Automotive Black Technology Chapter 196: ：Which company has the best platform technology
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A book titled "From Animals to God" mentioned that in the long process of biological evolution, humans have dominated the entire earth through continuous accumulation and learning.
But any human being has never given up their instincts, such as men's desire to conquer and women's sixth sense.
In addition to the sixth sense, An Ning also has strong logical ability in control and planning.
She guessed right; Guangqi indeed intends to take a step into the B-class car market. The reason, actually, has a lot to do with Li Fanyu.
The previous shaft-breaking incident had a huge impact on Mitsubishi.
The few models it owns have almost become unsalable after that incident. From October to January, Mitsubishi dealers across the country sold less than 200 vehicles in total. The owners of these 4S stores couldn't find a way to cry, so even if they paid the price of breach of contract, they all made demands on Mitsubishi to terminate the distribution agreement.
Facing this situation, Mitsubishi also knew that the situation was not good. After several consecutive offers of preferential terms to dealers but no improvement, they had no choice but to retain 4S stores in first-tier cities. The three models whose sales have been wiped out have been stopped to reduce operating costs, draw back power, and focus on engines.
As a result, three advanced production lines were idle. As a joint venture partner of Mitsubishi, Guangqi will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.
So they took over all three production lines that were put into use only 12 years ago. Because Mitsubishi is now a down-and-out Phoenix, Guangqi almost took over at a carrot price.
But a problem also arises - there is a production line, but there are no models that can be produced. This embarrassment is like having a pot but no rice...
Although Guangqi has its own R&D team, due to its poor foundation, the development of the legendary SUV took seven years. Foreign car companies are rampant in the domestic automobile market, and their ability to introduce new products is very strong. The entire market can be said to be changing rapidly.
They can't afford to wait for seven years. According to Guangqi's internal plan, it is to shorten the research and development cycle as soon as possible and develop new models as soon as possible.
But how can it be done as quickly as possible? Buy a platform! Therefore, they set their sights on Li Fanyu.
What is an automotive platform? In fact, this thing is simply a solution, just like a computer motherboard.
Computers are assembled from different parts. You can use different CPUs, memory modules, and graphics cards to form computers with different configurations. However, the premise is that you must have a motherboard that can carry these parts.
The same is true for automobile platforms. With the platform as a carrier, you can build up the engine, gearbox, transmission wheels and other assembly parts according to the platform's parameter requirements, and finally build a car.
In this way, the research and development costs and development time of the entire vehicle are greatly reduced.
Most foreign car companies now adopt a platform or modular R&D approach, and there are also many mature and advanced platform technologies abroad.
For example, the CMF jointly developed by Renault and Nissan, Toyota's MC platform, Hyundai's HD and Fiat's 178.
Take the CMF platform as an example. Because it is adopted by many best-selling models of Renault and Nissan, it has been introduced by many brands and has spawned more than 30 models in total.
The automotive platform is very open, and many parameters can be changed and adjusted. Let's take CMF as an example. It was originally developed according to the requirements of B-class cars, but its derivative models cover four major categories: mid-size cars, station wagons, SUVs and MPVs.
However, due to the domestic technology blockade, no matter which platform it is, it is not open to domestic car companies.
This is also one of the reasons why the domestic automobile industry cannot develop; platform technology can increase the freedom of development and reduce the development cost and difficulty of different models. And most importantly, it can also improve production efficiency and production quality.
But the class is different now, because Audi A4 has proven that the technology is mature and reliable on the market. Based on the current A4 design and production methods, the platform technology can be easily extracted.
This is Guangqi’s intention.
Following An Ning's train of thought, the two quickly deduced Guang Qi's plan. Li Fanyu couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart - Guangqi, Guangqi, you are really discerning!
In a time and space before the course of automobile history changed, the A4's MLP platform was hailed by the industry as a model of modular platforms!
Although MLP is forbidden by Audi, it has not spawned as many models as CMF. But if you look at Audi's own cars produced using MLP, you will know what level this platform is.
Based on the A4, all Audi models named greater than 4 are products of the MLP longitudinal engine platform. This includes; A4, A5, Q5, A6, A8. In addition, various performance models such as S4, RS4, S6, and S8 are also produced by MLP!
It can be said that if there is no such platform. What Audi can offer is the quattor full-time four-wheel drive and those twinkling headlights!
After figuring out this joint, Li Fanyu was a little excited.
If it weren't for Guangqi and An Ning, he really wouldn't have thought about it. Looking at the automotive industry, what makes money the fastest?
Technical output!
If you compare the automotive industry to a food chain; OEM parts manufacturing is the end. Setting up your own brand to make complete vehicles is in the middle of the food chain. Only by relying on its own R&D capabilities to export technology to other car companies can it stand at the top of the food chain.
Take the A4 as an example when it enters the parts procurement process; even the previous A4 used Bosch for the ECU part, so it was not on the design drawings in Li Fanyu's mind.
Because there were no mature ECU manufacturers in China, Zhengxin could only take the initiative to negotiate with foreign companies at that time.
The four major ECU manufacturers, Bosch, Siemens, Denso and Ford, have a global monopoly. Even if you are a buyer, you still have to go to your door to buy them. Seeing as Zhengxin is a Chinese car company, the price is 50% higher than other brands! If you don't buy it, you have no choice but to break your teeth and swallow it in your stomach.
This is the status that technology brings to them!
So Li Fanyu, who guessed Guangqi’s intention, immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make money; foreign platform technology is blocked in the country, and the A4 in his hand is really a treasure. .
Platforms are different from assemblies such as engines; the platform is open. Even if Guangqi uses the A4 platform, with the car company's own technical reserves and design capabilities, it does not mean that they will compete with Zhengxin for business.
In this case, why not do it?
The company invested too much in the R&D and production of the A4 some time ago. Although the sales of A4 have soared and the cost has just been recovered, Li Fanyu is short of money now!
In the past, this guy thought it was enough to spend enough money, but after upgrading Xapp and getting the [Points Exchange] skill, Li Fanyu understood. As long as Zhengxin wants to continue to develop and launch new models, no amount of money will be enough!
The entire set of drawings for the A4 requires 450,000 R&D points. The R&D points for higher-level cars are also sky-high. Not to mention anything else, Li Fanyu's dream car, the Koenigsegg One, requires 1.5 million R&D points. 1.5 million. According to the rules of point redemption, the drawings of the entire vehicle will cost 150 million yuan.
Li Fanyu looked at the grumbling host on the stage and even silently calculated the price in his heart.
As soon as An Ning looked at his expression, she knew that this guy was trying to make money again
. Seeing the slightly raised corners of her enemy's mouth, she felt a sense of pride and an unprovoked bump in her heart.
"He's so handsome even when he's making calculations. I really didn't choose the wrong person."
In an instant, a feeling like Zixia looking at the Supreme Treasure arose spontaneously. (To be continued.)