Scrapping a battery was, of course, easier than recycling a battery based on its condition.
Recycling a battery required an evaluation of the battery's usage. As long as the evaluation was done, the consumers would definitely complain that their batteries were extremely healthy. Why would they bargain so much?
Not only would the evaluation be troublesome, but the technicians would also have to start a performance test on the battery.
Scrapping it was simple.
As long as the consumers requested scrapping, how could the technicians not cooperate?
"Are you sure?" Huang Chen was very surprised.
Of course, the plasma battery in front of him did not reach the standard of scrapping. This batch of batteries only had 40% energy degradation.
After reading the battery's internal chip, Huang Chen found that this batch of batteries were all charged using standard charging stations.
Moreover, they all started charging when there was about 20% to 30% remaining power. There was no overcharging, so they were of good quality.
The lead driver was very sure that this was the boss's idea.
Then scrap it.
Huang Chen was also very happy to scrap it. He did not need to make up excuses to increase the battery's recycling value.
Scrapping it according to the consumer's request did not violate his work ethic.
The receipt was quickly issued.
All six batteries were scrapped. Huang Chen wrote in the review column, "The battery energy degradation is heavy, the storage efficiency is low, the charging time is extended. Scrap it according to the customer's request. "
Then, replace the second-generation plasma battery.
Under normal procedures, replacing the batteries required an appointment and then transfer the goods from the branch, especially six sets at once.
However, these people had connections. Huang Chen took the express channel from the maintenance backstage.
The branch directly sent the goods through Skynet Air Logistics. Xiaozhou City was only 300 kilometers away from the Xiangnan Province branch.
The batteries were shipped at 2 pm and were sent to Xiaozhou in less than three hours.
The replacement of the plasma battery was not complicated. They only needed to remove the battery protection chassis under the car and replace it with automatic lifting equipment.
Huang Chen and three other staff members finished replacing the six cars in less than two hours.
The lead driver transferred the money happily. After taking a picture of the invoice, the money for six sets of batteries was transferred.
He activated the batteries and drove away.
The lead driver also told Huang Chen that the company planned to replace the batteries of the remaining 50 Thunderbolt car with the second-generation batteries in the next few days.
Their boss said that this batch of batteries would be scrapped. He asked Huang Chen to contact the branch and prepare a batch of batteries in advance.
Huang Chen casually agreed. After sending them off, Huang Chen returned to his office and was puzzled.
Things didn't seem to be what he thought they were.
After the discounted price of the first generation batteries and the discounted price of the second generation batteries, there was not a single cent less.
Among them, the only people who had relationships were those who cut the queue for maintenance projects and those who had emergency access.
Huang Chen wasn't an upright person who didn't care about relationships. Under the condition that it wouldn't harm the company's interests, he wouldn't reject urgent matters that were entrusted by his superiors or friends.
But the logic behind it didn't make sense.
Huang Chen wasn't sure if there was a problem with the supervisor, but there was definitely a problem with Ruida.
What they did was not in line with the law of the market and the company's profit goals.
Before joining Monster Industries, Huang Chen had worked in two companies.
In these two companies, from the department heads to the company directors, they would always emphasize profit, profit, and profit in meetings.
For the sake of profit, they could treat interns like animals and regular employees like machines.
At best, Ruida was just a city-level automobile business company. Its scale was not even qualified to be listed.
How could this company replace all of its Thunderbolt car with second-generation plasma batteries without blinking an eye?
It wasn't as if the first generation couldn't be used.
Spending millions to replace all of its cars with the new generation batteries when the batteries were still usable, wasn't this going against their wallets?
If it had been a normal replacement, according to the recycling price, they could have reduced the replacement cost by nearly two million.
Now that it was scrapped, they could only get sixty vouchers.
Huang Chen felt that there was a problem with Ruida, but he couldn't find the problem.
During the day, when he asked the driver why they replaced the plasma batteries, they only said it was the boss's order. They didn't know.
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In the evening, Huang Chen found the supervisor after work.
He handed over the supermarket shopping card and told him about the actions of Ruida's driver.
"Take the card."
The supervisor Zheng Songli's expression didn't show any joy or anger. He just pushed the shopping card over. "When someone gives you something, you either don't accept it."
"Since you accepted it, don't give it to me."
"As for why Ruida had the money to scrap the batteries, that's their business."
"They have the right. We have no right to interfere."
"What you need to do is to help them replace the batteries quickly. Don't affect the normal operation of their fleet."
The next day.
The Ruida Company once again sent over a dozen Swift Thunder cars to replace the second-generation plasma batteries.
The first generation batteries were also scrapped.
In the afternoon, another batch of Thunderbolt car arrived.
Huang Chen took the technicians in the maintenance workshop to remove the batteries. After testing, they found that the batteries only had 33% energy loss.
Unless these cars were fixed for more than five hundred kilometers of operation, there was no need to replace the batteries.
Before getting off work at night, Huang Chen sat in the maintenance workshop. He stared blankly at the pile of first generation plasma battery packs in the warehouse.
The battery pack in front of him was rectangular. It looked like a black cell phone.
Huang Chen was no stranger to the plasma battery in front of him.
It was 2.2 meters long, 1.4 meters wide, 6.5 centimeters thick, and weighed 900 kilograms.
The battery pack's outermost layer was a thin shock absorbing insulating film. If this film was removed, the battery pack's silver-gray protective shell would be exposed.
It was said that this protective shell could withstand the attack of bullets without being damaged.
Huang Chen had never removed the battery pack, but he knew that inside the protective shell were eight plasma batteries wrapped in composite polycarbonate material.
The plasma battery was a liquid metal energy storage material. It was extremely stable and would not react even if there was a violent collision.
The energy loss of the more than twenty battery packs in front of him ranged from 33% to 40%.
The reading of the battery chip showed that these battery packs were in good working condition. It was just that the internal liquid metal energy storage material was gradually damaged due to the long-term thermal movement of the molecules during the charging and discharging process. The efficiency of storing charge was reduced.
It was a pity to scrap it like this.
Unfortunately, Huang Chen had no right to interfere.
There was a unified process for the scrapping of plasma batteries. The maintenance station removed the plasma batteries that needed to be scrapped.
They had to be transported to the provincial branch. The branch would then decompose and classify the plasma batteries.
Some of the recyclable metal products would be transported back to the headquarters. The non-recyclable liquid energy storage material would be treated harmlessly.
After a moment of regret, Huang Chen returned home.
He had a new mission tomorrow. He needed to go to a nursing home in Xi County to guide the nurses in using the elven maids.
Xi County was more than seventy kilometers away from Xiaozhou. The travel expenses for business trips could be reimbursed.
He had originally planned to ask a taxi driver that he used to do on business trips. However, the driver called early in the morning and said that his car had been touched by someone in the neighborhood. He was now arguing with the driver who caused the accident. He was really embarrassed.
Huang Chen said that it was fine and that he could just find another car.
Coincidentally, when Huang Chen was taking a taxi online, he got a Thunderbolt car from Ruida Company.
Ruida Company operated the taxi and car rental business. Half of the taxis in Xiaozhou City were under Ruida Company.
The Thunderbolt that Huang Chen was sitting in now belonged to the car rental business.
When no one was renting them, Rui Da Company naturally wouldn't leave these Thunderbolt cars idle.
Huang Chen did not recognize the driver, but the driver recognized him.
The middle-aged man laughed and said that their group of six cars had just been replaced with new batteries at the maintenance station the day before yesterday. He also praised Huang Chen and his colleagues for being efficient and replacing the batteries of a car in twenty minutes.
Huang Chen said that he was blind and did not recognize him.
They had met once before, so they naturally chatted on the way.
Huang Chen had been wondering about Ruida Company's abnormal behavior. He simply took the opportunity to ask the driver why Ruida Company changed the batteries of all their cars. These batteries were clearly still usable.
The driver said that he was not too sure. It might have something to do with the company's taxes.
The Thunderbolt was a new energy vehicle. Spending a lot of money to replace the batteries could probably offset taxes.
The driver's expression did not look like he was lying. However, Huang Chen felt that this was not true. He had never heard of such a thing.
Even if there was, it was impossible for the company to make a profit in this area.
Otherwise, other companies would have swarmed to replace them.
Huang Chen guessed that the driver probably did not know the inside story. He continued to chat and did not get anything out of it.
More than seventy kilometers, it was only an hour's drive.
The car stopped at the entrance of the nursing home. When the driver drove away, Huang Chen, who was standing at the entrance of the nursing home, felt that something was wrong.
It should not be the driver who said something.
It was a flash of a scene that made Huang Chen feel that something was wrong.
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