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On airplane, Li Mu to Elon Musk has planned the overall way of electric automobile project.
The first step, Li Mu jointly invests 50 million USD with him at 7 : 3 proportion, establishes a new energy automobile company, 50 million USD part that R &\; D team that is used to purchase follow up his, must link the company belt achievement patent belt team to take completely, remaining serves as the research and development funds of this team \;
This team following key public relations direction, is the related technology of lithium battery group, next is the drive motor technology, once more is the peripheral comprehensive technique \;
Second, Elon Musk needs to establish a specialty to be responsible for the team of automobile research and development, begins to design the frame, chassis, security as well as the air power new energy automobile, while carries on the deep understanding to China domestic several privately operated automobile enterprises, prepares for the following purchase \;
The purchase has two choices, one is the direct purchase domestic automobile enterprise, another is to purchase the production line of automobile enterprise, the fund amount of space occupied of former need is quite big, if when the time comes the fund abundantly naturally does not have the issue, if the fund is not spacious, the choice purchase production line, the domestic car business present day does not feel better, the capacity does not have in the means full situation, several production lines extrude, sets aside a production line to come the realization also to have possibly, to Li Mu this new energy automobile project, the low-end production line, compared with all from the beginning has also been much better \;
Third, Li Mu ad hoc request Elon Musk when the operation new energy automobile project, must give up itself to compelling the blind pursuit of standard, do not come up to make the unit price ten ten thousand USD ranks the new energy automobiles, makes that expensive thing, at first 2-3 years except for selling to the acting cool suspect of internet profession, whom but can also sell to?
Elon Musk does not have the means to understand that produces the car(riage) is four wheels add sofa type „main road to Jane/simple” the idea, he thought that the automobile is the same with the launch vehicle, is the crystallization of Hyundai / modern industry achievement, must produce a good car(riage), has too many places to need to try hard, therefore he said to Li Mu: „Chief Li, I hope that our future new energy automobiles, is one outstanding, outstanding even is the epoch-making product, it even may from 0 accelerate to 60 miles in 3.5 seconds, its power is strong, travel is peaceful, the control intelligence, will feel the future feeling......”
Li Mu asked him: „Which do you know the automobile enterprise that in this world most makes money are?”
„Knows.” Elon Musk said: „Toyota.”
Li Mu nods, asked him: „Why does Toyota most make money? In this year's enterprise rank, his business income is lower than general and Ford, but net profit shi general dozens times, Ford net profit even is the negative number, populace although makes money very much, but the profit margin and net profit must be lower than Toyota, you thought why this is?”
Elon Musk shows a faint smile, said: „Chief Li, the operation of Toyota entire group is more flexible than other automobile enterprises smoothly, moreover is highly effective, is also accurate to the capture of market demand, to the consumer, the product conjunction degree is high.”
Li Mu asked him: „You thought, you must make ten ten thousand USD ranks the electric automobile, is accurate to the capture of market demand? Is high with the conjunction degree of consumer?”
„This......”
Elon Musk somewhat is at a loss for words, but he is not willing to accept to the Li Mu's view as before, he understands the Li Mu's meaning, nothing but is lowers the figure, to lower the threshold, then sells the entire world the new energy automobile of low threshold, perhaps this truly can make the new energy automobile have more audience, but it has lacked the earth-shaking impact feeling, the product that if makes is not very outstanding, for him lost very big power.
Li Mu also sees his mood, said lightly: „I did not oppose that you want to make a thought of model of top new energy race car, you can definitely make this team make great strides forward toward this goal in the future, after all has the technology of higher specification to accumulate well always, we can at any time downward compatible, but, you cannot the future of enterprise repose, in insufficiently meets on the product of rusticity, therefore in the choice of main force vehicle type, you must reduce the localization, more capacities, serves as a lot manufacturing more inexpensive commodity.”
Elon Musk nodded, said: „Good Chief Li, I understood your meaning.”
Li Mu knows that he understood oneself meaning, but does not know that he approves oneself viewpoint, lets him do what he pleases, first makes him get up outdoor shop, if he will be determined to take the old route that previous life Tesla passes through in the future, will not permit absolutely.
Afterward, Li Mu changes the topic, reminded him saying: „Since decides to make the new energy, a lot you must grasp now ahead of time, will otherwise be very easy to be blocked the throat by other people in the future.”
Elon Musk subconscious asking: „What you refer to is?”
„Battery.” Li Mu said: „I do not know that team that you said that can the battery as well as battery management technical research and development fierce of how, I only knows the capacities of 18650 batteries are only 2,000-3,000 milliamperes together, if you want several hundred kilometers continue voyage, perhaps then at least takes several thousand such batteries?”
Elon the Musk nod said: „Right Chief Li, normally, we must guarantee that 400 kilometers continue voyage, at least needs 7000 batteries.”
Li Mu sighed: „You sell a car(riage), others sell out 7000 batteries, if each battery gains your 1 USD, you sell out a car(riage), was equal to that helped the battery manufacturing enterprise gain seven thousand USD, we sold a car(riage) to gain to seven thousand USD laboriously are also an unknown, if the majority of net profits will have been intercepted by them in the future, we lost all initiatives, this issue you wanted to prepare, when the time comes instead should not be seized the nape of the neck by the upstream raw material supply enterprise.”
Elon Musk said: „The technical many enterprises of 18650 batteries have, but the performance of product and controls slightly to have the disparity, this market could not form the monopoly, therefore I think that we very much will have the negotiations superiority in the face of the battery enterprise in the future.”
Li Mu hear of secret shaking the head.
Elon Musk although is called Silicon Valley Iron Man in reality, but this brothers works is not very truly rigorous, vision although is long-term, but relative, loophole with neglecting also many scary.
Had not considered that in advance capacity issue, is a Tesla previous life big mechanical damage, but the proportion of battery cost in the auto cost is too high, is a Tesla big dead hole, when many years later went to expand the capacity again, to research and develop the battery and construction super battery factory late too to be too late, at that time in the world the new energy automobile like mushrooms after a spring rainfall rose straight from the ground, the major automobile enterprises announced that in the near future will stop producing the fuel vehicle comprehensively, all governments also takes a stand in the future will forbid the sale of fuel vehicle in own country, at that time thought the means expansion capacity and research and development to produce the battery again, delayed itself greatly, wasted in vain had an early start. Superiority.
Li Mu sighed at heart, Elon Musk has not foreseen the battery to become the big core pain spot of new energy project unexpectedly, is disappoints Li Mu somewhat, waits for several years later, the new energy automobile is found in the world time, let alone battery price when production costs rise, prices rise too, the essential raw material lithium and cobalt of lithium battery price suddenly will also fly to rise suddenly.
The power with lithium several, the cobalt dozens tons, the cobalt, the use proportion in lithium battery does not lower many compared with the lithium by some chance by some chance particularly, moreover cobalt thing wants scarce many many compared with the lithium, the China that big land area, the data that published according to the West, the cobalt reserves of our country also accounted for 1% of world, in the future the new energy time will approach, who grasped the cobalt, who was the father of entire new energy profession.
Thinks of here, the Li Mu intention moves, the rapid development of lithium battery at least also takes several years, but the relevant industry of cobalt and lithium should the whole be in the trough or the gentle time now, if can with several years goes to the cobalt ore and lithium ore of layout world, as well as necessary production smelting, when the new energy time arrives, the market values of these industries at least turn ten times of even dozens times, this is in itself hold/container Zhuan does not compensate, moreover profit margin extremely high business.
What is more important, had these core resources, Li Mu has been able from the upstream of electric automobile upstream battery industry, blocked the battery profession downward the nape of the neck, if in the future these enterprises dare acting cool to plunder their profits from the source immediately, forcing them to obey, the industry that even when the time comes can the layout lithium battery produce, oneself punctured the battery industry the upstream and downstream.
Once can puncture the upstream and downstream, forms closed loop that oneself were not terminated affects, waits for the lithium battery raw material to rise suddenly, not only oneself can safeguard oneself new energy automobile cost to have a bigger flexible leeway, but can also directly by oneself to the upstream resources controlling, goes to the wools of other ruthless to rub lithium battery manufacturing enterprises, the maximum degree obtains without labor the exports product that the new energy industry erupts to bring, this layout, at least can trade dozens times of incomes, economical angle, the strategic angle is worth.
Therefore, the motorcade that after waiting for the airplane landing, to arrange Li Mu one line of deliver to the hotel in Harvard School, Li Mu hurries Li Ziwei to call own room, said to her: „Ziwei, gives you a vital duty, these days your earnest office.”
Li Ziwei busy say/way: „Chief Li please say.”
Li Mu said: „And we do not have the shell company of any direct link through the surrounding, goes to please internationally quite well-known commercial investigation enterprise, helping me investigate at present the entire market conditions of lithium battery profession, as well as mining and manufacturing of back lithium battery various essential raw materials, I must in detail to each element in the global countries proven reserves as well as the mining difficulty level and present stage mining, but must make concrete after mining the whereabouts to these minerals, which countries for example went to, carry on the processing refinement by which companies, which companies also had sold.”
Li Ziwei with pen high-speed record, while the nod said: „I have written down Chief Li, other?”
Li Mu thinks, said: „Lithium ore and cobalt ore must pay attention with emphasis, I want to know that entire world these two ores quotation trends, as well as these two ore industries main centralized in whose hand, there is a possibility of taking, if present, needs many funds probably!”
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