Chapter 217: Where is this?
Chapter 217: Where is this?
Looking at the development of new energy vehicles in China, we can find two obvious outbreak periods.
The first outbreak period was stimulated by various cash, purchase tax subsidies, and city license plate restrictions and other policies.
The second outbreak period was actually accompanied by the rise of online ride-hailing.
At this stage, electric vehicles can indeed save money, but that is based on the situation of very large vehicle usage. It is possible to make up for the price difference of the same level of fuel vehicles through the saved fuel money, and then drive more and save more.
Therefore, the ones who can benefit the most from electric vehicles are taxis and online ride-hailing.
And the sodium battery launched by Kangchi, in terms of results, is to reduce the price difference between electric vehicles and fuel vehicles of the same level, or even lower the price.
This greatly reduces the threshold for electric vehicles to save money.
Although this threshold has been lowered, if users can only use a few tanks of oil throughout the year and can’t even drive 5,000 kilometers, buying an electric car will definitely be a loss.
Buying a gasoline car and not driving it can indeed save more money.
Or to put it the other way around, these users will actually lose money no matter what car they buy…
Of course, it is estimated that they don’t care about losing this little money. What they care more about is the confidence brought by the car.
Maybe some people also have a little vanity…
This is actually very normal. After all, pretending to be cool is a common need of everyone.
Who doesn’t want to go home for the New Year and become the most handsome guy in the village?
…
In short, if you count the price difference of nearly 20,000 between the bare car and the fuel car of the same level, as well as the electric car purchase tax exemption policy, this car will mainly target the consumer group of low-end and mid-range cars with an annual vehicle usage of more than 5,000 kilometers.
The more users drive, not only will they save money, but the battery swap stations will also make more money. They are the gods of Kangchi.
I believe that users can calculate this account clearly, so Kangchi did not go to great lengths to list the expenses for everyone in the live broadcast.
Even if users cannot calculate it clearly, there will definitely be relevant media to publish analysis articles, and Kangchi does not need to worry about it.
In order to promote the battery swap model, Kangchi has also prepared another killer.
”In order to make everyone worry-free when buying a car, we will launch a conditional car return commitment in the first two months of the release of Guizhen. If users buy Guizhen during this period and eventually feel that the car is not suitable, users can return the car without reason by paying the actual number of days used x 80 yuan!”
”However, except for quality issues, each user can only enjoy a maximum of one unconditional car return. At the same time, we also promise that the cars returned by these users will not flow back into the ordinary consumer market.”
After hearing Kangchi’s promise, the audience in the live broadcast room immediately boiled.
“It means that you only need to pay 80 yuan a day to rent, and you can experience this Guizhen and the battery swap mode. Is it really good?”
”With such a low trial and error cost, this wave of recharges is completely worry-free!”
”Ah, my Kang Zong’s bankruptcy anxiety has come back again!”
”…”
Although the activity is only two months, it is obvious that Datang Heavy Industry will definitely pay a very high price for this.
Of course, the cars returned by these users are not directly useless. Although they cannot flow back into the ordinary consumer market, they can be converted into operating cars and rented to the online car-hailing market, or a car rental company can be established.
From the beginning to the end, Kangchi’s main purpose is very clear: to quickly promote the battery swap mode and sodium batteries.
Even if Guizhen may become an online car-hailing car, it doesn’t matter.
Anyway, Guizhen is just a car. As long as it can complete the initial accumulation of battery swap reputation, there will definitely be a lot of car companies launching battery swap models in the future, and consumers will have whatever cars they want.
In addition, those who would buy Guizhen cars at this price are actually pragmatic consumers who have a rigid need for cars and have limited budgets. They probably don’t care much about wearing the same clothes as online ride-hailing cars.
”The above is the full content of this Datang Heavy Industry press conference. Thank you to everyone in the live broadcast room for your support. At the same time, I am also very grateful for your support for me. Finally, let’s end the press conference with a short video.” After Kang Chi bowed deeply to the camera, the screen cut to the end of the short video.
Through this short video, Datang Heavy Industry showed users the whole process of Guizhen’s battery replacement at the battery replacement station.
The owner of the car in the short video drove a muddy Guizhen toThe battery swap station, and then parked it casually in the parking space.
And the size of this parking space is enough to park a bus…
Then four car-moving robots that look like small trailers quickly stepped forward, aimed at the four wheels, and accurately moved the car to the center of the parking space.
Then, the baffle under the car opened automatically, and a large roller-type mechanical arm came out, quickly and simply cleaned the chassis,
Then an enlarged version of the hair dryer outlet popped out, and the chassis was dried with warm air for 10 seconds.
This design takes into account that in special weather such as rain, the excessive sludge and sewage on the chassis will affect the accuracy and safety of battery swapping, so a simple cleaning and drying process is added.
There is no cleaning process at Weilai’s battery swap station, but because the interfaces of the battery pack are all waterproof with sealing strips, they can actually be replaced on rainy days.
This process design of Datang Heavy Industry is equivalent to adding an extra insurance.
The subsequent operation is basically the same as that of Weilai’s battery swap station. The battery swap platform is raised and aimed at the chassis. The empty battery is removed and replaced with a new battery, and the battery swap is completed.
From the start of the car moving robot to the end of the battery swap, the whole process takes less than a minute.
”Fuck, this battery swap process is so smooth, it seems to be faster than refueling?”
”Why is the process inexplicably decompressed?”
”I have experienced Weilai’s battery swap, which takes about five minutes. Mr. Kang added a cleaning step and it only took one minute. To this, I just want to say: Mr. Li, why don’t you become my apprentice!?”
”…”
Amid the discussion of netizens, the short film also used animation at the end to look forward to the battery swap scene of various models of cars in the battery swap station. This press conference that will completely change the global automobile and battery industry has finally come to an end.
After the press conference, the official website of Datang Heavy Industry immediately updated the details page of Guizhen.
This car will also adopt the mode of online order submission and offline delivery at the battery swap station. If you want to take out an installment loan, you can also submit the information and handle it directly online.
”Someone has started placing orders!”
1 car, 10 cars, 100 cars…
After the live broadcast, Kang Chi and the staff did not leave the scene immediately, but gathered together and paid a little attention to the data in the background of the system.
After the short film was played, it took only ten minutes for Datang Heavy Industry to directly receive more than 5,000 orders! Most of the orders were paid in full directly, and a small number of them applied for installment payments. They need to be reviewed and released by the cooperative bank before they can be officially placed.
For consumer goods such as cars, monthly sales of more than 10,000 can be regarded as popular models.
Five thousand units in ten minutes is definitely a good start!
Looking at the numbers jumping wildly in the background, all the staff began to cheer excitedly.
“The transaction volume exceeded 300 million in ten minutes!”
”Boss Kang is awesome!”
”Too amazing, as soon as Boss Kang showed up, he beat all the influencers who brought goods.”
”…”
Looking at the excitement of the employees, Kang Chi just smiled faintly.
How could this be possible?
(End of this chapter)