Reborn Capital Empire

Vol 2 Chapter 731: Unexpected Change

Chapter 731 Unexpected Changes

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1078 California Avenue, Palo Alto, is a two-story commercial office area covering an area of 5,000 square meters. It has moved here since Tesla was acquired by Guo Shouyun. The first floor is for the research and development of electric vehicles, and the second floor is for the research and development of vehicle batteries.

“squeak…!”

With the sound of the brakes, Guo Shouyun walked down from the test car that Tesla had just developed.

“The handling and stability are good. However, as a high-end sports car, its acceleration performance from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers is still less than 5 seconds, which is still unqualified. In addition, the trip of 250 kilometers on a single charge is still a bit short.”

After Martin Ahbard nodded, “As for the acceleration problem caused by the gearbox, we are currently developing a multi-pole motor. However, there is no systematic research and development between the high-voltage and high-power electronic control system and the coordination of the gearbox, and there is currently no such aspect in the world. We can only do research and development from scratch, which will take time to resolve.”

“As for vehicle mileage, we are currently using the world’s most advanced vehicle batteries. Unless we can make breakthroughs in battery technology, it will be difficult to increase the mileage on a single charge.”

“So, it also takes time. And of course enough money!”

Guo Shouyun’s tone did not know whether he was happy or angry, and Martin Ahmed nodded silently in his ears.

“How far has our own battery technology been developed now?” Guo Shouyun asked.

“1.7AH!”

AH means the number of hours and is an indicator of battery capacity. Its meaning is the discharge time according to the specified current, and the battery with the same voltage has a large capacity with a large number of ampere hours.

“It seems that you have made a big breakthrough in battery research and development during this time.”

Although this data is far less than the battery performance ten years later. But now, it has been called advanced. Nowadays, the mainstream car battery capacity in the world is around 12V/1.5AH.

“But we still can’t solve the wear and tear of lithium batteries in low temperature environments.”

The wear and tear of lithium batteries at low temperatures, especially below zero degrees Celsius, could not be solved even before Guo Shouyun crossed, let alone now. Moreover, electric vehicles are just beginning to sprout, and the batteries used in vehicles are mostly lead-acid batteries. Lead and its oxides are made as electrode materials, and sulfuric acid solution is used as electrolyte. It has the advantage of low cost, but the disadvantage is also obvious, low energy density and short service life. Therefore, in the next few years, except for electric bicycles, which are still in use, vehicle batteries are basically eliminated.

Then there is the nickel-metal hydride battery. The positive electrode is a nickel-hydrogen compound, and the negative electrode is a metal hydride. Compared with lead-acid batteries, its energy density and number of charge and discharge are greatly improved, and the electrolyte is non-flammable and safe. The manufacturing process Mature, BYD was the world’s second largest manufacturer of nickel-metal hydride batteries before it built cars. However, because the charging efficiency of nickel-metal hydride batteries is general, there is charging and memory effect, and high-voltage fast charging cannot be used, it is not suitable for the single power source of the car, and is suitable for assisting the engine to work.

Now, because the technology of lithium batteries for vehicles is not mature, including lead-acid batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries, the three have different vehicle battery companies and institutions for research and development. However, with the prior knowledge of Guo Shouyun, he has already reversed the research and development direction of Tesla and Xiangtorch’s vehicle batteries to the field of lithium batteries.

However, although they are both his companies, the research and development directions of the two companies are not the same. Hunan Torch developed a lithium iron phosphate battery, while Tesla developed a ternary material battery.

Compared with lithium titanate, lithium manganate and lithium cobaltate batteries, lithium iron sulfate and ternary material batteries have the advantage of low cost because they do not use rare metals in positive and negative electrode materials, and have gradually become the widest choice for vehicle batteries. .

As for how to make up for the disadvantages of lithium batteries, and to further develop solid-state lithium batteries, it is still too early to choose graphene batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.

“Technology research and development takes time! Step by step, first improve the energy density and service life of lithium batteries.”

Martin Ahbard nodded and glanced at the big boss’s face, “We… our research and development funds are somewhat insufficient.”

He is a little lacking in confidence, because since Guo Shouyun acquired Tesla, he has burned more than 20 million US dollars in research and development, but he has not seen any results for more than a year. The most important thing is that the burning of money will continue, and when and how much it will burn, Martin Ahbard has no idea.

However, Guo Shouyun doesn’t seem to care about Tesla burning money. After listening to his words, his expression remained unchanged: “In the afternoon, I will ask someone to call the company’s finances 30 million US dollars, and the research and development of new cars and lithium batteries should not stop.”

“Yes!”

Martin Ahbard, who was relieved, nodded quickly.

“Okay, I’m leaving. Remember to notify me of any new achievements!”

After the inspection of Tesla was completed, Guo Shouyun left. But when he returned to the Hanshan Courtyard, the first thing that greeted him was not good news.

“Boss, I just received a call from Richard Grubman. He declined your invitation. He doesn’t want to leave the Maersk Group to become the CEO of Universal. He apologizes to you.” Wang Jue hurried in with his mobile phone in hand. road.

Years of business experience have made Guo Shouyun calm. Even the sudden receipt of such bad news did not cause him to lose his composure.

“Do you know why?”

“I don’t know yet.” Wang Jue shook his head.

“Give me the phone!”

Guo Shouyun’s work phone is usually kept by Wang Jue.

After receiving it, I found Richard Grubman’s phone and dialed it. It didn’t take long to get connected, but it was not Grubman who was waiting for him, but the latter’s assistant.

“Mr. Guo, I’m sorry. Mr. Grubman is in a meeting.”

“I have something very important to find him, and I hope to talk to him on the phone now.”

“I’m very sorry, Mr. Guo. It is an internal Maersk policy that no one can answer the phone during a meeting. Mr. Grubman, as a member of the executive committee, must also abide by this rule.”

“Then when will he leave the meeting?” Guo Shouyun asked after a moment of silence.

“It’s not clear. But Maersk’s Monday office will be very long, and it’s normal to be open until 22:00.”

“Okay, I understand! You tell Grubman, I respect his choice. I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. That’s it!”

Guo Shouyun hung up the phone before giving the other party time to answer. He didn’t say anything threatening, and with his current status, talking about such hooligan words when children were fighting would have no effect at all except to be laughable and generous.

If you really want to make Richard Grubman regret, the best way is to develop Universal into the world’s largest logistics company.

Of course, now Guo Shouyun wants to understand the reason why Richard Grubman changed his mind halfway. You must know that when he was in the UK, he had already agreed to be the CEO of Universal Corporation. This time he met Maersk headquarters in Denmark to resign.

“Get Will!”

Wang Jue nodded and left quickly. Not long after, a thin, wiry young man in a black suit with glasses and not-so-big eyes walked in.

Will Harrington, Director of Guo Shouyun’s Information Management Department, collects, compiles and analyzes business intelligence and information from around the world for him.

In the four years since the establishment of the Ministry of Information Management, the latter has established 37 large databases according to different countries, and different databases are divided into different subsystems according to business, politics and personalities. Different subsystems will continue to be enriched according to social development.

Today, more than 100 people in the entire Information Management Department are analyzing, summarizing, and building files according to mainstream newspapers around the world every day. Let this huge information management department continue to improve.

As the data analysis model of the Information Management Department becomes more and more accurate, the content becomes more and more abundant. It has increasingly become an indispensable institution for Guo Shouyun’s decision-making.

Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself can be invincible in a hundred battles. Guo Shouyun has never been less invested in the information management department.

“boss!”

Guo Shouyun nodded and said directly: “Has there been any major changes in Maersk?”

He asked himself that the treatment of Richard Grubman was not low. And on such a basis, he can still overturn his previous decision, there must be a greater temptation waiting for him. And this temptation is most likely the CEO of Maersk.

“There is no such news yet. However, the Danish “Izvestia” exposed an unconfirmed news two days ago. Maersk CEO West Martin, and chairman of the board Jim Hagerman quarreled at the board meeting A fight. The former greeted the latter’s mother, and the two sides fought a lot. Of course, when confronted by reporters, both sides denied the content of the news report and said that there was no problem with their friendship. But from the exposure Judging from some of the videos of each other, their subtle facial expressions appear stiff when referring to each other, so it is certain that there must be something wrong with their relationship. But whether it is as big as the “Izvestia” exposed at the board meeting The shot, it is still uncertain for the time being.”

There are not only psychology experts, but also micro-expression experts in the Information Management Department. So Guo Shouyun did not doubt Will Harrington’s analysis.

“If this is true, then everything makes sense.” Guo Shouyun nodded and whispered.

According to his knowledge, Maersk chairman Jim Hagerman holds a 13.5% stake in the company. And because of West Martin’s strong leadership style, the relationship between the two sides has not been very friendly. Last year, news broke that the two sides had a row at the company’s annual meeting~www.readwn.com~ Although it was the same as this time, both sides denied each other’s media reports. But if you look carefully, you will find that wherever there is West Martin, there is definitely no Jim Hageman. Unless it’s the kind of situation where both parties must be present, such as a board meeting.

“Boss, the things you asked me to pay attention to have changed.” Will Harrington handed a stack of photos to Guo Shouyun.

After taking it over, Guo Shouyun frowned more and more tightly. He didn’t calm down until after turning over and letting out a long breath.

“Isn’t anyone found out?”

“We used state-of-the-art equipment and filmed by people who have been in the business for many years, so the whole process was safe.”

Guo Shouyun nodded, scanned the photo in his hand, and after a moment of indifference, “Continue to pay attention to this matter, and don’t make any public announcements for the time being.”

“clear!”

After waving Will Harrington to leave, looking at the photo in his hand, Guo Shouyun’s expression became heavy.