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Liu Aiguo nodded and said, "Close the door, I have something to tell you!"

"Yes!"

After closing the door, Assistant Chen went to Liu Aiguo.

"How many domestic car manufacturers are there in China right now?" Liu Aiguo asked his assistant, Chen.

Assistant Chen frowned and said, "There really are a few!"

“The Red Flag, the Jeep, the Dafabet cars from Tianjing City, and the Changhe cars that belong to the military (CJBF).

"Hongqi goes without saying, its production technology is quite mature. As for Daihatsu and Changhe, they are just starting out. They have launched their first batch of prototypes, but whether it's the exterior, interior, engine, or chassis, they are all actually purchased from Japan!"

Liu Aiguo nodded.

There was no way around it; the industrial base of this era was too weak. They couldn't produce anything. They called their cars domestically made, but all the spare parts were from Japan.

Moreover, most of them come from Mitsubishi.

It's a fact that Mitsubishi alone supports most of China's automotive industry.

This is also a characteristic of this era.

Moreover, both Dafa and Changhe produce minivans.

Since this is the only type of car available, its reliability and other aspects are questionable.

Not very good.

"Go and contact Changhe for me. I'll have my senior leader put in a good word. I need to borrow a hundred of their vehicle frames to produce electric vehicles. Just move them over there for me!"

"Produce and modify one hundred vehicles first, as a commemorative edition for the initial launch!"

Liu Aiguo gave the order!

Assistant Chen didn't ask why, and went straight to talk to Changhe Automobile!

……

Meanwhile, Horch arrived at Audi headquarters with that precious battery!

"Quickly..." Horst waved his hand immediately and said to his assistant, "Bring all the engineers from our Audi headquarters who work on electronic controls, as well as the engineers from our battery supplier, over here. I want to see what this thing is!"

"it is good!"

Soon, within about a morning, everyone was up.

He set up a makeshift meeting room in Huo Xi's office, took out the battery and placed it in front of everyone, saying casually, "You are all experts in batteries. What do you think of this battery I brought from China?"

"and……"

Upon hearing that Huo Xi had brought them from China, someone immediately scoffed dismissively, "Mr. Huo Xi, are you kidding me? What kind of batteries could China possibly produce that would warrant such a large fuss, with you calling us all over here!"

The speaker was an engineer from the battery supplier, who had the utmost contempt for China and its people.

Years ago, his wife ran off with a Chinese student studying abroad.

This caused him to harbor great resentment towards the people of China.

Hoch, a cigar between his fingers, looked at the battery with a hint of displeasure. "Mr. Wood, you should check the battery first!"

"it is good!"

Wood had two workers move the batteries out first, and then go to the workshop to install the equipment.

For an engineer, there are many ways to test a battery, but there are only two aspects to battery performance indicators.

One is capacity, which determines energy density and the main performance of the battery.

Another factor is the charging and discharging speed, which determines the battery's efficiency.

"Let's weigh it first!"

Wood weighed it: one hundred kilograms.

"Charge!"

buzzing...

With a puzzled look on Wood's face, the battery was fully charged in six minutes.

"This..." Wood said, "No way... It only takes six minutes to charge? Can this thing even hold any electricity?"

"Mr. Wood!" the worker told Wood in shock, "We measured that the battery's capacity is 450 kWh..."

"What?"

Wood jumped up from his chair.

Damn, it charged 450 kilowatt-hours in just six minutes?

Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap...

You son of a bitch!

Wood was having an existential crisis.

How is that possible? Fully charged in six minutes, and 450 kilowatt-hours of electricity for 100 kilograms... That energy density...

sizzle...

"I want to see, Mr. Horch, I want to see what kind of electrolyte is in this battery, we have to take a look!" Wood excitedly ran to Horch's office.

His face no longer showed any prejudice against people from China.

“Okay!” Hoshi said calmly, “But for now, I only allow you to perform a visual inspection of this battery. You are not allowed to break it open or damage it!”

"Row!"

……

Audi's news of the battery quickly reached Mercedes and the Blue Sky White Clouds.

no way!

As the three major German companies, the competition among them is fierce.

Are there a few spies inside the water company?

When Mercedes-Benz and BMW heard that Audi had developed a battery, they couldn't sit still and immediately sent people to Longguo to find Liu Aiguo.

The recent plot has focused a lot on car manufacturing, but please rest assured that it is written by the author himself, without any changes to the author. You can read with confidence.

Chapter 263 The Big Boss Called Me In for a Talk

Liu Aiguo's courtyard welcomed its second wave of international friends.

This time, it wasn't just the chief designers from Mercedes-Benz and BMW who came.

And there's Zhang Nan from Japan!

"Lord Aiguo, we meet again!" Fengtian Zhangnan smiled and looked at Liu Aiguo lying under the grape trellis, bowed deeply, and said, "This time I brought Mr. Curie in a Mercedes and Mr. Lister in a BMW. I hope I haven't disturbed you!"

Fengtian Zhangnan spoke broken Chinese.

Except for the two Europeans, everyone could understand it!

Liu Aiguo opened his eyes, slowly got off the rocking chair, and said, "If I said I was bothering you, would you leave?"

Fengtian Zhangnan's face instantly turned ugly.

"Hahahaha..." Liu Aiguo laughed heartily and said, "Alright, we're all brothers, I was just joking with you!"

"But Zhang Nan, not to criticize you, but Toyota's practices are far less ethical compared to Mitsubishi. Much worse..."

Zhang Nan's face was flushed with embarrassment.

Liu Aiguo was stating a fact.

That's right!

Mitsubishi takes the engines and sells them directly to companies in China for assembly, then they make cars and sell them.

This is a very generous gesture.

Without Mitsubishi, there would be no early-starting domestic car companies.

However, Toyota keeps all its technologies under wraps, showing no sense of grandeur whatsoever.

"Come in, I'll treat you to some noodles!"

Liu Aiguo opened the door and, to the astonishment of his neighbors, led two foreigners and one Japanese man into the house.

"Patriotic Lord!"

Zhang Nan said with a smile, "I heard that you sold a battery to Audi's chief engineer, Horch. The three of us are here hoping to get a battery from your company as well!"

“Hmm…” Fengtian Zhangnan added, “No matter what the cost!”

“Yes, yes!” Lister and Curie replied with smiles in English, “We also hope to obtain your batteries, Mr. Liu. Name your price!”

Everyone wants to study Liu Aiguo's battery.

Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "Excuse me, let me correct you..."

"Hosh's battery wasn't sold to him; it was a gift from me as a friend. We don't currently have any plans to sell our batteries!"

"However... I can give the three of you a suggestion!"