After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 627 - 619: Range Extension is the Future Trend

Chapter 627: Chapter 619: Range Extension is the Future Trend

Early the next morning, Lu Liang received calls from the heads of several car companies such as Lantu, Ling Pao, and Chery.

The era of new energy vehicles has arrived; falling behind means being left behind in every step, and no company wants to lag.

In mid to late June, Lu Liang stayed in Su City to handle cooperation matters between various car companies and Tianxing Technology.

On average, one cooperation project was finalized every two days, and by the end of June, cooperation with six car companies had been achieved.

Just like the Han Dynasty when the Enfeoffment Decree was implemented, all lands belonged to Liu then, and now it can be said that the lands are filled with stars.

"The seeds have been planted, now we wait until the end of the year, hoping for a bountiful harvest by then."

Lu Liang murmured to himself, although cooperation with six car companies had been reached, the cooperative models would only be released in the second half of the year, and presently the market share of Tianxing Car Machine is barely over 10%.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Li from NIO plans to come and discuss cooperation tomorrow, but there has been no movement from Mr. Li of Li Xiang yet."

Wang Xiaofeng knew that Lu Liang was returning to Modu tomorrow as there was an urgent matter there, but without cooperation with Li Xiang, it would always be a hidden risk.

The four giants of the new energy forces are respectively NIO, Xiao Peng, Li Xiang, and Weima.

NIO has already reached cooperation with Tianxing, and the new ES6 to be launched in the second half of the year will be equipped with Tianxing’s lidar package.

He Xiaopeng, the founder of Xiao Peng, is himself a technical expert supported by Alibaba. Intelligent driving technology is at the top of the second tier. With Alibaba’s backing, it is unlikely to cooperate in the short term.

Besides Li Xiang and Weima, the former has the best luxury electric vehicles sales, and the latter is the best-selling in the mid-range market.

For Weima Automobile, they are plotting. They are just waiting for internal issues within Weima to take them down in one move.

Only Li Xiang is left. With the sales of the L9, if they recover to some extent and accumulate some capital to start independent development of car machines, it might become a major hidden threat in the future.

Lu Liang, no matter how you say it, can be considered half an angel investor for Li Xiang. Wang Xiaofeng hoped he could think of a way to persuade Li Xiang.

If two of the four giants can be brought under their banner, along with a couple of dark horses emerging from the new startups over the past two years.

Perhaps next year, Tianxing’s car machine market share could exceed 25%, establishing an invincible position.

No matter how powerful Huawei’s Qiankun Intelligent Driving is, if the market ecological niche has been occupied by them, they can only sigh in defeat.

Just like the early days of the mainframe market, Lenovo dominated all ecological niches, high-end, mid-end, and low-end.

Other enterprises couldn’t squeeze in, so they naturally gave up R&D, allowing Lenovo to grow bigger and bigger.

Now that Lenovo is deeply mired in a public opinion crisis, they barely managed to open a small gap.

"With sales and cash flow, you stand strong."

Lu Liang frowned. Although he is an investor in Li Xiang, Li Xiang is thriving under Li Xiang’s management.

Under the well-operated condition of the enterprise, an investor has no reason to interfere, especially not to coerce Li Xiang into a self-damaging and profitless cooperation.

This matter, Lu Liang can’t call the shots either.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "In a week, if there’s still no movement from Li Xiang, you initiate contact with him."

"Perhaps give Li Xiang a bit of special treatment, like setting up a subsidiary company with them to focus on radar and laser technology development, allowing them to hold shares and cooperate."

Wang Xiaofeng was momentarily stunned, asking, "Mr. Lu, could range extension be the future market trend?"

They talked about environmental protection and energy saving, yet Li Xiang mainly promotes the range extension and sells well, constantly criticized by the market.

However, Lu Liang is willing to make an exception for Li Xiang Automobile just to cooperate with them and give up independent development of car machines.

This might indicate he also favors the range-extension style.

Lu Liang nodded slightly, smiling: "Using oil to generate electricity, whether it’s redundant or not, if it’s accepted by the market, it’s a good model."

[On January 25, 2021, the Eastern Continent New Energy Vehicle Association announced that the stock of range-extended vehicles in the market exceeded one million for the first time...]

Three years ago, when Lu Liang first had the idea of entering the new energy market, he already knew back then.

Without ideology, there’s no business.

Because of energy conservation and environmental protection, developing new energy is all nonsense, primarily for industrial upgrading and seizing the high-end manufacturing market.

In recent years, with more in-depth involvement in this industry, Lu Liang increasingly realized that compared to carbon emissions, electric vehicle batteries are more polluting and have longer-lasting harmful effects, but so what? After me, let the flood come, just trust in the wisdom of the people after us.

The urgent priority is industrial upgrading,

to maintain the trend of economic growth.

Just like Li Xiang’s range-extending style, regardless of whether it is redundant or pure new energy.

As long as it can persuade potential BBA buyers to buy domestic luxury cars, keeping that money in the country, contributing to GDP growth and local finance, then it is the newest of new energy vehicles.

"Should we also follow the trend?" Wang Xiaofeng asked again.

Lu Liang said, "We definitely need to develop the range extender, but the main task right now is to increase production and prepare for the launch of Yao Guang in the second half of the year."

Both the Li Xiang One, priced at over 300,000, and the Li Xiang L9, at over 400,000, all use the Dong An W12TD range extender engine.

It’s just a three-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1.2T and a maximum power of 96kW. To put it bluntly, its power is even less than that of the Wuling Hongguang.

If they want to launch a range-extended car in the future, it will definitely be in the 40,000 to 50,000 price range and can’t be that poorly done. At the very least, they need to use a 2.0T four-cylinder engine.

Lu Liang already has a pretty good plan for this. Zheng Xuanyi from the Hyundai Group can’t just keep freeloading; it’s time to get some benefits.

It’s just that next week the great trade friction will escalate, and then markets such as foreign exchange and international gold will experience drastic fluctuations.

During this period, Lu Liang needs to focus on the financial market and go all out to get more money for the development of Tianxing Automobile, so he can only put things on hold for now.

Wang Xiaofeng added, "As of June, we have delivered 11,700 units, and this month it should break through 12,000 units."

Hu Weiwei continued, "This month alone, there are 9,235 new locked orders, and 132,300 units have yet to be delivered."

As she spoke, she took out a multi-functional flashlight, similar to a military one, costing 92 yuan, as a second full moon gift.

At the beginning of the month, they gave every car owner a Sky Star Small Shoulder Bag, and they plan to give a Sky Star Flashlight at the beginning of next month.

The plan is to give a small gift each full moon until the day the new car is delivered.

As Lu Liang said, they can’t just say "as soon as possible," as that would be too insincere.

However, according to Hu Weiwei, the Sky Star Small Shoulder Bag they gave at the beginning of the month was sold for 999 yuan on Xianyu.

During the peak time in early month, a Sky Star Small Shoulder Bag even sold for three to five thousand yuan.

Lu Liang chuckled bitterly, "This was my mistake. If I make a mistake, I have to admit it and face the consequences."

His initial goal was just 5,000 sales per month, with locked orders not exceeding 20,000 on the first day, and deliveries no later than ten weeks.

Who knew, Tianshu would sell so well, even young people with only tens of thousands of yuan on hand were taking loans of 200,000 just to get one. It’s already become a trendy fashion item.

Qin Siyuan said with a smile, "Mr. Lu, you really shouldn’t say that. Underestimating Tianshu’s sales is a mistake we all made."

"But now that things have come to this, we can only do our best to remedy it, and make sure consumers don’t lose faith in us."

Lu Liang took a deep breath, using tea to replace wine, and raised his cup towards everyone: "Everyone, I’ll be counting on you here. For quite a long period next, I won’t have the energy to focus on this side."

In the second half of the year, there will be unprecedented changes in a century, and the world situation may change because of it. He wants to seize this opportunity and elevate his assets further.

"Mr. Lu, you take your words too seriously."

"Rest assured, we won’t let you down."

The group exchanged a glance, all with a serious and solemn expression.

As night fell, leaving the Tianxing District.

Lu Liang arrived at Jiulong Warehouse Garden by Jinji Lake, Building A, Room 1002, a level floor with four units per floor.

Each unit has an independent elevator directly to the entryway; he changed into slippers and pushed the door open to enter.

A cool lake breeze greeted him. The room had an overall light yellow warm tone.

Totoro-shaped doormats, semi-circular hanging chairs by the sofa, and green radishes on the dining table, all filled with a sense of life.

"Liang, you’re back?" Li Manli heard the sound at the entryway and bounced out of the gaming room.

Her loose oversized hoodie always slipped off her right shoulder, revealing a delicate collarbone, making her neck look particularly long.

She wore denim shorts; her legs weren’t very long but were very proportionate, with a red elbow mark on each thigh.

It wasn’t hard to guess that she had just been sitting cross-legged on a chair, elbows pressed against her thighs playing mobile games.

"Are you hungry? Should I cook, or should we go out to eat?"

Li Manli smiled sweetly, as if perpetually in love, forever in the spring of life. Whenever she saw Lu Liang, she loved to hold him and snuggle.

For a while, Lu Liang found her particularly clingy and casually mentioned it, which made her upset for a long time.

Later, he realized this was her way of expressing affection.

If it were false affection, she might say sweet words or make grand promises.

But if it’s true affection, she can’t say a word; she just proves it with actions, showing her deep liking.

"Let’s rest for a bit first, and then we’ll go out to eat later."

Lu Liang held Li Manli’s waist as he sat down on the sofa. He paused and said, "Tomorrow, I have to return to Modu."

Li Manli had moved to Su City for half a month, and he had also stayed here for half a month; it was time for another brief separation.