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Liu Aiguo said, "I'll get you one later too?"

"No!" Factory Director Yang said, "I am a leader of the people, I cannot be extravagant and dissolute!"

"Alright... I've taken these two billion US dollars, you still have over seven billion... Hiss... So, how do you plan to spend it?" Director Yang looked at Liu Aiguo.

Liu Aiguo said with a pained expression, "You're not still trying to take advantage of me, are you? I'm not doing this anymore, and I'm not making this car anymore!"

"Back to Hong Kong soon!"

"No, no, no!" Director Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't get agitated, Comrade Liu Aiguo. What I mean is, could you consider investing this money in Beijing? You can't just keep it in your pocket, can you?"

For Director Yang, investing in Beijing would bring them enormous benefits.

First, investment leads to the flow of funds, which in turn provides financial support.

On the one hand, taxes can be collected, that's for sure.

Secondly, it can provide a large number of job opportunities for the people of Beijing.

This will not only promote local economic prosperity, but also create a good public security environment. Moreover, for Director Yang, this is also a meritorious deed.

This is a great deed; if you do well, there's always the possibility of further advancement.

"Oh..." Liu Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is fine!"

"Actually, I plan to use this money to establish a foundation!" Liu Aiguo said, "It will be called the [Automobile Investment Foundation]."

Chapter 273 Toyota Test: The Perfect Battery

In fact, even if Director Yang hadn't approached him, he was already planning to establish this automotive investment foundation.

This is a grand strategy!

Not only for the country and his own nation, but also for Liu Aiguo himself.

He wants to produce cars.

It's like he wants to start a catering business.

However, it's impossible to grow your own land and vegetables if you're in the restaurant business.

Okay, even if I can farm and grow vegetables.

So, you'll make your own soy sauce? Your own salt? Your own cast iron pot? And produce your own gas?

impossible!

The same applies to cars.

As someone who drives a car, it's impossible for me to produce all the parts for my car myself. That's not realistic, and nobody has the energy for that, right?

Where do these parts come from?

Currently, we need to import them!

Besides engines and transmissions, which they can manufacture themselves, they can also manufacture other components such as child safety seats, seat belts, accelerators, clutches, tires, wheels, electronic screens, monitors, computer boards, chips, and so on.

Many things need to be imported.

If your car's sales are lukewarm, that's fine. But if sales surge and you start competing with German luxury brands like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi (BBA) and Japanese brands for the international market, then problems will arise.

How can we avoid being held hostage by others?

The answer is harsh: No!

If someone wants to hold you hostage, there's really nothing you can do.

Therefore, we need to support some domestic industrial chains so that many people in China can also produce these small items.

That way, we won't be held hostage by foreign countries, right?

That's what a car investment fund means.

If we invest all of the remaining 7.7 billion US dollars into the upstream and downstream industrial chains, we're bound to make some waves, right?

Entrepreneurship is encouraged, but it's not something given without reason.

It is an investment.

For example, this person has an idea to make car seats.

Sure... as long as you have the ability, resources, and technology, I can invest in you. If one million isn't enough, I'll give you five million, and then I'll take 50% of the shares.

In this way, even when these upstream and downstream industrial chains are fully formed, Liu Aiguo will still have enough profit to earn.

They can even make their investment reports look very impressive.

Of course, reporting is not the goal.

The goal is to cultivate a group of national enterprises with complete industrial chains and systems.

This is Liu Aiguo's idea.

Of course, the foundation was established quickly, and in the beginning, it naturally collaborated with universities and professors with the necessary technology.

Liu Aiguo's first choice was not Tsinghua or Peking University, but Northwestern Polytechnical University!

Then there's the University of Science and Technology of China!

Then there's Hefei University of Technology!

These universities are the soul and foundation of China's industry.

Especially Hefei University of Technology, located in Feicheng, an inconspicuous third-tier city, is a major source of high-end automotive talent in the future.

Of course, Liu Aiguo doesn't need to do these things himself; he has a dedicated marketing team to handle them.

……

Japan!

In Toyota's core experiments.

At this moment, Fengtian Zhangnan has transformed from a race car driver into a qualified engineer.

That's right... This second generation is really awesome. He's good at automotive engineering, and his skills are absolutely top-notch.

Under his witness, the battery, which had been studied for about a month, was moved over.

"Tell me about it!"

Kazeta Zhangnan stood to the side and asked the chief engineer, Kishida Kazuo.

Yi Xiong said, "Yes... Zhang Nanjun, we have conducted comprehensive testing on the battery over the past three months, and its performance is incredibly powerful!"

"We conducted a total of 372 high-intensity and low-intensity charge-discharge tests on the battery!"

"But... the battery shows almost no signs of capacity degradation!"

"In other words... the battery performance is very good, and its lifespan can probably reach more than ten years, or even longer!"

"And another thing!" Ignoring the shocked Kazuo Kazeta, Kazuo Kishida continued, "We've also conducted extreme condition tests in temperatures above 60 degrees Celsius and below minus 40 degrees Celsius!"

"It has excellent high-temperature stability, and it did not deform at all due to the high temperature of 60 degrees Celsius. It can still charge and discharge at the normal speed!"

"What about low temperature performance?" Zhang Nan was most concerned about the low temperature performance.

Batteries, especially lithium batteries, have a common problem: their efficiency is greatly reduced at low temperatures.

To put it simply, under normal circumstances, a car with a range of 100 kilometers will only have about 60% of its range when the temperature drops to minus 10 degrees Celsius in winter.

It can't go any lower, not even half price!

Therefore, electric vehicles have significant geographical limitations.

Take China as an example. The southern region is definitely fine, but the north is doomed.

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Anyone who buys this will regret it.

“Lower temperatures also cause attenuation!” Yi Xiong took a deep breath and said, “However, the attenuation is very small, only five percent of the normal level!”

"What?"

Zhang Nan was stunned: Five percent?

Damn it...

In other words, under normal circumstances you can run 3,000 kilometers, but in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius, you can only run 2850 kilometers.

Is electrical loss even considered a loss?

Damn it!

Of course, this was calculated without the air conditioning on.

"Hiss hiss hiss..." Feng Tian Zhang Nan said, "So, this really is a perfect battery?"

“Yes!” Ichiro said, “It’s a perfectly large battery!”

"it is good!"

.... .. ...

Fengtian Zhangnan asked, "What materials is it made of? Can you figure that out?"