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753: Chapter 753: It’s Hard Not to Be Popular!

753: Chapter 753: It’s Hard Not to Be Popular!

Sizzling summer days!

The atmosphere was burning hot!

Stimulated by Wu Jie’s hundred-million bet, everyone was filled with intense curiosity and a desire to learn.

The test ride and drive event completely exploded.

All the invited guests and news media reporters were scrambling to experience it for themselves.

For this event, Tang Xiao had prepared a hundred units of each model.

Three hundred vehicles could satisfy at least a thousand people for test rides, yet it was still not enough to meet the enthusiastic tide.

Some car programs and social media shows were vying to film the exterior and interiors of the vehicles, introducing configurations and performance parameters.

Hosts, reporters, and internet influencers couldn’t wait to record videos and start live broadcasts, seizing the hot topics and popularity.

Those who couldn’t ‘snag’ a car hurried to the battery swapping station to see for themselves.

What equipment was at the charging station, how it operated, and the workflow for using it, and so on.

But of course, what’s most important was…

Everyone wanted to see the Graphene Composite Battery that Wu Jie had so fiercely hyped up, seemingly the world’s best.

They wanted to see what the battery looked like, its performance data, and how it coped with high and low temperatures, as well as resistance to compression and collisions…

Rushing forward out of fear of falling behind!

The crowd was excited!

A new car launch turned into a marketplace bustling with extraordinary energy.

Not to mention, three hundred cars weren’t enough, even the staff were overwhelmed.

To open up the international market in the future and earn foreign currency,

Fang Qingya had Shu Mengyan give special attention to the oil tycoons from the Zhongzhou Continent.

These tycoons, hands laden with gemstone rings, were just like Thanos.

With a mere gesture, they radiated brilliance and a dazzling array of colors; every move was a flaunt of wealth!

And the reason for focusing on the oil tycoons…

Was that Tianyuan Green Energy Company’s future mass-produced electric vehicles, as well as the battery swapping stations built by Tanglong Industrial Group around the world, would definitely impact oil sales.

Since they are competitors, all the more should we be meticulously attentive.

Displeasing others to benefit oneself.

Only by letting your competitors know your strength and feel your threat, can you achieve a better competitive effect.

If others don’t take you seriously, then what’s the point of being in the game!

In simple terms.

If the electric vehicles and battery swapping stations displayed this time made the oil tycoons from the Zhongzhou Continent perceive a profound threat,

Then wouldn’t that be the best advertising for those who advocate for energy-saving, environmentally friendly green travel?

When you want to show off how capable your hunting dog is, it’s not about boasting its strength or intelligence,

but bringing in a few pieces of prey, letting the dog intimidate the prey, causing fear and a desperate escape…

Such a demonstration embeds a vivid and impactful image in people’s hearts.

Beyond this.

Nowadays, almost no one doesn’t use the internet, while the number of people who watch television is dwindling.

Some car social media programs and reviewers, they publish new car test videos and experience columns online, which receive even higher popularity than some TV shows.

So, these internet influencers are naturally a focus of special attention.

Moreover, company-invited personages from taxi firms, ride-hailing companies, and public transport services, they all belong to major customers and rightfully deserve preferential treatment.

Although the launch event didn’t display buses or electric passenger cars, that doesn’t mean we won’t in the future.

As long as we have built a reputation, we can either develop and produce independently or cooperate with existing large bus manufacturers—after all, if a private car uses one battery, buses can simply use two, which should provide ample power.

As for taxis and ride-hailing services…

They’re indeed the big-ticket clients.

The major cities across the country already have more than two million taxis.

And ride-hailing services are even more terrifying.

The various ride-hailing platforms have amassed tens of millions of car owners.

Even if one eliminates the duplicates, there are at least ten million ride-hailing drivers.

Back when ride-hailing just started, each platform spent huge amounts subsidizing costs, with generous rewards.

At that time, ride-hailing drivers could easily earn twenty or thirty thousand a month.

But afterwards, as subsidies dwindled and the profit share decreased, coupled with many major incidents, ride-hailing faced increasing restrictions.

Moreover, drivers had to bear the costs for fuel, maintenance, insurance, etc., making their earnings far less profitable.

As a result, ride-hailing services became scarce, and it was more difficult and expensive for people to hail rides.

To reverse this situation, some ride-hailing platforms have long wanted to purchase vehicles in batches and recruit drivers.

Clearly.

Tianyuan Green Energy Auto’s electric vehicles fit their requirements perfectly.

First off, they offer green, zero-pollution emissions.

Electric cars carry new energy license plates, which means in big cities, they’re exempt from registration restrictions and not subjected to traffic bans.

Unlike fuel vehicles that, in some cities, face restrictions like odd-even day bans or tail number bans, their efficiency is affected.

Next is the low operating cost.

Swapping a battery once a day costs just two hundred yuan, easily carrying five adults and three hundred kilograms of luggage for five to six hundred kilometers.

But in reality, most of the time, ride-hailing passengers are just one or two people, rarely three or four.

Who, when traveling or on business, would carry three hundred kilograms of luggage?

Therefore, it’s feasible for a single battery to last seven to eight hundred kilometers.

And currently, a typical ride-hailing service costs a little over one yuan per kilometer.

Making a thousand yuan from passengers and spending only two hundred on battery swaps, even factoring in vehicle depreciation and wear, one battery can still bring in a profit of five to six hundred yuan.

By contrast, if you use a fuel vehicle, most ride-hailing work is city-based with frequent stops and starts.

Filling up with two hundred yuan worth of gasoline, being able to run four hundred kilometers is already good!

Moreover, Tianyuan Green Energy Auto promises lifetime warranties on all electric vehicles, and since Graphene Composite Batteries are swapped after use—without the owner having to worry about battery wear—the maintenance costs are remarkably low.

Fuel vehicles, on the other hand?

Engines and gearboxes need maintenance every few thousand kilometers, and just changing the oil can be costly, not to mention the time and money spent on various minor faults and malfunctions.

Electric cars are different, with a much simpler power system.

Aside from the battery and rectifier, there’s only the motor left.

All cars are modular and integrated in manufacturing, and vehicles can self-diagnose and check.

If something breaks, you just need to swap it out quickly.

Drivers don’t even need to go to repair shops; they can order parts online and install them at home after removing the old ones.

So, when you compare the two, which is more cost-effective and profitable?

The heads of taxi and ride-hailing services aren’t fools, of course, they’re extremely shrewd with their calculations.

Finally, there’s the convenience and speed.

Tianyuan Green Energy Auto’s electric vehicles, available today and in the future, are all standardized in their manufacturing.

Going to a battery swap station is damn quicker than refueling.

And what about fuel cars?

During peak times, you can expect to wait in line just to refuel.

Especially for taxis, gas stations often see lines of taxis queued up like long dragons.

There’s no helping it, gas refueling is too slow.

Additionally, the three models of cars being introduced this time all come with a network steward system.

Vehicle operating status, real-time positioning, battery charge, nearby battery swap stations, emergency rescue…

All kinds of functions are fully equipped, and with open data interfaces, it’s convenient for installing in-car monitoring.

In due time, full tracking and monitoring service will ensure driver civility and passenger safety.

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As for government cars, they need to be even more energy-efficient, cheaper to maintain, and easier to manage.

If they switch to electric vehicles, even if the number remains the same, even if they switch out a battery every working day, it will only cost about fifty thousand a year.

That could save more than a hundred billion in funds, enough to buy several aircraft carriers, not to mention the reduced pollution emissions, which are beneficial to the environment.

Therefore.

Zero pollution emissions, perfectly in line with the government’s green development concept.

Low operating costs, meeting the administrative requirement for frugality and efficiency.

Big data management, increasing usage efficiency and eliminating private use of government cars.

Of course, there’s another factor to consider.

Even Old Tan, who led the inspection team, couldn’t stop praising the national good cars.

Since their appearance, configuration, and performance are all pretty decent, and it’s not coming out of their own pockets, why not buy them and earn a good reputation for supporting domestic products?

Moreover.

After test rides and drives, the advanced and practical configuration, the high-end driving experience, and quite impressive handling performance have thoroughly won over the representatives of the government vehicle management departments.

As a result.

New car pre-orders are immensely popular.

In recent years, countries around the world are placing greater emphasis on environmental and green issues.

Many countries from the Shizhou Continent have already set timeframes for the phasing out and banning of fuel cars, and emission standards are becoming increasingly strict.

That’s why many car manufacturers are introducing fuel-electric hybrids and three-cylinder engines for fuel cars.

Of course, there are also car manufacturers that can’t meet the standards and simply resort to fraud.

Volkswagen, for example, was penalized 4.3 billion Gold Coins for cheating on engine emission tests, then fined an additional 1 billion silver coins by Qingcheng, not to mention the costs of recalls and repairs, amounting to a loss of billions, which created the highly publicized Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Along with the environmental impact of excessive oil extraction and the pollution from oil refining and combustion, developing energy-efficient green pure electric vehicles is an international trend and in line with the current global direction.

Therefore.

After test rides and drives, guests who found the cars satisfactory rushed to place their orders first.

And representatives of big clients such as government vehicles, ride-hailing, and taxis went directly to negotiate large-scale cooperation with the company’s marketing department.

Their orders aren’t just for one or two vehicles but often for tens or even hundreds of thousands.

For bulk orders, will there be group purchase discounts?

What are the permissions and features available for the network steward system with open interfaces?

How many battery swap stations are planned to be built across the country?

What’s the coverage density?

How many kilometers apart is each station on average?

For after-sales maintenance and software upgrades, will there be free services provided by 4S shops?

How about the charges for accident and damage repairs?

All kinds of questions need to be discussed clearly.

As for these issues…

The Group has already considered them thoroughly.

They have prepared a plethora of documents, explaining everything in black and white.

Additionally, they’re taking this opportunity to invite individuals or corporate entities from across the country with a certain financial capacity.

Battery swap stations can be rapidly constructed in a standardized, modular manner, and various policy conditions are more relaxed compared to building a gas station.

As long as you have the money and a piece of land near a road, you can set up a battery swap station within a week.

To fully charge a Graphene Composite Battery costs about a few dozen yuan, but when car owners come to swap batteries, they can be charged two hundred.

Even if, in the future, the owners of battery swap stations want to attract business by offering discounts and promotions, charging a hundred yuan per swap still yields a profit of twenty or thirty yuan.

Once more and more electric vehicles hit the road, just like fuel cars can be found everywhere.

The business at the battery swap stations couldn’t possibly be bad, could it?

The hardware cost of building a battery swap station is only a little over a million, plus the land and inventory, the investment is at most ten million at most.

If they can swap batteries for a few hundred cars every day, after deducting electricity and labor costs, they can earn tens of thousands in net profits, and it’s possible to recoup the investment within a year.

Of course.

Although Graphene Composite Batteries are impressive, their production capacity is limited, and they’re not exactly cheap, the widespread adoption and popularity of electric vehicles might still need a year or two.

But an investment of ten million, will definitely certainly pay off within three years, and after that, it’s a guaranteed profitable business.

These days, housing prices aren’t surging as much, the stock market frequently takes a dive, and the profits from investing in things like gold futures are too low.

A battery swap station that can pay back the investment within three years and thereafter earn at least a few million a year, is bound to be popular.

Capital pursues profit and, as long as it’s legal, compliant, environmentally friendly, and has a high investment return, it’s bound to be sought after, right?

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It’s a hit!

It’s exploding in popularity!

Mass orders from ride-hailing and taxi services and government vehicles, with the quantity of pre-orders both on-site and online skyrocketing.

There are also quite a number of investors who want to finance and join in building battery swap stations, with endless inquiries over the phone and many online submissions of intent agreements.

With the powerful Graphene Composite Batteries, it’s natural for electric vehicles to strongly counter and replace fuel cars soon.

Thus.

The oil tycoons from the Zhongzhou Continent, impatient to make a move, sought Fang Qingya to talk to Wu Jie.

Even though they knew Wu Jie was a pitfall, they had no choice but to jump in…