"Musk is still very good at doing business. This Fremont factory was originally a joint venture factory between Toyota and General Motors. The first Chevrolet Nova came out of here. Unfortunately, times have changed. General Motors, which went bankrupt in 2009, withdrew its investment.

Toyota invested in Tesla, and Musk bought this place with $42 million."

Wang Tao has studied Tesla and the Fremont factory by the way. He came here more to verify some of his own ideas.

"It's a good deal to buy second-hand. Space X also bought a second-hand factory from Boeing."

Out of interest in space exploration, Xia Yu knows that Space

"Yes, but now that they can build a new factory in Magic City, there is a lot of potential in the Chinese market."

Wang Tao is optimistic about Tesla, and so is Xia Yu. As a mature businessman, he should not be biased against new things, but should find ways to make a fortune in TN.

Walking into the factory, the first thing the group visited was the stamping workshop. 97% of the metal of the body is made of aluminum alloy. It can be said that it is an all-aluminum body, taking into account both lightweight and high strength characteristics.

The stamping production line all uses robots, which is very efficient. The stamped components are also handed over to robots for connection.

This is the era of automation. Machines replace labor. In addition to necessary regular maintenance, they can do it around the clock. Many established car companies have also introduced automated production lines. However, they are more concerned about the shrinking market than production.

There is no way, times have changed. If we don’t accumulate foundation for electrification reform today, tomorrow the entire group may die suddenly. Don’t let too many industries be abandoned by the times.

Watching the robot complete the welding of the entire car body, the next step is painting. Painting is nothing, but the most criticized part is the final assembly that follows.

It has only been eight years since the factory was built, and Tesla is still too young and lacks experience.

When the factory is built in China or in China, the quality of the final assembly part of the car should be much better, but so far, all Tesla electric cars around the world come from this factory.

Of course? Including the 2010 Tesla Roadster, the one that was sent into space in February this year? This is probably the only electric car that Xia Yu is interested in!

When will he go into space someday? He can look for it in the nearest orbit and see if he can recycle used cars? In addition, he heard that Roadster 2.0 is coming soon, so he can take a look then.

"Everyone is looking this way? This is the Model S assembly line? Workers are installing the powertrain."

The leading executive introduced it to everyone.

The Model S, which was launched in 2012, is still in production, and its price is much more expensive than the cost-effective Model 3. When the Magic City factory is put into production, there is a high probability that only the Model 3 will be produced.

Cheap prices are more conducive to seizing the market? Xia Yu also has this reason for acquiring hot pot brands? It is to seize the market and improve profitability.

"The final assembly line is nothing. Electric motors and batteries are Tesla's core technologies. They will only open this part of the workshop to us on a limited basis."

Wang Tao spoke again at this time.

It is better to be limited than not open at all, probably because the level of their inspection team is relatively high? If other people come to visit the factory, this part will never be open.

Sure enough, the senior executive in front was emphasizing again? Photography is not allowed in the next workshop to be visited, only for viewing.

Xia Yu pushed up the plain secret agent glasses on the bridge of his nose. He didn't want to take pictures, but this thing takes automatic pictures, just like a driving recorder.

To shoot or not to shoot? In fact, it doesn’t matter? Xia Yu has never planned to build a tram. It takes too much effort to make this thing, and the profit is not as high as expected. Adding all the links together will form a bloated team.

In that case, Xia Yu would definitely not be able to let it go and all his energy would be spent on it, which was not what he wanted.

He is not Musk, and he has no intention of becoming a Chinese Musk. He just does himself.

Stepping into the battery pack production workshop, Tesla does not produce batteries, they are just transporters of batteries, and the most commonly used batteries in electric cars are 18650 batteries.

However, with the upgrade of production capacity, 21700 lithium batteries came into being and the technology gradually matured. Tesla also announced at the beginning of the year its plan to adjust and switch to 21700 batteries, but some production lines have not yet been fully adjusted.

Xia Yu was thoughtful as he watched the robotic arm in front of him densely insert rows of 18650 batteries into the battery board.

One size larger than the AA battery, the entire board has a total of 7104 cells. They are connected in parallel to form a battery pack and in series to form a battery panel. It can provide a total capacity of 85kWh and 400V DC power.

The data looks good, but the entire battery panel weighs 900 kilograms, which is 1 ton smaller.

No wonder electric cars are heavier than gasoline cars. No wonder Tesla wants to use an all-aluminum body. The batteries are so heavy. If the body does not lose weight, it will be like driving this tank on the streets!

If 900 kilograms are compressed into 90 kilograms, Xia Yu believes that the era of internal combustion engines will be completely overturned. It will not only be electric vehicles, but electrification will reach its true peak.

By then we will see battery-powered passenger aircraft and ocean-going cargo ships sailing on electricity. Petroleum will also complete its mission in human history and completely withdraw from the energy sequence.

Xia Yu didn't know how beautiful that kind of world was. He only knew that Bugatti was the first to declare bankruptcy, and that a certain area that had been in chaos until now would completely regain peace.

It seems interesting to bid farewell to an era and usher in a new one?

Xia Yu was also a little excited. He had never considered entering the battery industry before, but he always felt that the time was not ripe.

When he came to Tesla today and saw the battery pack assembly line and the bulky battery pack, he felt that it was time to make some changes in this era, even if it meant killing his favorite internal combustion engine with his own hands.

For the sake of the progress of the times, even if you make some sacrifices, Zhuge Liang even killed Ma Su with tears!

"Xia Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Tao turned around and wanted to say something to Xia Yu, but he saw the light in Xia Yu's eyes and instantly forgot what he wanted to say.

"Brother Tao, I have thought of what to do."

Xia Yu said with confidence.

When entering an industry, there is no need to lead changes from the beginning. He can start with a small part, such as drones.

The most criticized thing about consumer drones is that their batteries are not durable. Even if a battery has a larger capacity than many power banks, it still can’t fly for less than an hour.

At that moment, Xia Yu thought about a lot of issues, and used drone battery life as a breakthrough point to establish a strategic partnership with DJI. This made him an instant success in the battery industry, and then seized the electric vehicle power battery market.

Europe and the United States have an absolute advantage in the oil industry, and the major battery manufacturers are all in Asia. Now Xia Yu is adding fuel to the fire, accelerating the historical process of oil → electricity.

"do what?"

Wang Tao and Ji Yang were both stunned.

"It will be kept secret for the time being. Maybe we will cooperate when the time comes."

"It's easy to talk about cooperation, but you have to think clearly before taking action."

Xia Yu understands that he should make decisions before acting. He is not an impulsive person. He can come up with more than a dozen development directions for high-energy batteries, because more than half of the special items he won in the lottery are

It is powered by batteries.

No matter which one it is, it is far beyond the battery industry in the real world. What he has to do is to choose the most rubbish one, find professionals who can be absolutely trusted, and understand the technology thoroughly.

As long as it can imitate 30 to 40% of the performance, it will be enough to be proud of the world. The starting point system of his powerful version is not the academic master system, it is better than the academic master system, and it is the kind of dual cultivation of "law and martial arts".

Thinking about his development along the way, it is really inspiring. He first relied on the mystical side to accumulate original capital, and then invested in the technological side. As expected, he is still not suitable for cultivating immortality.

If the spiritual energy does not revive, the soul does not travel through time, and you can cultivate a few immortals, this is the end of the Dharma era. Only science has a future, and Xia Yu is relatively optimistic about his own future.

We don’t want to play with those who are easy to get 404. We will fight to death on the road of science and technology.

Colonizing Mars is nothing. Breaking out of the small circle of the solar system and colonizing the entire universe is the real romance.

Xia Yu was happy with YY anyway, but he didn’t know whether all mankind agreed or not. If he didn’t agree, he could only kidnap all mankind.

Inexplicably, he remembered a book about eunuchs that he had read before, and then put it behind him. Xia Yu continued to follow the inspection team and visited the remaining workshops of the factory.

Because the all-round inspection was more detailed, they spent the whole day at the Fremont factory. From Xia Yu's perspective, it was very different from the Lamborghini factory he visited last time.

Lamborghini's annual output is less than 10,000 vehicles, and the Fremont plant's goal this year is 500,000 vehicles.

The gap of dozens of times creates different feelings. Xia Yu used to think that Bugatti and Lamborghini were like handmade workshops, but now compared with Tesla, Lamborghini is like a workshop.

This is why luxury car brands are easy to go bankrupt and be acquired. The high-end consumer market is so big. Only by constantly sinking and sinking can we make the market bigger and more profitable.

After deciding to enter the battery industry, Xia Yu is confident that he will defeat CATL, the giants from South Korea and Yuben, and become a unicorn in the battery industry.

By that time, AA batteries and AA batteries will have completely disappeared!

The innovation in the battery industry is revolutionizing not only the internal combustion engine, but also the traditional battery industry.

A grain of sand of the times is like a mountain when it falls on everyone. As the new era advances, countless people will lose their jobs, and more people will get new jobs.

The car has returned to the hotel, and Xia Yu's mood still has not returned to calm. He is even thinking about the feasibility of electric rockets in his mind.

It seems impossible now, but who knows what will happen in the future!

During the inspection of Tesla's headquarters, Musk did not accompany the inspection group due to temporary commitments, but he was present throughout the Space X trip.

Space exploration is more interesting than electric cars. On this point, Musk himself thinks so, because the farther the distance, the more interesting it is.

Hawthorne Town, where Space

Ranked second is Blue Origin. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Musk divided NASA's laid-off "workers" to establish this private aerospace company. The gap between second and first is a bit

big.

For this reason, Xia Yu's attention, and even the attention of the media around the world, is more focused on Space X.

When he entered Space

Xia's Aerospace?

To be honest, it sounds a bit ugly and has no characteristics.

It’s okay for traditional industries such as catering, film and television, and investment to be called boring. An exploratory industry like aerospace must be a little creative.

Xia Yu thought about it and came up with a good idea, let's call it "Universe Mining", the name is resounding.

Every sign-in salary paid to him by the system comes from the mining industry in Africa. Xia Yu, who is enterprising and enterprising, is no longer satisfied with mining on earth. He decided to develop space mining.

How did the company's initial business go to heaven? Mining production can only be carried out if the transportation problem is solved, and this is just a good expectation for the future.

"Universe" means real meaning, and there is also "Yu" in his name, which creates another connection.

Regardless of his surname or first name, in the near future, the whole world will know that he is such a number one person. Maybe he can replace Musk and become the focus of global attention?
To be continued...