Chapter 198 Toyota’s Ambition
"Your company also wants to invest in hydrogen fuel cells?"
Toyota was originally just a courtesy reception and wanted to see if they could cooperate in TT advertising. But when they heard Wang Yi's intention, their eyes lit up.
“It’s a bit of an immature idea, but most of the relevant patents are in your company’s hands.”
Wang Yi said noncommittally that in fact, if we follow another parallel world, Toyota will gradually open up hydrogen energy-related patents for free starting next year, and eight years later, they will open up all their more than 20,000 patents for free.
The purpose is to expand the cake with "free", and then use its first-mover advantage to seize the high-end market. However, it is a pity that the choice in the parallel world is still a little late.
Wang Yi came here this time because he liked Toyota's attitude.
It is the consensus of many forces that new energy will definitely account for a considerable proportion in the future, and it can also be said to be a general trend.
However, new energy also has a direction. Taking energy storage as an example, lithium batteries and hydrogen fuel cells can be considered worthy of in-depth exploration.
Both routes have their own advantages and disadvantages. Lithium battery technology is more mature. The main issues that need to be overcome are safety and energy density. In addition, battery recycling and lithium ore consumption also need to be considered.
Although there are many directions that hydrogen fuel cells need to overcome, such as hydrogen embrittlement, safety, transportation, hydrogen production costs, etc., and there are more to be solved, it is still one direction.
Because the ceiling of lithium batteries is visible, the upper limit of hydrogen fuel cells is still higher after all.
This is also the reason why Toyota is betting on it. They are not stupid. They will not make such a decision if it is really unfeasible.
A hydrogen fuel cell does not burn hydrogen gas, but ionizes hydrogen atoms to produce electrical energy, which is then combined with oxygen to turn into water. It is essentially a battery.
Energy density, environmental protection, raw materials and other aspects have their own advantages, but there are more problems that need to be overcome!
For Toyota, progress has been relatively smooth so far, and many problems are being overcome.
It's just a pity that the market of Neon itself is actually so big. If they don't get the support of the two players above, they won't be able to play well.
Supporting hydrogenation stations, hydrogen production plants and related transportation logistics, professional vehicles, pipelines and even freighters, etc., all require an overall and long-term layout!
This is no longer just a technical issue. Once the leading player decides not to play with him, Toyota will just stare blankly, even if they come up with a finished car now.
Although there is still uncertainty about electric vehicles, and the SX electric vehicles of Dameili are still struggling, Toyota is also preparing to start lobbying in advance and touting the benefits of hydrogen fuel cells through various channels.
TT was originally an important direction in which they wanted to build public opinion. Now that they heard Umbrella say they were interested, of course they were even more excited!
"Actually, we can agree to patent authorization, but your company also needs to agree to a few small conditions..."
There was no such long discussion with Connie. It was just a short meeting and discussion before Toyota made a decision and made a request!
"Your company needs to promote hydrogen fuel cells on TT, and our two companies have joined forces to lobby the beautiful country. In addition, because of the hepatitis B-specific immune globulin, your company has a great influence in the East. Lobbying can also be done..."
Toyota is not ready to go it alone and is willing to open up authorization, but the premise of authorization is that Umbrella will also need reverse authorization if it has a technological breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells.
After all, it is very likely that the other party has mastered some technology to come here like this. Toyota does not want to authorize it and then work in vain!
So this one must be added absolutely.
In addition, we need to negotiate and lobby together, and it is best to build a joint venture together...
It can be said that these requirements put forward by Toyota are reasonable from a purely commercial perspective. If you want a win-win situation, that's okay.
But for Umbrella, it was completely different.
Ordinary authorization doesn't really matter, but how does Magic Craft give you reverse authorization? This is too sensitive, there's nothing I can do about it.
Umbrella is not hanging on hydrogen fuel cells!
Given the choice, of course I would not agree to Toyota's request.
"Our company is not saying that we must choose this route. It doesn't matter if the patent authorization is just to spend some money to purchase. But now, we cannot agree to your company's request."
Wang Yi was able to detect Toyota's confidence through the conversation. They are still full of confidence in their hydrogen fuel cell project and believe that as long as the technology makes a breakthrough, it can once again lead the world.
In the future, they will gradually open up patent licensing for free, also because they have achieved a first-mover advantage in technology and are not afraid of catching up.
It's a pity that the 'reverse authorization' that Toyota might have agreed to has a big problem, and it may be difficult to convince them to accept this.
After all, Toyota should be the most confident at the moment.
With the other party having such expectations, Wang Yi also knew that this might not be settled, but fortunately, the main goal was achieved. If there is no way to add icing on the cake, there is nothing we can do. Lithium batteries are just lithium batteries, which is pretty good in this regard. of...
"Mr. Liu, don't you want to ask the company?"
Toyota is a little reluctant. They are confident and their expectations are high, but they still attach great importance to Umbrella's cooperation.
"No need, I can make full judgment on behalf of the company. Everyone, I hope there will be other opportunities for cooperation next time."
Hearing what Wang Yi said, Toyota was also a little shocked. When he first saw the letter, he thought that "solely responsible" was a normal business tone and was just a representative.
But I didn’t expect that the other party could really do this!
However, as Wang Yi judged, Toyota was still full of confidence at this time and continued to invest a lot of money. It would be best if Umbrella could cooperate. If they could not cooperate, it would not be unacceptable to them.
Although the two parties did not reach an agreement, they still ended the exchange in a dignified manner. At the same time, Toyota also said that it would negotiate with TT on several advertisements.
Although Toyota has not made effective progress since then, the purchase of some ready-made machine tools has been very smooth. Originally, it did not mean that we had to wait for you to build brand new ones temporarily, just buy ready-made second-hand goods.
Neon trip, almost perfect...
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"Umbrella's press conference on the 'Red Queen' is about to be held."
After the plane landed, Wang Yi got a reminder from Lin Shiqin after switching identities and coming out of the domestic Umbrella laboratory.
"Yes, I found some ideas about the repair of cardiomyocytes last time, but in order to prevent others from picking the peaches, I have to deal with the fake ones first."
Wang Yi tidied up his clothes and got into the car driven by Xu Feng who came to pick him up.
Regarding the repair of myocardial cells by stem cells, Wang Yi really came up with something of his own and even tried to strengthen himself a little.
Although he is still the same great knight as before, his endurance and explosive power have been significantly improved.
Of course, this is a magical technological operation of stem cells combined with magic power itself, which is very different from the steps in the original paper.
And there is still some way to go before it can be commercialized.
Cardiomyocytes are highly differentiated cells, somewhat similar to the central nervous system. That is, if any damage is caused in the acquired environment, it is almost irreversible.
Die a little less.
This is also one of the most troublesome effects of myocardial infarction and the sequelae of various heart diseases, which can lead to impairment of the function of the heart itself and lead to heart failure.
It is precisely because cardiomyocytes are so important that the original paper on stem cell repair of cardiomyocytes caused such a huge sensation and caused all major forces to invest a lot of money in research.
After all, the number of deaths from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases ranks first all year round!
If it can really effectively repair the myocardium, this will definitely be a milestone breakthrough.
I have to say that if the other party just puts forward a hypothesis, then the direction may be fine.
There are several types of stem cells, and all tissues in the human body are differentiated from stem cells, including cardiomyocytes.
Stem cells themselves do have extremely strong plasticity, but currently there are almost no effective ways to control how stem cells differentiate.
At present, there are actually many methods for cultivating stem cells, but the speed is a bit slow. However, there are certain cultivation methods but no means to control differentiation. The scope of application is still very limited, and most of them are concentrated in laboratories. .
In practical tests, if relatively easy-to-obtain c-kit+ stem cells are used, the main repairs are only blood vessels, or soft tissue repair can also be effective for some patients with arthritis, but most of them rely on 'luck'.
Obviously, the scholar who forged the paper and committed academic fraud tried his luck but did not get it right...
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