional car manufacturers. As for Not to mention Tesla, the sales volume of a single model is definitely far ahead, unparalleled.
"Indeed, it will definitely have an impact on our automobile industry, but..."
Li Yian said.
“This is just the beginning. With the development of technology and the application of new technologies, electric vehicles will develop in another direction, such as higher-energy batteries, more complex power control technology, and even certain In the process of technological development, this kind of cheap electric vehicles will be eliminated and replaced by new electric vehicles with longer driving range and shorter charging time. This will not affect our automobile industry. , and may even promote the development of our automobile industry. After all, we are still very advanced in battery technology and other related technologies.”
Afterwards, Li Yian introduced the lithium batteries being developed, and another. series of related technologies.
“...In general, even for the most common sealed lead-acid battery, the technology is in our hands. As for lithium batteries in the future, it will bring the cruising range of electric vehicles to 500 kilometers, or even 600km, but its technology is very complex, and new batteries and electric vehicles will fundamentally eliminate companies with weak technology.”
In another world, there are so many Laoyale production companies in Tangshan. . But how many companies have developed into new energy vehicle companies?
Electric vehicle technology is still very complex and cannot be easily afforded by ordinary countries.
“As for now, this first-generation electric car will not have much impact on our automobile industry. After all, the first-generation electric car is a means of transportation, and it has certain limitations, that is, you The short legs and long charging time will limit its use, and it will also cultivate people's habit of using cars. Maybe it will encourage them to buy cars, firstly, to facilitate their own travel. It is to solve the problem of short range of electric vehicles. After all, once people develop the habit of using cars, they will keep using them.”
Zuo Xiaohan’s reminder made Li Yian even more determined. In order to promote the idea of Laotoule, after all, more Laotoule means that the world’s countries are less dependent on oil, which also means that the importance of oil is declining.
"This..."
Zuo Xiaohan, whose brows were still furrowed, paused and said,
"Maybe it can cultivate people's habit of using cars, and it may promote car consumption in a certain period of time. But...according to your statement, the future must be the era of electric cars. I mean after new batteries are put into use. "
"Yes!" Li Yian nodded with certainty.
“We must ensure this, which is related to our next industrial layout. New batteries will be the foundation for us to control the world’s automobile market!”
Lithium Hegemony may not be realistic, but it is not impossible to destroy the US dollar’s oil hegemony and severely damage the United States while helping the Soviet Union escape future crises.
"In other words, the automobile industry, which is currently focused on development, will definitely be eliminated in the future."
Zuo Xiaohan's expression looked quite solemn.
"That's almost it, but that future may be very long. 20 years is just the beginning, and it may take half a century! But this path is irreversible!"
Li Yian said.
“Now all we need is two legs to walk. One leg is a traditional energy vehicle, and the other leg is an electric vehicle. At present, we are first using cheap lead-acid batteries to cultivate people’s consumption habits. Build a market first.”
When talking about the market, Li Yian emphasized,
“This market space should be very broad. Although the economies of European countries have recovered a lot, the national economic strength is not as good as before. People need cheap transportation more. Tools, as long as our electric vehicles are cheap and practical enough, they will definitely be welcomed by the market!”
Li Yian does not doubt this. Three years ago, an Italian company specializing in refrigerators and motorcycles The factory, in order to protect it from wind and rain, created a car that was easy to produce, low-priced, economical and fuel-efficient. So they were the first to install a motorcycle's single-cylinder engine in a shell that resembled an egg, and named it ISOIsetta.
Two years ago, after the Turin Auto Show, many manufacturers started copycat models. Historically, even BMW copied it and obtained the name rights and manufacturing license of Isetta. Once this cheap eggshell car was launched, it became a best-seller on the market, and BMW rose again because of this—— This was the first car produced by West German BMW after the war.
For Europe now, the most important thing is cheapness. No matter what, those old guys are better than those egg-shell cars.
If in the 1960s, there were tens of millions of bicycles in European and American countries, and if every household had a few electric bicycles, the dependence on oil in European and American countries would be greatly reduced.
Will an "oil crisis" happen again?
Possibly, but it will definitely not have such a big impact in history. After all, it is only the petrochemical industry that is affected, and it does not directly affect the lives of ordinary people, at least not too directly.
Even if it happens, it will not have any impact. When the time comes, Laotou Le can seamlessly connect to real new energy vehicles, not just lithium battery vehicles, but also sodium battery vehicles. By then, it will be Nanyang It’s time for electric cars to dominate the world. Lithium-battery cars that cannot withstand low temperatures are put in tropical areas, and nano-battery cars are placed in Europe and other countries. If the two products cooperate with each other, they will definitely be able to kill everyone. There are even new smart ones. Energy vehicles, if problems such as chips are solved by then.
Looking at Zuo Xiaohan, who was resistant to electric cars, Li Yian continued.
"Currently, we can regard electric vehicles as a supplement to the automobile market. Basically, there will not be much competition between them, at least not now!"
In Tangshan in another world, Although there are so many things about Lao Tou Le, they have not affected car sales.
The two people continued to communicate for a long time. Eventually a consensus was reached. Zuo Xiaohan said at the end.
"Then, let's go back and ask the Heavy Industry Bureau to contact relevant enterprises and let them conduct research in this area."
Nodding his head, Li Yian said.
"It is okay for the Heavy Industry Bureau to promote the concept of this car. As for the manufacturer, I already have a suitable partner. I think Xingfu Machinery Company should be a good choice!"
Why choose Xingfu The machinery company, because its major shareholder is Yang Meng's father, slept with his daughter, so some compensation should be given.
Thinking of her, Li Yian's heart couldn't help but heat up...
(End of this chapter)