333: Redus M16

As a car company focusing on new energy and high-end vehicles, Fenglei naturally cannot miss this opportunity.

Having its own exclusive charging stations can serve more car owners and further increase market share.

Besides generating profit, charging stations also have a significant effect on brand promotion.

Just like when new energy vehicles first started in China, why were only Tesla and hybrid vehicles able to become popular nationwide?

To a large extent, it depended on Tesla building many charging stations across the country, and those were only open to their own brand.

This indirectly raised the brand threshold, forcing many domestic car companies to burn money to keep up.

“However…”

“This power consumption is too terrifying. If we build charging stations on a large scale, the State Grid might not be able to handle it…”

Ren Yi suddenly gasped, realizing a problem.

Although the problem of excessive total power leading to circuit overload and fire has been solved.

However, according to the conservation of energy, the power consumption may not decrease by a single iota.

It's fine for a dozen or twenty cars, but what if Fenglei's cars become popular?

If hundreds of cars in a community charge simultaneously, it will instantly drain the current from the nearby area, placing a huge burden on the State Grid.

If there are a few more charging stations nearby, the nearby residential buildings might even be paralyzed.

Even if the State Grid is asked to upgrade and expand the lines separately, it is difficult to achieve large-scale changes.

Therefore.

Most of these charging stations are currently only built in city centers and commercial areas as promotional selling points.

Over 80% of new energy vehicle owners in China still use ordinary 7kw charging piles, which take several hours to charge from zero to full.

Better places have fast-charging stations, but those still take over an hour.

During holidays and special circumstances, you can queue until you cry.

News of car owners fighting over charging piles is also common online.

No wonder many internal combustion engine vehicle owners mocked them in the early days, saying that selling new energy vehicles was purely for suckers.

Even a powerful entity like the State Grid still cannot satisfy Fenglei's volume, and it would be even more difficult abroad.

Ren Yi focused his attention on the following two technologies.

Soon.

His eyes lit up.

“Wait, overcast photovoltaic power generation technology… isn't the solution right here?”

Photovoltaic energy storage and charging stations are a perfect match!!

The overcast photovoltaic power generation technology provided by the system uses a matching superconducting composite silicon material.

The raw materials are not expensive; a separate production line can be set up for processing and manufacturing.

Due to the extremely high purity of this new material itself, coupled with a special structure of silicon crystals, the normal conversion efficiency of sunlight can reach 90%.

What's even more incredible is that even in overcast and rainy weather without direct sunlight, it can collect nearby visible light and convert it into electricity for storage.

According to Ren Yi's understanding.

Currently, the photovoltaic power stations built by major photovoltaic countries generally have a conversion efficiency between 15% and 25%, with only a few highly efficient photovoltaic power stations able to reach over 30%.

Therefore, without subsidies, civilian photovoltaics are basically a losing business.

But with super photovoltaic power generation technology, it's different.

With a conversion rate as high as 90%, a photovoltaic energy storage station can be directly built near the charging station.

Alternatively, subsidies could be given to nearby residents, renting their rooftops to install photovoltaic panels and integrate them into the energy storage station.

This saves space and increases residents' income, killing two birds with one stone.

The batteries for the energy storage station would directly use Fenglei's existing battery technology, allowing for more power storage.

Once the equipment detects an overload in nearby power consumption, the energy storage battery can release the stored electricity to the charging station, thus alleviating the pressure on the State Grid.

Moreover, if there is abundant stored power in areas with ample sunlight, the electricity can also be supplied to the State Grid for peak shaving, earning double profits.

In this way.

With charging stations and photovoltaic energy storage stations doubly bound, once they develop into a certain scale, the future profit market will definitely be no worse than the Starlink System.

Ordinary charging stations at most earn some electricity and service fees.

Essentially, they are working for the State Grid.

But now, Fenglei's model is different.

Not only does it generate electricity for free and provide it to the cars, but it can also take advantage of the State Grid, which helps the State Grid relieve pressure in reverse.

All in all, it's a huge win!!

“If the photovoltaic panels were designed to look like the car body, wouldn't the car be able to charge 24 hours a day? At that point, perhaps even charging piles would be unnecessary?”

Thinking of this, Ren Yi quickly rejected the plan.

Saving money for car owners is a good thing, but from a national perspective, it's a big mistake.

If new energy vehicle owners no longer charge, who would the State Grid sell its electricity to? Wouldn't it be a waste?

This is just a small problem.

The key is that if the State Grid's income decreases, who will fund national infrastructure?

This involves people's livelihoods and cannot be taken lightly.

Therefore, until a perfect solution is found, Ren Yi will not adopt this design plan.

......

“Mr. Ren… Is this the design for our new car?”

In the afternoon.

Conference room.

Ren Yi summoned all executives and the R&D department for a meeting.

At this moment.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the design sketch on the large screen.

Without exception.

This was another exciting moment.

Following the “thunderbolt m15,” Ren Yi embarked on new car development again after half a year.

On the design sketch.

It was a “peculiarly” shaped sedan, marked with a length of only 2.5 meters but a width of two meters, almost square.

Its demeanor was different from the previous domineering style, instead full of gentleness, much like a Q-version minivan from an anime.

If one looked closely, they would discover that this was indeed the classic design of the “leidus m16” on Earth.

However, Ren Yi had now brought it out, making more detailed modifications and integrating Fenglei's unique features, making the overall design more elegant and refined.

“That’s right, this car is named ‘leidus m16’ and is primarily aimed at the female market,” Ren Yi said.

Currently, Fenglei's car models are designed according to male preferences, and Ren Yi cannot be biased.

So, he copied the design of a female-specific car that Fenglei had created in his previous life, even keeping the name exactly the same.

In his previous life.

After this car was launched, it was very popular among women.

But at the same time, it was besieged by joint venture cars, which bought trending topics and paid internet trolls to relentlessly blacken it, creating a major conflict between genders.

Ultimately, it even escalated into an online war of words, causing extremely serious negative impacts.

That year, the national marriage rate hit a new low, and the divorce rate hit a new high.

Many people believed it was caused by Fenglei's car.

This also led to unsatisfactory sales for this car, and it was eventually forced to cease production.

But in this world, Ren Yi will not let that happen again.