My science and technology museum - Chapter 156 Forced to withdraw from the market [Please subscribe]

I have to say that Masen did have a good plan. Now, due to the launch of the Xingyuan smart car and the previous system restart accident, the reputation and market influence of the Tesla smart driving car are not as good as before.

Even if it continues to develop in this field, it will still be difficult to compare with Xingyuan Smart Car.

This is already an indisputable fact.

Now that the cooperation with Guge has been stopped, there is no doubt that there is a great chance of winning by giving up the development of driverless technology and competing with brands such as Lingguang BYAT.

As long as Tesla installs solid-state power batteries by then, its market share in the Asian region will not be affected.

At least their own interests are protected as much as possible.

Speaking of which, Marsen is quite confident about his trip to Future Technology, and believes that there is a high probability that Tesla and Future Technology will be able to cooperate.

After all, in his opinion, Truss has shown enough sincerity.

Moreover, in the future, Tesla will use solid-state power batteries, which will not affect the Xingyuan smart car market.

It’s a pity that this kind of thought only caused a cold sneer in Xu Lei’s eyes.

If I had to use a few words to describe it, it would be completely nonsense.

Let’s not talk about what Tesla has done before for Xingyuan smart cars. There is still a certain gap in the production capacity of solid-state power batteries. Xu Lei is hesitating whether to cooperate with other domestic battery production companies and let them help replace them. Industrial production of solid-state batteries.

And when there is no shortage of sales for solid-state batteries, why bother selling to a competitor like Tesla?

Isn’t this just causing trouble for yourself?

What’s more, Xu Lei is very interested in Tesla’s production base in Shanghai and wants to make it a new base for Xingyuan smart cars.

So how could he allow Truss to continue to develop in the sub-region market.

Of course, these things will definitely not be said directly. After thinking for a while, Xu Lei smiled on his face and responded to Masen’s cooperation.

“I’m so sorry Mr. Marsne.”

“We no longer have enough production capacity of solid-state power batteries to allocate to you.”

“I’m afraid this cooperation cannot be completed.”

As Xu Lei finished speaking, one could clearly see Masen’s brows furrowed, as if he didn’t expect Xu Lei to refuse so neatly.

The key is that he can’t find any faults.

The number of production bases for the main Xingyuan solid-state batteries is completely obvious, and production capacity will naturally not increase inexplicably.

In particular, the layout of charging centers and battery replacement stations requires a large amount of solid-state power battery backup. It is very reasonable to provide Tesla with no additional batteries at this time.

But this is what Marsn came for today. It would be too embarrassing if he was dismissed by Xu Lei’s words.

I guess he is also a figure on the rich list after all, and this time he came to Binjiang City from Sask. to deal with this matter. If there is no good result, I am afraid that even if the news spreads, even if he talks about cooperation with other companies in the future, he will fail. Go downwind.

At this moment, Masen’s brain was running wildly, and he soon seemed to have made a decision, and his eyes gradually became firm.

“We at Tesla can offer a higher price to purchase solid-state power batteries. In addition, if Mr. Xu has other requirements, we can also put them forward directly.”

Yes.

In this case, the best solution Marsne could think of was to increase the procurement budget.

Even if the solid-state power battery is obtained at a higher price, as long as it can solve the current Tesla crisis, the price will be worth it.

However, in the face of Masen’s so-called sincerity, Xu Lei did not answer directly, but instead raised a new topic.

“Mr. Masen, I actually have a better cooperation here. I wonder if you are interested?”

“Better cooperation…”

Hearing Xu Lei’s words, Masen was a little startled and didn’t know what Xu Lei meant.

Although he only wanted to solve the battery problem and was not interested in other cooperation for the time being, he was at his home court after all, so he had no choice but to follow the words: “I wonder what kind of cooperation it is?”

“It’s simple.”

“We at Future Technology are preparing to acquire your company’s automobile production base in Shanghai and directly help you resolve this concern.”

“This way you can exit the Asian market with peace of mind.”

“It’s not a good collaboration.”

Xu Lei said these words with a very serious expression. Although it felt like a strong person lending a helping hand to the weak, it did solve Truss’s concerns in a certain way.

It’s a pity that in the eyes of Mars, Xu Lei’s behavior was completely humiliating, and he had no intention of cooperating with them at all.

The two sides instantly fell out, and Masen’s face became ugly.

Those eyes seemed to eat Xu Lei up.

Clearly furious.

“According to what you said, keep a line in everything. Does Mr. Xu really want to do everything right?”

Meeting Masen’s eyes, Xu Lei felt dumbfounded. He didn’t expect that the other party would react so strongly to this matter.

But since it was his decision, it would certainly not be changed easily.

As for the threat contained in Masen’s words, Xu Lei didn’t take it to heart at all.

Then he spoke with the same cold expression: “I am just stating the facts. Please also hope that Mr. Masen can recognize the reality. Do you think that Tesla can still gain a foothold in the Asian market under the current situation?”

“To tell you the truth, we are the only one in the country who can take over the automobile production base in Shanghai, so Mr. Masen had better think carefully.”

It can be said that there is no false information in what Xu Lei said. It would take at least tens of billions of funds to acquire Tesla’s super factory in Shanghai.

There may be a lot of money that car brand companies can come up with, but they will never compete with future technologies unless they can guarantee that they will never get involved in the new energy vehicle industry.

What’s more, for most brands, the number of vehicles sold each year is limited, so there is no need to spend a lot of money to acquire such a super factory.

Otherwise, there will be overcapacity.

And Masen is obviously aware of this fact, but he cannot discuss it in detail at this time because of his face.

In the end, he said something very angry and left the place with his subordinates on the spot. It was obvious that he was no longer in the mood to continue the conversation.

“The industry we are involved in is not just new energy vehicles. This matter is far from over.”

Xu Lei chose to ignore Marsen’s last words, but when the other party’s figure was about to disappear from sight, he still shouted again.

“Mr. Masen, you can contact me at any time if you change your mind.”

When he was the only one left in the reception room again, Jia Zhongjie walked over from the side and said with some worry: “Mr. Xu, it seems that the other party does not intend to give up the Magic City Super Factory. Do we need to Planning the construction of a new production base?”

“There’s no rush yet.”

“I’m sure he’ll change his mind.”

Faced with Jia Zhongjie’s worries, Xu Lei immediately waved his hand to comfort him, still firmly believing in his prediction.

The situation that Tesla is currently facing has become a foregone conclusion. Without the support of solid-state power batteries, they will be unable to reverse the situation and maintain their market share, whether they continue to develop smart cars or return to traditional new energy vehicles.

In this case, they may be able to persist in the short term, but over time they will only face huge losses.

Sticking to a market where there is no hope of changing the situation is not conducive to the healthy development of the company.

So in the end they will definitely choose to give up the sub-regional market, and as long as Tesla’s business focus shifts, it will only be a matter of time before Future Technology wins this super factory.

When Jia Zhongjie heard what Xu Lei said, although he was still a little uneasy, he finally swallowed the words and chose to believe Xu Lei’s decision.

…

As Xu Lei expected, although Marsne flew back to Saskatchewan soon after leaving Longfor High-tech Park, he left full authority to Deng Wan, the head of the Asia region, to handle the follow-up matters.

As Tesla failed to reach cooperation with Future Technology, its sales continued to decline.

For this reason, Dengwan, under the order of the headquarters, officially announced that Tesla would withdraw from the Asian market and focus its business entirely on overseas markets.

And Tesla’s super factory in Shanghai was finally sold to Future Technology for about 40 billion.

After the announcement of this news, it can be said to have caused an uproar in the industry. No one expected that such a big change would occur in the industry in such a short period of time.

Tesla Motors not only voluntarily gave up the big piece of the Asian market, but also gave up its newly built super factory to others.

The whole thing can only be described in two words.

Failed miserably.

But this is certainly a good thing worth celebrating for future technology.

After Jia Zhongjie rushed to Shanghai to accept this super factory, in addition to adjusting the personnel structure and welfare benefits, Hu Xinren and his team were also in place quickly and will spend a certain amount of time upgrading the production line.

When this super factory is operational again, its production capacity will reach a terrifying level of more than one million vehicles.

By then, it will basically be able to meet the domestic market demand for Xingyuan smart cars.

It is also worth mentioning that as a large number of solid-state batteries are sold by major brand companies, the influence of the exhibits in the museum has increased significantly, and is about to reach 100,000 points.

But what surprised Xu Lei was that while he was waiting for new exhibits to be unlocked, a major event happened again in the semiconductor industry.

Sanxing Electronics and Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. simultaneously announced that they have successfully conquered the carbon-based chip production process. Although the chip cost is slightly more expensive than traditional silicon-based chips, its performance exceeds that of 1-nanometer silicon-based chips.

After the news came out, not only Pingguo was the first to react, but it also aroused heated discussions in China.

Many netizens are worried that the advent of carbon-based chips will cause Loongson Group’s status to decline again and lose control of the semiconductor industry.

If by that time the domestic semiconductor industry returns to its previous embarrassing situation, it will inevitably have an impact on many companies.