Wang Chuanfu smashed 100 billion, the Western giants lost face, and the ambitions of the technology madmen were exposed!
Once, the CEO of a Japanese automobile company was asked by a Japanese reporter in an interview: "If you dare to export engines to China, are you afraid that they will learn your technology?" The Japanese boss sneered and said, "Even if I give them the blueprints, in another 50 years, they won't have such a good engine as Japan." ”
If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this truth will remain unchanged for eternity. At that time, Japan also had strong technology, and we could only import engines from Japan.
The reason for China's auto industry"Backward", in large part because of a late start. Since 1908, the assembly line production of automobiles has been in the United States, and 30 years later, one in five people has a car, and the penetration rate of automobiles is disastrous. Germany was the first country to invent the automobile, and before World War I, its *** had reached a fairly high level. In 1937, Volkswagen AG of Germany was founded and began mass production of civilian cars. After World War II, especially after the energy crisis in the seventies of the last century, Japan's automobile industry began to take off, when the United States could not sell large cars, while Japanese cars became the pinnacle of Japan with their fuel-efficient and durable characteristics.
Since the birth of China's own brand in 2000, more than 20 years have passed, no matter how hard you try, it is difficult to catch up with the accumulation of Western countries in the past 100 years, there is no doubt about it!
Perhaps because Western automakers have a huge pioneer advantage, many Western automakers look down on Chinese cars and give us a good opportunity to bend down to keep up.
Take Japan's Suzuki as an example, which was once popular in China for its fuel-efficient, fuel-efficient and durable, but in the face of the growing demand of Chinese consumers, Suzuki's founder Shu Xiang has publicly stated that in order to meet the needs of Chinese consumers, he would rather withdraw from the Chinese market. For the sake of "benevolence", Suzuki's sales in China eventually declined, and Suzuki gave Changan Suzuki's shares to Changan at 1 yuan, and then withdrew from the Chinese market.
Especially in the new energy era! The "old book" thinking mode of foreign automobile manufacturers has allowed us to have"Change lanes to catch up"Slow down, but it's too late! Yoshi Koizawa, president of Sony, said, "China's electric cars are completely technological: Chinese electric vehicles are nothing more than a collection of mobile phone icons, and there is no innovation." "Japanese car companies claim that electric vehicles are not viable, but they spend a lot of money on research and development. Japanese car companies, which claim that electric cars are not viable, are spending a lot of money on solid-state batteries in an attempt to catch up with China, which is a double standard.
There is no doubt that Japan has completely fallen behind in the new energy era. For example, BYD will unveil a variety of models such as "Seal", "Dolphin", "Yuan Plus", "Denza" D9, and "Yangwang" U8 at the Tokyo International Motor Show to be held in Japan in October 20230" and many other key technologies. BYD's booth was crowded with people who came to visit. Compared to the local Japanese car brands, this is a deserted scene. In this regard, Japan ** immediately kept secret. They tout the auto show organizers: the Japanese hold auto shows in Japan, but at the same time they are promoting Chinese car brands!
Not just Japan? Chinese car brands have become the focus of the world's attention. The Economist, for example, issued a warning to Western auto companies with the headline "Cornering Western Auto Companies: China's Electric Vehicle Growth Scares Everyone."
Even Western countries are complaining about China's smart electric vehicles, while some residents of China believe that the rise of electric vehicles is due to subsidies and a reduction in electricity bills. But in fact, people's pursuit of the luxury sedan BYD U8 has caused the price of Mercedes-Benz G500, Land Rover Defender and other models to drop. Therefore, China's electric vehicle brands do not occupy an advantage in terms of technology, but in terms of technology and experience!
Take BYD as an example, as we all know, BYD is best at the three major components of battery, motor and electronic control, but Wang Chuanfu, a technology maniac, is not satisfied with this. There are even rumors that "BYD is stronger than three electricity, weaker than intelligence", on January 16, the day of BYD's dream, BYD showed its own **. Wang Chuanfu believes that "intelligent cockpit" and "intelligent driving" are not exactly the same as "intelligent driving", only the whole vehicle is intelligent, is the real intelligence!
Obviously, BYD's layout in the field of intelligence is much deeper than they imagined. And now, Wang Chuanfu has finally revealed his ambition, what BYD wants to do is to firmly grasp the core technology in its own hands and carry out all-round vertical integration. "One core, two ends, three networks and four chains", Xuangui intelligent structure effectively combines electrification and intelligence.
Just as a person has a head, a hand, an eye, and a nose, he has the freedom to move. If he had prostheses on both hands and feet, how flexible and safe would he be? This is also the reason why BYD wants to make the car intelligent!
In addition, BYD's investment in intelligent driving is also increasing, some time ago the author was fortunate to go to Shenzhen, personally experienced the real strength of BYD Denza N7, half an hour of road test, without any data collection, the whole process is very smooth, even if you meet a young man who wants to reverse on the highway, Denza N7 can automatically change lanes, so that the vehicle avoids his sight. Pilot! Emotional ......At present, BYD has invested in an intelligent driving team composed of more than 4,000 engineers, so BYD's capabilities in intelligent driving will be further improved.
BYD has shown many advantages in intelligence in the BYD Smart Street Experience Activity. For example, in the easy-to-four-way parking technology, the car first locks the parking space by a method similar to turning left and right in place, and then moves the positioning in the garage. In addition, BYD also has a series of intelligent technologies, such as disconnected parking, narrow road parking assistance, four-way parking + intelligent technology, etc., which make its parking efficiency far exceed that of old drivers.
As Academician Ni Guangnan said, the core technology is not something that can be bought with money, but in your own hands! Of course, Wang Chuanfu also thinks so, Wang Chuanfu has made it very clear that BYD will invest 100 billion in him in the future, and Wang Chuanfu will rely on his own technology to win in the field of automotive intelligence in the future!
I think that hard-working entrepreneurs such as Ren Zhengfei and Wang Chuanfu are the main force of China's industrial modernization! In the past, we were manufacturing, sweatshops in Western countries, and 800 million shirts were exchanged for airplanes by Westerners; Independent high-tech companies, represented by Huawei and BYD, are evolving to the manufacturing industry, eliminating outdated production capacity and providing high-income and decent jobs for thousands of people.