Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 57 When Technology Arrives

Wei Jiang and his father Wei Yonghe looked at each other, and they roughly understood the reason for the quarrel between the father and son.

"Tsk tsk, Dad, you are an open-minded father."

Wei Jiang couldn't help but praise Wei Yonghe. Compared to the autocratic father in front of him, his old man was much easier to get along with.

Wei Yonghe rolled his eyes at his son.

In the past, because he was busy with store affairs every day, Wei Jiang was neglected. Otherwise, with this kid's intelligence, he should not have been able to get into a junior college and end his student career so hastily.

"Stop being so mean and mind other people's business."

Wei Jiang chuckled, and the father and son, who had nothing to do, turned their heads to watch the fun.

"I only recognize fuel vehicles. What kind of technical content does a miscellaneous new energy vehicle have? It's just to deceive fools like you."

The father ignored the strange looks from the people around him and tried to persuade his rebellious son to mend his ways with earnest words.

"Dad, you are too out of date. You also watched the press conference of Huawei Zhixing today. Autonomous driving technology is the future!"

"Which of the Japanese fuel-powered cars you want me to buy has this capability?"

"Besides, Japanese car manufacturers have committed fraud so many times, why do you still believe in Japanese brands?"

Looking at his son as if he were a fool, the older man patiently explained:
"If they are able to report fraud, have you reported the fraud of the car manufacturers you favored?"

"How do you know that those news reports are not deliberately discrediting fuel vehicles?"

"Besides, do you dare to drive the self-driving car?"

“Aren’t there enough incidents happening online?”

Wei Jiang sat nearby, watching the two men becoming more and more excited as they talked, and he felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

The ideological imprint that foreign brands once set in the minds of Dongda people still seems to be strong after so many years.

If domestic brands want to change this situation, they still need to work harder.

Because the father and son were arguing in the street, many people around them chose to stay away.

Wei Jiang pushed his father Wei Yonghe's wheelchair away. When leaving, Wei Jiang heard the older man speak in a disdainful tone.

"What battery pack repair technology? It's totally a lie."

“Japanese and Western car manufacturers haven’t developed it yet, so how can BYD possibly develop it?”

Shaking his head, Wei Jiang pushed the wheelchair and walked away quietly.

Sometimes, what the world is like has little to do with objective facts and everything to do with the information the person involved is willing to believe.

After returning to the hotel, Wei Yonghe washed up, lay down on the bed and fell asleep soon after, but Wei Jiang himself was not in a hurry to sleep.

After booking the tickets for the attractions he was going to visit tomorrow, Wei Jiang lay on the bed, picked up his mobile phone and continued to control the manta ray.

In the afternoon, the Manta Ray submersible arrived in the waters of Shangdu City under the remote operation of Wei Jiang.

Tonight Wei Jiang plans to control the manta ray to officially sail into the sea.
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The fact that Dongda Automotive Industry held two key technology launch conferences within one day had an impact that was by no means limited to within Dongda.

Autonomous driving is related to the future of the global automotive industry, whether it is Tesla, which has already implemented FSD technology, or traditional brands such as Japanese car manufacturers and Western BBA that are just beginning to actively catch up.

The release of Huawei Zhixing ADS3.0 was like a meteorite falling from the sky, causing huge waves and earthquakes in the automotive industry.

On the day of the ADS3.0 launch conference, Yu Dazui announced at the conference that the remote OTA of the Wenjie M9 model would be launched first.

This means that tonight, M9 owners can already experience the ADS3.0 autonomous driving service.

In Shangdu City, Zhu Xiaotong, president of Tesla's East Region, and several blond-haired and blue-eyed engineers were sitting in an M9 car. They had just got off the plane an hour ago.

The expressions of several people were solemn. The blond man in the driving seat took his hands off the steering wheel and left everything to the autonomous control of the vehicle.

They had been on the bus for more than half an hour, and the half-hour ride experience had deeply shocked them.

"My God! This car has not had any redundant operation in the past half hour."

Zhu Xiaotong, president of Tesla's East Region, looked gloomy. The month before today was her most glorious moment. The introduction of FSD has helped Tesla's sales, which had been somewhat sluggish in the past six months, to grow against the trend.

Over the past month, she has been interviewed by major media outlets, and the label of Tesla's leader in autonomous driving technology is about to be established.

But today, a sudden technology launch conference by Huawei Zhixing directly destroyed all her previous efforts.

"Ms. Zhu, although I am a Tesla employee, I must admit that Huawei ADS3.0 is far better than the latest version of FSD."

"Especially in such a complex road environment like Dongda."

The Tesla autopilot engineer in the driver's seat looked back, sighed, and gave his final evaluation.

Compared with the Huawei Intelligent Driving Conference video he watched before coming to Dongda, the real driving experience continued to emphasize to him the superiority of Huawei's ADS technology.

The other engineers in the car had equally serious expressions. They didn't even bother to talk, and their hands kept typing on their notebooks to record the test data.

"Zhu, based on my understanding of Dongda's automotive industry, when one company has a technological breakthrough, more companies will inevitably begin to make breakthroughs next."

“The situation is more serious than you see.”

A man's voice came from the pad in front of Zhu Xiaotong. Zhu Xiaotong looked up at the man with a short beard on his face in the pad.

"Elon, they are my compatriots. I understand them better than you do. I am under a lot of pressure right now."

From Zhu Xiaotong's address, we can know that the man on the pad display is Tesla President Elon Musk.

Thousands of miles away, Musk is also paying attention to the technological progress of Huawei Zhixing ADS3.0.

The Dongda market is the world's largest automobile market, and the Dongda market has played a key role in Tesla's ability to reach its current scale and size.

"Your compatriots didn't even give us a chance to complain."

"The war is coming. What you should think about now is how to deal with this technological war!"

On another road in Shangdu, in a black M9 car, several foreigners were discussing similar issues.

"Sir, this is a disaster for the public!"

"Just like what Dongda people have always said, the luxury car market will no longer belong to us!"

In Pengcheng, several men in suits were sitting in the Wenjie M9 car, and the car was unusually quiet.

A slender man wearing glasses sitting on a zero-gravity chair said:

"In autonomous driving, Toyota has been lagging behind since the beginning. Before we could catch up, the gap is getting bigger and bigger!"

"The company's top management must review this! Including me!"

After the man finished speaking, the subordinate sitting next to him immediately lowered his head.

"Hey! Inoue-san, sorry, it's our mistake."

Inoue Mu snorted. He knew his subordinates' character better than anyone else.

Glancing out of the car window, he saw a white car running parallel to the M9. Seeing the BYD logo on the rear of the car, Inoue Mu's expression became even more gloomy.

It is precisely because of BYD that the sales of Toyota models priced below 20 yuan have dropped sharply.

Toyota is already struggling to maintain its current sales volume, but who would have thought that BYD would come up with another killer move today!
"There are many fish in BYD's technology pool, and we can scoop one up whenever we want to use it."

Recalling the speeches made by BYD executives on the Internet, I felt a huge pressure.

How many fish are there in BYD’s technology pool?
Is every fish as critical as today's lithium crystal cluster reduction technology?

"Compared to Huawei Zhixing's autonomous driving, BYD's lithium crystal cluster reduction technology is the saber that will cut Toyota's neck!"

Inoue Mu's resentful sigh caused the interior of the Wenjie M9 to fall into silence instantly, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

BYD batteries are already cheap. What will happen if the cost continues to drop to nearly 5%?
Everyone felt as if a pair of large hands were tightly strangling their necks, and their breathing became heavy.

(End of this chapter)