Automotive Black Technology Chapter 31: : Disagreement
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On the second day after the five arrived in Munich, the pre-match activities began. Most of the more than 80 participating teams from various countries gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in northern Munich.
In Li Fanyu’s memory, this was originally the location of BMW’s headquarters. However, the development history of automobiles was forcibly changed, and it was replaced by the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz.
The museum itself isn't much to see, it's just Mercedes enjoying itself.
In the exhibition hall, everything from the first-generation Mercedes-Benz models to sci-fi concept models, various antique R&D drawings, and experiential car culture are displayed, spanning more than two hundred years.
The subtext of the entire museum is; the car was invented by me, the car was invented by me, the car was invented by me...
However, Li Fanyu was slightly moved by the thoughtful service in the museum. As soon as we entered the museum, the staff enthusiastically handed over the guide book and a translator.
There is actually a Chinese option in it, which makes several young people in a foreign land feel warm.
Liu Qing is a hands-on maniac and can't move when he sees a model car. He reluctantly bought three car models priced at 30 euros each, which made Li Fanyu look at him for a long time with a look of caring for a fool.
After paying for the product and dismantling it, there is a row of English words shining on the bottom of the model: MADEINCHINA.YIWU.
Zhang Yu connected his phone to WIFI, opened Taobao and made another purchase: Tmall sells for 79.9 yuan. (The exchange rate of Euro to RMB is about 1:7 points.)
On the other hand, several people were shocked when they visited the assembly line workshop of Mercedes-Benz.
The entire assembly line is operated almost unmanned. There are only a dozen people in Nuoda's factory who are responsible for program maintenance and driving away the assembled vehicles. The people doing the work are all robotic arms and welding robots.
After an extremely leisurely day of shopping, everyone followed the address sent by Lao Zhang and arrived at an apartment not far from the venue of the competition.
The apartment is very simply furnished and not large in area. In the layout of two bedrooms and one living room, four boys squeeze into one room, Cheng Ke, as a girl, has her own room, and the master sleeps on the sofa...
The owner is an uncle in his thirties named Zhu Jiu. It is said that he is everyone's senior brother and has been working hard in Germany for almost ten years.
Although there is Lao Zhang on his side, he still feels embarrassed to live and eat for free. So Cheng Ke, who was proficient in German, led the men as if walking a dog, and went to the supermarket to buy vegetables and beer.
The ingredients in the supermarket are weird, and many of the things you want are unavailable. Cheng Ke could only show off his skills and cooked a delicious meal, but it made Zhu Yong burst into tears.
How many years have I not had braised noodles...
On the first day of the competition, as a sponsor, Yannick, the chief designer of Mercedes-Benz, arrived at the competition venue in person, gave a speech to the participating teams, and designated the competition tasks.
As Professor Zhang analyzed when he arrived, the theme was indeed environmental protection. Use technologies that have matured or will become popular within five years as a basis. There are no restrictions on other models, levels, interiors, etc.
This means that you can use your imagination as you like, even if you design a UFO.
But! The technology must be existing technology. If you design it, it can be put into production in the near future.
Li Fanyu twitched his nose, as if he smelled something different in it. The contestants were all industrial design majors or academic masters. Not only he saw it, many people were pumping their fists in excitement.
The meaning of Mercedes-Benz is very clear. If the design is outstanding and the work that eventually wins the award is likely to be adopted by Mercedes-Benz as a mass-produced model.
Mercedes-Benz’s mass-produced models!
For college students who have not left school, being able to obtain such an honor will undoubtedly give them the best starting point in their future career development.
This feeling is like a high school student participating in an essay competition. Before the competition, the teacher told the students: You should take the exam carefully. The student who gets the first place will be recommended to the Central Party School and you will be given the title of mayor.
Everyone looked at the task sheets in their hands and wished they could go back to the apartment and start creating.
Although the Germans have a rigorous style, this opening is outrageously short. After Yannick announced the official start of the competition, he immediately announced the start of the competition. Some German automotive design practitioners volunteered to guide everyone.
It is said to be a guide, but in fact it is to popularize the experience of making clay models. No one mentioned a word about the rest of the design direction and technology application.
The opening of such a large-scale game took less than an hour in total.
This made several people who had been tortured by the leader's speech for a long time feel a little empty. There were no leaders speaking, the organizer summarized, and representatives stepped forward to express their opinions... I was really not used to it.
In the apartment, the three top students were already quarreling like crazy.
The old lady in the apartment next door leaned curiously at the window and peeked vigilantly - she thought her neighbor had been burglarized.
The three people had great differences on the starting point of the design; Liu Qing believed that we should start with new energy and strengthen the concept of non-pollution.
Xu Fufang insisted that we should start with convenience and design cars that can carry more people, have more space and lower displacement, because from an urban perspective, private cars mean extra expenses and taxes, and if there are many people, Taking a private car will reduce more pollution, be more practical, and can be easily realized from a technical perspective.
When Zhang Yu came here, he was completely opposite to Xu Fufang's idea. He believes that the development direction of environmentally friendly cars is single-occupancy, low cylinder number, and low displacement. Even using electric engines is the most environmentally friendly.
Zhang Yu accused Xu Fufang of outdated thinking, and Xu Fufang accused Zhang Yu of being too radical. Liu Qing was arrogant, accusing the two of them of having poor imagination.
The three of them were so noisy that their throats were dry, and then they realized that there were two big people sitting next to them, enjoying fried chicken and beer.
So, Xu Fufang proposed voting and using democracy to decide the design direction.
Li Fanyu and Cheng Ke wiped their oily hands clean, only to realize that the final decision-making power fell on them.
Cheng Ke tilted his head and glanced at the three people.
After thinking for a long time, he bit his lip and said, "I think Zhang Yu's idea is quite reliable. Think about it, the traffic volume in the city is getting bigger and bigger, and the cost of taxis is getting higher and higher, so it's important to take a single trip There is still a market for small cars that can be used by people, and they are small and can be easily driven by drivers with poor skills. ”
Zhang Yu felt proud and set his sights on Li Fanyu.
Li Fanyu scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I also have an immature idea. Do you think hybrid cars are good designs?"
Three top students fainted. Aren’t you here to be a nanny? What a mess!
Li Fanyu ignored their rolls of eyes and continued: "According to my opinion, traffic is getting more and more congested now. When the engine operates at low rpm, the oil and gas are not fully burned, causing far greater pollution than when operating at high speed.
A lot of exhaust pollution is produced at this time. Would it be a good way out to design a car that can be driven by electricity at low speeds and switch to gasoline engine at high speeds? ”
The other four people sneered at it at first, but after he said this, they felt that it made sense and it was a good direction. And from a technical perspective, it’s not difficult to achieve.
The theory of petrol-electric hybrid has been proposed since the last century. However, due to the immaturity of electric engine technology and the difficulty in regulating the proportion of petrol-electric hybrid, no successful finished vehicle has been released.
But the competition is about concepts, not solving problems. The hybrid of oil and electricity is really a good gimmick.
Li Fanyu looked at their thoughtful expressions and winked at Cheng Ke proudly.
In the past two days, he has not been idle, looking up a lot of information on the computer.
As far as he knows, in this world, although the concept of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles has been around for a long time, there has not been a mass-produced model using this concept.
However, in Li Fanyu's memory, there are things such as the Toyota Corolla with both gasoline and electric engines, and the BYD Tang, the acceleration king within 200,000 yuan. There is also a quasi-supercar with a displacement of 1.5T and an acceleration of 0-100 kilometers in only 4 seconds - the BMW-hybrid version of the I8!