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Chapter 169 Electric Vehicles

Inside the virtual laboratory, the empty space contained nothing but an ergonomically designed writing desk.

Li Zhenhua was sitting in a chair in front of the writing desk, doing nothing, deep in thought.

While he was thinking, he was also writing something in a notebook on the table. What was he writing? He was writing about future plans, including study plans and production plans.

His first thought wasn't anything else, but rather something about electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles, strictly speaking, are electric-powered vehicles, hence the name electric-drive vehicles.

Its invention dates back to a very early time, as early as 4578 AD, when it was invented by the Gallic Rooster.

However, with the subsequent development of oil and the internal combustion engine, electric vehicles entered a period of stagnation during this time, with no further progress.

However, in modern times, with the dwindling oil resources and increasingly severe environmental pollution, electric vehicles, whose development had long stagnated, have been remembered once again.

It was at this time that electric vehicles began to develop again, and it was also at this time that major car companies around the world began to research electric vehicles.

Returning to the electric vehicle itself, it is composed of several key components, and even the most complex electric vehicle cannot deviate from this structure.

Energy source - battery, input - charger, output - motor, and of course, the control system.

A mobile energy source is the battery, which stores electricity and determines the driving range of an electric vehicle.

Batteries do not generate their own energy; they obtain power from the national power grid, which requires a charger to recharge them.

Of course, this isn't absolute; it refers to pure electric vehicles. This doesn't apply to hybrid electric vehicles.

But what he was targeting was nothing more than pure electric vehicles.

Therefore, the charger is also very important, as it works in conjunction with the battery to determine the charging speed.

The reason why electric vehicles did not develop in the first place was that slow charging and inconvenience in use were important factors that restricted their development.

Why is it called an electric car? It's because it's a car powered by electricity.

What's driving it? It's the electric motor that converts electrical energy into kinetic energy.

With kinetic energy, the electric car can move!

This completes a process of charging, storing, and discharging electricity. Of course, there is another very important component in this process – the controller.

This can be considered the brain of the electric vehicle, controlling its charging, discharging, and other functions.

For Li Zhenhua, the only things he needs to study now are these four main components.

Once all the main structural components are developed, then we can simply fill them with flesh and blood.

That completes an electric vehicle, whether it's an electric motorcycle or an electric car; they all have the same structure without exception.

His first task wasn't to figure out how to manufacture these parts, but rather to develop his own learning plan.

Moreover, he had no concept of electric vehicle manufacturing at the beginning, so he needed a prototype of an electric vehicle as a reference.

The night felt incredibly long, considering they had spent three years in the virtual laboratory.

He only spent a small portion of his time making plans.

As for the rest of the time, he began to draw exterior design drawings. For the exterior design, he did not need to know much about the internal structure.

Designing the exterior of an electric motorcycle is a remarkably ample time in three years.

So during this time, he not only designed the appearance of electric motorcycles, but also began to design the appearance of four-wheeled electric vehicles.

Of course, the four-wheeled electric vehicles mentioned here refer to models like the BYD Han, or high-speed electric vehicles from brands that can't brake properly.

It's not the kind of low-end, low-speed electric vehicle, sightseeing electric vehicle, or elderly mobility scooter.

It is the kind of electric vehicle that can truly achieve 0-100 km/h acceleration in under ten seconds and meets national standards.

In that one night, he came up with more than fifty different designs, some of which were beautiful and some were ugly, and there were all sorts of styles.

Moreover, he not only designed the exterior, but also conducted wind tunnel tests on the shapes of all these vehicles.

After fifty designs were tested in a wind tunnel, some with too low coefficients were eliminated, leaving only twenty models in the final selection.

There are twenty models in total, including both motorcycles and cars, with ten models from each category.

The next day, after waking up in the virtual laboratory, he pulled his arm out from under Li Yun's arm, went to the kitchen, and made some food.

After he finished cooking, Li Yun also got up. After a warm breakfast, he talked to Li Yun.

"Xiaoyun, I'm going to Jinan today, to the provincial library, to buy some professional books."

There probably won't be a Xinhua Bookstore or a library in our county.

Li Yun looked at him with some curiosity. He had only rested for a few days, and he had already found a new research direction so quickly?

"You're starting a new project again? What are you planning to work on this time, an aircraft carrier or a land-based supercarrier?"

Li Yun's words always carried a hint of teasing, perhaps because the previous airplane incident had left such a deep impression on her!

After explaining the whole story to Li Yun, the two of them cuddled for a while before he drove off in his old Volkswagen Santana that he had bought earlier.

Heading towards Jinan, we went straight to the Xinhua Bookstore near the Shandong Provincial Library in Dongshan. With the help of the sales assistant, we pushed a cart and selected many large reference books.

After buying the items, I headed to the provincial library, where I browsed through all the books related to electric vehicles. Then I went straight to Shandong University.

Shandong University's library is as famous as the provincial library, and it has all kinds of learning materials for various subjects. In particular, Shandong University also has a School of Energy and Power Engineering.

His Volkswagen Santana was a very old model; it couldn't even get through the gate of Dongshan University's Wanfoshan residential area before being stopped by the security guard.

I found a parking lot nearby, parked the car, and walked into the Wanfoshan campus.

He didn't wander around the campus; he went straight to the library. Although the library wasn't open to the public, that didn't stop him.

Less than ten minutes later, a boy ran over and gave him a campus card, and the boy received 500 yuan.

I entered the library with the campus card I rented for 500 yuan.

He then began his sweeping exploration of knowledge, and could visualize any engineering-related book he came across in his virtual laboratory.

After browsing through two large libraries and taking a stroll through the largest Xinhua Bookstore in Dongshan, he has now gathered enough knowledge for him to study for some time.

I quickly left the Shandong University library, called to return my campus card, and started my return journey with a head full of knowledge and a car full of books.

The return trip went smoothly, except that the old Volkswagen Santana lurched a bit while driving, as if it might break down at any moment, but it still made it home in the end.

I drove the car into the garage, got out, and looked at the Volkswagen Santana in front of me.

"Damn it, you just wait. Once I've figured out electric bikes thoroughly, I'll upgrade you a bit."

"That scared me to death! I thought they were going to dump me on the street!"

He muttered to himself as he moved the various books he had bought from the car, carrying them one by one to the study. He glanced at the time; it was only a little past four.

He then found a comfortable spot in the study, took out a book on lithium-ion batteries, and began to read it seriously.

Now that the decision has been made to develop in the direction of electric vehicles, it's not feasible to leave no indication of it to the outside world.

He still had to maintain appearances, and he even planned to establish a battery-related research and development team within the company.

He actually had this idea when he was working on a handheld airplane, but the airplane itself didn't fit his idea, so he gave up on it.

Soon it was completely dark, and he, who was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge,

I didn't hear the front door open at all, not even the sound of high heels on the floor.

After changing into slippers, Li Yun immediately started searching the house. She had already confirmed that the car had returned, and of course, the person had returned as well.

After searching around, I finally found him reading a book in the study.

After dinner, the two snuggled together and watched a currently popular TV series. Before 10 p.m., they fell asleep in each other's arms.

However, after Li Yun fell asleep, he went back into the virtual laboratory.

The virtual laboratory at this moment was no longer the way he had appeared before; instead, it had been arranged to resemble a library.

The surrounding bookshelves were filled with the books he had acquired from the two libraries that day.

However, the books he bought were not found on these bookshelves, because he had decided that those books were for his daytime reading, and that he would take careful notes on them.

The books in the laboratory were what he read at night.

Instead of delving into various professional books, he first categorized and deduplicated the books he had acquired during the day.

After he finished organizing the bookshelves, he began to explore the books according to their level of knowledge.

He started by looking at the most basic things, including the physics textbooks he studied in junior and senior high school.

The three years in the virtual lab were very fulfilling, because I didn't feel tired or bored there.

Once you have a goal and a plan for what to do, you can be completely focused on studying here.

Of course, the effect of this kind of learning was enormous. He studied in this state for three years and also briefly flipped through all the books.

This provides a detailed understanding of the various structures and concepts of electric vehicles.

He had many ideas during this time, and he wrote them all down.

As his skill level improves, these ideas can certainly be incorporated into the design of future electric vehicles.

The days that followed were just like today, with every evening spent in the lab researching everything related to electric vehicles.

(End of this chapter)